Ethos Pathos Logo

Reasoning, emotion, and belief, they are all crucial to every single person on this planet Earth because it helps people see who they really are. These three words are not only important to us people, they are also significant to writers and scholars. However, they are known as rhetorical appeals of logos, ethos, and pathos. If writers and scholars were to infuse reasoning, emotion, and belief into what they are trying to writing, whether it is a narrative, descriptive, compare and contrast, or even an argument it will draw the attention of countless readers. What if I were to tell you that you could read two argumentative articles that would stir your emotional feelings, make you think logically like never before, and lastly make you rethink

he makes a strong ethos-based argument, followed by a logical appeal to pull in his readers on the concerns of students lacking communication and writing skills when he or she is applying for a job. He begins by giving factual information, “...According to national surveys, employers want to hire college graduates who can write coherently, think and analyze quantitative data. But the Conference Board has found in its survey of corporate hiring leaders that writing skill is one of the biggest gaps in workplace readiness …. found that writing and communications are the most requested job requirements across nearly every industry, even fields such as information technology and engineering” (Selingo 1). Selingo’s use of analytical-based data gives factual credibility to his assertions that it is important to have logical and consistent writing, however, writing is not the only skill set that countless jobs are requesting that one should have, they also look to employ people that are able to communicate well. They both are crucial to have in order to be successful in the workplace. Nevertheless, the two skill sets are lacking in many students and still is. Selingo argues the reason for these is that students are not taking sufficient amounts of writing courses or either students are taking to few. “... sociologist Richard Arum and Josipa Roksa described a study that tracked more than 2,000 students at

For example, Selingo use of ethos was done very well, he presented and stuck to his belief very firmly. He did not hesitate when stating what he believed, which made his argument more powerful and enthralling. While he did support his argument by providing a few statistical data and analysis from other sources, it made his assertions worth considering, but the data lacked a little. In my opinion, his use of logos was not as strong, the data did not seem plausible and was a little dull. However, his overall argument was excellent, he got his point across to the audience quickly with no fluff in between the argument and I think if he had added an emotional appeal into his argument it would have hindered it a quite a bit. On the contrary, Rini use of the logical appeal was wonderful, she did a fabulous job on supplying plenty of factual information to the readers. The facts were not only credible, but it also conjured up emotional feelings because it is a sensitive issue for numerous people. This all assists in furthering her ethos and pathos-driven argument, her belief are objective. Which makes it thought-provoking because it would make the readers use their reasoning skills and decide on their own what they believe. When reading Rini's article it