In my Advanced Placement English courses, I struggled with identifying the audience, purpose, and rhetorical aspects of writing. The concepts always seemed tough to me, especially since the majority of what we analyzed was so comprehensive and dated. In this course, the weekly pages really helped. They were organized, formatted nicely, and gave the information clearly. Week two’s page, for example, presented a lot of information. For one, it gave me clear, simple definition of ethos, pathos, and logos. They are simple concepts, but relating them to texts can prove to be difficult. They were a big part of my AP English Composition exam, being the subject of two essays and several multiple-choice questions. I finally understood ethos, pathos, and logos in week two and incorporated the concepts into response one. For example, I wrote: …show more content…
Thomas Bach, the president of the IOC, says that establishing such a team would resonate hope to other refugees while also showing the world that refugees are human beings.” Now, this was somewhat of a big deal for me. Even though I passed both my AP English exams, the essays’ on ethos, logos, and pathos really hindered me from getting a 5. I wish I was able to provide some of my old work from those AP classes, but my school district terminated google accounts after graduation. In my visual analysis, I rarely mentioned ethos, pathos, and logos. I’m not completely sure why-- I could have easily made some comments linking all three to the pictures. Afterward, I recognized this and attempted to incorporate the concepts more into my textual analysis. Among other things, I