Examples Of Ethos Pathos Logos

Ethos, pathos, and logos all work as argumentative tools. They can be used to either prove a point, or even to convince someone to do something. Ethos is using credibility and things that credible people have said. Pathos is using emotions to convince people to do something. Logos is the use of logic and statistics to prove something. All 3 of these things can be used together or on their own. Various authors like Goldberg, Lake, and Rubimham each focus on ethos, pathos or logos to prove a point to an audience.

One author that has used one of these argumentative tools is Michael Goldberg. He uses ethos to make his argument. He uses a serious tone when he states, “A spokesperson for the health department, Liz Sharlot, said 54% of rural hospitals

He starts off with information about his family before his son started attending their school and how he learns differently and different things. His letter is full of his emotions on how Wind-Wolf’s teacher is treating his son. Lake goes on to say, “But if Wind-Wolf was not prepared for his first tentative foray into your world, neither were you appreciative of his culture. On the first day of class, you had difficulty with his name. You wanted to call him Wind, insisting that Wolf somehow must be his middle name. The students in the class laughed at him, causing further embarrassment.” His teacher was blatantly disrespecting his son. They were openly refusing to call him by his full name and discriminating against his culture. This shows pathos because we can assume that Lake is extremely bothered by how his son is being treated by the school that he is required by law to attend. Later on in the letter, Lake made sure to let the teacher know that he is willing to help by saying, “All I ask is that you work with me, not against me, to help educate my child in the best way. If you do not have the knowledge, preparation, experience, or training to effectively deal with culturally different children, I am willing to help you with the few resources I have available or direct you to such resources.” We can assume from previous context in the letter that Lake is doing his best to get his son’s teacher to

Rubinkam’s Texting in Class is Rampant explains how most highschool and college students use their phones during class and lectures. Rubinkam reports that , “The anonymous survey of 269 Wilkes students found that nine in 10 admit to sending text messages during class-and nearly half say it's easy to do so undetected. Even more troubling, 10 percent say that they have sent or received texts during exams and 3 percent admit to using their phones to cheat.” Rubinkam uses logos to show how many students use their phones during class. The amount of students that do is frightening to most teachers because most teachers do not even notice it. He believes that, “a clear majority-62 percent-said they should be allowed to text in class as long as they are not disturbing those around them. About one in four said texting creates a distraction.” Texting in class can be distracting for many, but if they are doing it without distracting anyone else then there shouldn't be anything wrong with it. Most students are able to handle multitasking but some are not. But if they can’t handle it then it’s their fault. I believe that being able to use your phone during class should be allowed as listening to music can help most people focus during class. And most students do not even use their phones until after the teacher is done speaking or if they are not doing anything. So it’s completely