Five Cognate Strategies from the Three Rhetorical Elements I have chosen five of the nine cognate strategies to dissect and represent in this assignment. In my consideration of the available topics, I strove to include cognate strategies from each of the rhetorical elements (logos, ethos, and pathos). My emphasis strongly leans toward logos (logic), thus all three logos-related cognate strategies are represented here (clarity, conciseness, arrangement), followed by an ethos(ethics)-related cognate strategy (reference) and a pathos(emotional appeal)-related cognate strategy (tone). First Cognate Strategy: Clarity Clarity, as a cognate strategy, is one of the three logos (logic) strategies which refers to clear and simple phrasing to foster understanding in the reader. In my own formal writing, particularly in essay writing, I strive to be as clear as possible, without sacrificing academic vocabulary. To this end, I put in attempts to define words that might be unfamiliar, to use precise phrasing, and to say what I mean without euphemism, slang, jargon, or otherwise confusing terminology. …show more content…
In my first term here, at University of the People, one of my biggest issues was with conciseness; I was obsessed with clarity, but at a sacrifice of concise wording. I like to think that I have grown since then and that my papers and assignments reflect this, by getting to the point more quickly and