Cc English 7th Grade Vocabulary Media Literacy; Rhethorical Triangle

What are logos, ethos, and pathos?Logos appeals to the audience’s reason, building up logical arguments. Ethos appeals to the speaker’s status or authority, making the audience more likely to trust them. Pathos appeals to the emotions, trying to make the audience feel angry or sympathetic. Pathos - a quality that evokes pity or sadness. For example: ASPCA commercials that use (pathos) - photographs of injured puppies, or sad-looking kittens, and slow, depressing music to emotionally persuade their audience to donate money.Collectively, these three appeals are sometimes called the rhetorical triangle. They are central to rhetorical analysis, though a piece of rhetoric might not necessarily use all of them.Logos – Logos is a logical appeal. An argument using logos uses logic and reason to persuade the audience. Logos uses statistics, facts, what product does, how much it costs, simple logic and information.Ethos – is an appeal to creditability. An argument using ethos attempts to convince the audience that the creator of the massage can be trusted.Pathos – a quality that evokes pity or sadness. Pathos appeals to the emotions, trying to make the audience feel angry or sympathetic. An argument using pathos will attempt to evoke an emotional response in the