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Matthew's Ethos Pathos Logos

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Matthews attitude changes over the film by being completely racist and mean at first and then at the end of the film he becomes kind and his last words were words of kindness and “I love you” to Sister Helen. Matthew was treated unfairly by the justice system because the man that he did the same crime with, got life without parole and Matt got the death penalty. I think that the justice system was against Matthew because Matt was poor so he couldn't afford a lawyer so the state gave him a tax attorney and knew nothing about capital punishment. His lawyer only made 1 objection in the whole case. Death Row strips Matthew of his dignity because it strips him of his self-respect and self-honor. Sister Helen practices solidarity with
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In the state of Arizona we are receiving a $75 million state budget cut to all public universities. Throughout this editorial called "Arizona Legislature passes deep cuts to Public Universities" the author effectively uses Ethos, Pathos, Logos, and Kairos. Our Public Universities have been spending way more money than the Government is giving them to support education. You are all probably thinking that someone would at least notice the overspending right? Well they did

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I think what I have learned most about the needs to support claims with research and validating them with proper citation is that you need to adopt a skeptical attitude toward all knowledge claims. If you want to use a source you need to make sure that it is credible you should also be able to screen sources much more quickly by testing them against your argument that is being made. Also if one has opinions to support or challenge a position, you will need to know which sources can be used. Ethos, pathos, and logos are important techniques to use and learn when trying to state an argument. I have learned the most that Pathos is an appeal to the reader’s emotions.

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September 11, 2001 is a day that has gone down in history as a tragic day in American history due to the horrific terrorist attacks caused by the Islamic extremist group al-Qaeda. A couple of hours later following the attacks previous president George W Bush delivered a much-needed reassurance and a sense of leadership to the American people in his address to the nation when most American felt uneasy and unsure of what the future would look like. Bush uses several examples of Pathos, Ethos and Logos along with several uses of rhetorical devices to get American moral up from the ground. Pathos was used to evoke emotional responses from the audience. Logos was used to appeal to the audience’s sense of logic and reason the audience.

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