Rhetorical Analysis Of Elder Jacob Hansen's Letters

Child labor has been a worldwide dilemma, though laws and set regulations can be executed to make sure child labor is contained and seen as a positive growing for children. In the speech by Florence Kelley she uses three very important rhetorical devices to boost and enforce her main focus that child labor must be regulated and monitored so that all children are safe and not overworking themselves. Kelly uses Pathos, Logos, and Rhetorical questions as her foundation to build upon her executive conclusion. Pathos is an appeal to emotion, and is a way of convincing an audience of an argument by creating an emotional response. In the speech given by Kelley she projects her usage of pathos in the first opening paragraph.

Powhatan uses pathos to attach or persuade Captain John Smith with sentimentality to reach out to him on a more personal level. He wrote “ I am growing old and must soon die.” this helps by making Captain John Smith feel concerned about Powhatans years of life left, making him feel pity. Another example of pathos would be “Why should you take by force that from us which you can have from love?”. Here you can see how Powhatan is trying to convince and make a point of how peace is easier achieve than what it appears to be.

Pathos is the writers attempt to appeal to the audience emotions. For instance, “In June, a professor protecting himself with a pseudonym wrote an essay for Vox describing how gingerly he now has to teach. ‘“I’m a Liberal Professor, and My Liberal Students Terrify Me,”’ the headline said” (Lukianoff and Haidt). The authors appeal to emotion paints a picture in the reader’s mind, further opening their eyes to make them feel how the professor was feeling. Also, naming the article “The Coddling of the American Mind” was a great was to represent how the problem was being addressed. The use of the word “coddling” reflected the way colleges were treating their students like babies. Enforcing trigger warnings to protect the students are not helping them for the future. This appeals to pathos because the audience gets a glimpse of what the after effect of “babying” has on

Pathos is used in order to link the essay with the reader’s emotions and ethos is used to show the writers moral character. For example, pathos is used when Kozol speaks to a student of a Bronx high school, “Think of it this way,” said a sixteen-year-old girl. “If people in New York woke up one day and learned that we were gone…how would they feel?...I think they’d be relieved.” (Kozol 205) This part of the essay really made me feel sad for this girl who lives in a society where she has grown up feeling like now one cares about her or others of her race.

There are many different ways that writer tries to connect to their audience or try to get their point across. The three major ways a writer does this is through ethos, pathos, and logos. Ethos is any way the writer takes a reference or a quote from an expert with the same point of view as them to help build their own credibility. Pathos is words that can completely change the way the reader feels about certain way about a topic. Logos is anything that is logical and can be proven by statistics.

In the essay “On Keeping a Notebook”, Didion uses pathos appeals to reveal emotions. In the second paragraph Didion states “I write entirely to find out what’s on my mind, what I’m thinking, what I’m looking at, what I’m seeing, and what it means, what I want and what I’m afraid

John Downe, a weaver, letters’ was written to convince his wife to immigrant to the United States from England. Downe use of positive connotation towards America throughout the letter is to substantiate the encouraging side effect of hope. He emphasized all the benefits and opportunities in America by using a persuasive and common-man tone. Downe’s letter uses a variety of literary devices, especially positive imagery, syntax structures and effective diction to present the idea of generosity and abundance that is offered in America.

Ethos, pathos and logos are used by every speaker and writer, but in different ways for each topic. In Emily Esfahani’s Ted Talk, “There’s more to life then being happy,” she talks about what standards people put on happiness, her past with happiness and the four pillars of meaning. She also gives statistics on the topic and facts about happiness. Using those pathos and logos she earns the respect of the audience's about her topic.

The stage is set, the lights are dimmed, and the spotlight shines down upon former pro wrestler Mike Kinney. Throughout Kinney’s speech, he uses pathos to help appeal to the audience's emotions and persuade them to accept and approve of his ideas. The strongest and most effective use of pathos happens towards the middle of Kinney’s speech. “Not long after I started wrestling, my dad unexpectedly passed away. And as you can imagine, especially as a teenage boy, it destroyed me”(3:39). Kinney uses a very strong emotional appeal when he tells the audience that his dad has passed away at a very young age. This is such an effective appeal because anyone who has lost someone important in their life knows how hard it can be. If the speaker himself has lost someone important to him, not only does this make the audience sad, they

The Annual Address, written by Joseph Jackson, discusses the issues regarding discrimination and racism. It was written and delivered at the 84th Annual Session of the National Baptist Movement. Although persuading the audience is not challenging, having knowledge of what one is talking about, making personal connections, and having a good reputation as a writer or a speaker may not only persuade the audience, but empower and inspire, just like how Jackson writes his Annual Address. Jackson goes beyond thinking inside the box and effectively connects with the audience emotionally and establishes trust through his reputation as a black activist in order to argue to fight for equality and

Pathos is used very effectively in Seth Davis’s article. By using pathos he is helping to expose the purpose of the article in a way that you wouldn’t think of before. Davis states “As the father of three children under the age of eight, I can only pray that someone “exploits” my sons someday

Nicholas Carr used many Rethorical Analysis tools to give his article a closer connection between his readers and the text itself. He gave examples of each tool to better understand identifying and using them. Each tool takes part in strengthening, weakening, or even developing Carr’s argument differently towards the reader.

Logos, pathos, and ethos have been utilized in writing from history to current day writing and literature. The three elements are called modes of persuasion that are used to convince the audience. We will be evaluating how Jackson used logos, pathos, and ethos to make his writing more convincing and appealing to his audience. To begin with, we will be examining logos used in writing.

Overall, Baker uses pathos throughout his article to help persuade his readers. In a book called Models for Writers: Short Essays for Composition, the authors state, “Pathos (Greek for “emotion”) has most to do with audience” (Rosa and Eschholz 552). Looking into Baker’s article, he uses emotions to help relate the readers to him. The author explains, “But I’m a guy, raising a houseful of little guys, and so my thinking isn’t particularly complicated” (Baker). This example relates the readers to Baker’s life, and this allows them to make an emotional connection. Another example is, “I know that Scooter and his pals at their current stage of life would prefer to keep the “no girls allowed” sign on their clubhouse door. And trust me, they don’t

In certain essays, elements such as ethos, logos, and pathos are used to help convey a message to its readers. Authors use ethos to appeal to ethics, and is also a meaning to convince a reader to see the credibility of the persuader. Logos is used to appeal to logic using maps, detailed facts, and charts. Finally Pathos, which is used to show sympathy and empathy a reader feels while reading the essay. In the essay, “The CIA Planned John F. Kennedy’s Assassination,” author Steven Hager, editor of High Times magazine uses many examples of the three elements to help illustrate the specific details in his article.