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Click! Click! Growl! That’s the sound of a person’s stomach growling while they are taking pictures of their morning breakfast. It’s a good thing pictures don’t pick up sounds! When people think of social media the first thing they think about is, pictures. Thousands and thousands of pictures that are either food, family, friends, landscapes, or cute animals. Social media is not all about pictures, social media is much more than that. The article “Social Media’s Top 5 Contributions to Society” by Samantha Rupert and a video clip “Facebook Is ‘Ripping Apart’ Society” by CBS News Report are two sources about social media. Samantha Rupert successfully persuaded the audience more effectively than CBS News Report due to the better usage of the three …show more content…

Humans are creatures of habit, but they’re also opinionated and impatient. Those two traits alone are the reasons why social networks thrive. People want the news fast and they want to talk about it now.” This evidence is the strongest and most outstanding ethos that is given throughout the entire article because this ethos addresses the opposing view respectfully while using an inclusive tone. This strengthens the overall argument by including the audience while the author proves that they are aware of the other side besides their own. This makes the audience realize that the author not only did research and gathered information for their side but the author is aware of the negatives as well. This makes the audience feel more trust for this author, especially since the author is including them. The author including the audience is a major part of ethos as well, which makes this ethos strengthen the overall argument. This ethos hits the audience with a powerful introduction and makes the audience intrigued to read more. Samantha also uses the method of appeal, pathos very well. The pathos that she uses links together along with ethos and makes powerful paragraphs. This is shown in the article near the end, “Social media has given a true voice to the people. Last month, the rally for marriage equality …show more content…

In the video, it showed mostly ethos by authorities of the subject kept appearing. This affected the other methods of appeal and made them weaker. The article had stronger ethos throughout their passage that didn’t affect the other methods of appeal. The article also showed strong pieces of pathos which touched and affected the emotions of others, while the video didn’t have this same effect and only made people feel shame throughout the video. People felt shameful of themselves and that they allowed themselves to continue using their devices everday. This wasn’t a very pleasant feeling to feel which made the video less persuasive. The video included a small portion of logos that appeared towards the middle. The article had logos throughout the passage, which had a bigger impact on the audience. These reasons and more made the article stronger and more effective than the video because of the unique and effective ways the author used the methods of appeal. The author shows that social media is a good thing and that it does not rip the society apart, unlike what CBS News Report claims. There is no more to fear about being on social media now that you know the benefits of it. Taking pictures of your meals is not a bad thing after

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This helps him make his argument without being criticized about the information he is giving. As for pathos, he’s able to find a way to combine it with logos, since a lot of the truth behind beauty pageants can leave a sense of sentiment to the readers. Finally with ethos, there isn’t really any clear points where he is the one that is giving his own facts, which would otherwise make him a trustworthy source for information. The author chose to present his argument with factual statements rather than trying to convince the readers through an emotional writing or by making his own statements.

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Pathos, ethos, and logos have a specified role in argumentative literature. Logos is defined as the logic behind an argument. Writers utilize logos to impress a reader; thus, persuading the audience to believe in the reasoning presented to them. Ethos, also known as ethics, illuminates the author’s “back-bone”, or belief system, which provided him with a position for the argument. In other words, ethos explains why the author believes what he is saying and why the reader should, too.

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The effectiveness of an article, book, drawing and more, is increased just by attracting an audience, occasion, adding ethos, logos and pathos. The Times of London, William Safire, Ayn Rand, and Herblock show how to implement effectiveness using these rhetoric appeals. The rhetorical appeals are ethos, logos and pathos. There is a limited amount of logos used in these examples but they know how to properly use ethos and pathos to gain an audience and be effective at the same time.

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After World War I and during the interwar years, countries such as Germany, Italy and the Soviet Union had to pay for their loss in war. This sent all these countries into poverty and their countries were looking for answers. In a desperate time, the people from these three nations put totalitarian leaders into power in hope for fast change. When in power these leaders became dictators and did everything they could to ensure stability and loyalty to their leadership. During the interwar years, leaders rose and maintained power through the use of force and manipulation to eliminate all opposing options.

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Although not obvious, Grothaus’ comparison of Sanders’ campaign to Obama’s campaign is an example of pathos because the mention of Obama’s campaign invoked some sort of emotional response in most readers; those who supported Obama likely gained a more positive view of Sanders, while the comparison likely caused those who did not support Obama to dislike Sanders. Grothaus’ article essentially told the story of how Sanders rose from an underdog to a prominent contender in the race for nominee, and this story may summon up feelings of pride and excitement for Sanders supporters. Lastly, the entire article was about how social media has helped Sanders’ campaign and how people have come together to support a candidate they believe in. This show of trust and the American democratic process may have invoked patriotism and, more likely, happiness and faith for those who support

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When a reader is reading a story or an article, what grabs their attention? The ethos, logos, and pathos are what grabs readers’ attention. Authors use this appeals to grab readers’ attention with facts, quotations, and by making you feel some type of emotion invoking sympathy. By using this appeals authors are able to get through the reader and make an impact enough for the reader to keep reading. Ethos, logos, and pathos are important for any author while writing a story or article to help get their message out to the reader.

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The Grapes of Wrath is a protest novel by John Steinbeck. The theme of unity is foreshadowed in the story of the development of characters. Ma Joad displays unity because she tries to keep the family together, but eventually she helps anyone who needs it. Ma in the beginning of the story cares only about her family and nothing else. In the beginning, we are introduced to Ma, “She seemed to know, to accept, to welcome her position, the citadel...”

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Kathryn Stockett successfully uses rhetorical devices to get the reader to feel and understand the perspectives of the protagonists. Stockett uses pathos, ethos, and logos in her book, since the book about social injustice. The topics in the book range from inequality of the sexes to social classes and racism, Stockett is successful in getting the reader to reflect while reading the book and the themes of the book have a clear presence. We see Stockett use ethos and pathos in the very first chapters when we learn that Hilly doesn't like Minny and Minny doesn't want to say why at first, but the incident with Ms. Holbrook was affecting her chances of getting a job because of the influence Hilly has over this suburban society. In some instances where Stockett uses ethos, pathos is also included in her writing.

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The Use of Social Networking Nowadays, we are living under decent technology and it has changed a lot of things: Entertainment, communication, and relationship; economy, education, and habit; medical, political and cultural etc. Social media has allowed us to interact with many more people other than we are used to before. We are living in a world where people would rather use text message with their mobile phone than face-to-face to each other, share greeting with more than hundreds of friends on the social media such as upload how they feel on Facebook, show photo Instagram, and what they are doing with Snapchat.

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