Ethos Pathos And Logos Appeal In Literature

As writers produce more pieces of literature, they develop their own strategies to appeal to certain audiences. These strategies vary, such as how the author feels about a topic. Their passion for various topics typically influences the reader through their use of diction. Based on their audience, some authors choose to write logically while others may choose to write more passion-driven pieces. These passionate pieces usually lead to more creative uses with things like unique punctuation placement, while logical writing leads to the use of more statistics, facts, and longer paragraphs. In two informative articles about the implementation of electric vehicles, Brand et al. shaped their diction, appeal, and style more effectively than the article

As previously mentioned, Setiawan and Salim’s article aimed for an informative tone and purpose which supports a logic-based appeal. The authors demonstrate this logos appeal by stating, “This study used LS-DYNA, a finite element based software analysis with dynamic plasticity modeling capability with explicit time integration for the simulation of crash-testing” (Setiawan and Salim 590). The extract from the article shows the authors attracting a very specific audience with a logos appeal. This is due to their large terminology and specific abbreviations. The article also shows logos appeal because the authors are designing and carrying out their own study to gather valuable information such as statistics. Although they use indisputable information, the fact that it only attracts a specific audience diminishes the effectiveness of the article. Similar to the tones of the articles, both authors use the same appeal, but Brand et al. use less directly stated statistics and information. For example, they state, “Furthermore, children at a very young age are able to differentiate between approaching and leaving cars” (Brand et al. 340). After this statement, the authors provided a citation from which they drew this conclusion. The previous quote and citation demonstrate the authors using a research study to further support their hypothesis. Even though these authors used a logos appeal, they avoided the use of large statistics and words to attract a more general audience. As shown, both articles use logos appeal, but Brand et al. were most effective due to their use of fewer statistics and large words to attract a more general audience, thus making it more