Thursday, April 30, 2009
Disc 3 Chapter 15 concept
What I found interesting from the reading in chapter 15 were the types of appeals. These types are logos, ethos, pathos, and mythos. Each type has their own concept in explaining the evidence effectively. For logos, it proves through logic by facts and statistics. For ethos, it uses speaker's credibility to reference the expertise on the topic. As for pathos, it proves by using emotional effects such as quotes or stories. Last which is mythos, it describes the cultural beliefs and values such as telling a cultural past or a well-known fable. These appeals rely on different ways to influence the audience. in order to use these, it would depend on when and how we use them because we cant just use one that would not fit on what the topic is about.
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I also found these interesting. I believe that pathos is one of the biggest factors in swaying people particularly for a persuasive essay as well as a narrative. I think pathos can lead to successful speeches when you are trying to learn the audiences' ideas and allow yourself to incorporate your own into theirs. Mythos I believe is something that you control to allow the audience to accept you. I believe that this idea strives on people are able to conform easily to the people and audience around them so that the audience is that much more intrigued by your speech.
ReplyDeleteHello vDNA! Considering the coming speech, how are you going to use these ideas? Can you give me a concrete example of how you will use the ideas you have presented here, in the coming speech? :)
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