Extinction is the fact or process of a species, family, or other group of animals or plants becoming extinct. Today, one of the biggest debates in the world is the six extinctions, and if it is truly a worldwide crisis. The famous author, Elizabeth Kolbert, wrote her nonfiction book, The Sixth Extinction, asserting the gravity of extinction. However, if you haven’t read the book or simply don’t believe it’s an enormous problem, I’ll explain how ethos, pathos, and logos from the book prove that the sixth extinction truly is a big problem Ethos is probably the most common way the author shows that extinction is a huge problem. Ethos is using credibility to make someone believe something, in this case, extinction. One example of ethos is, “? ?”(Kolbert,?) ADD: This is important since a scientist has lots of credibility since they're educated and it's their expertise. …show more content…
Since they know more than we do, it is more likely that their information, as well as opinions, are correct. By showing credible characters, Kolbert and my belief that extinction is an issue is, obviously, more credible The next piece of the Rhetorical Triangle is pathos which appeals to the reader via emotion or feelings. Although it seems less factual or reliable than the last, it is important to show how extinction is a problem. It makes the reader recognize the moral problem of extinction. An example of that would be, "The Funk Island birds had been salted, plucked, and deep fried into oblivion. "This piece of text evidence describes how we have destroyed the auks as a species due to our greed. Tell us in detail about the near extinction of the auks. It indirectly makes us feel bad, but more importantly, comes to realize what we've done and how big of a problem extinction is. An online article says, “I feel bad because of how the auk has no chance of ever coming back and the trivial reasons that led to the auk's