Ethos, logos, and pathos are three persuasion tools used by Shakespeare in Mark Antony’s funeral oration over Caesar’s body. Ethos is appeal based on the personality or the character of the speaker, Logos is based on logic and or reasoning. Finally, Pathos is an appeal based on emotion. Antony uses these elements to turn the Roman crowd against the conspirator with a highly convincing speech. […]

The article “Bare in Mind”, by Rick Reilly, effectively argues women that are in sports shouldn’t pose for nude pictures. Reilly uses strong Ethos, Pathos, and Logos, by building his credibility with convincing facts, reasons, and successfully made use of emotional appeals to his readers. In this article, Reilly uses other people’s statements that settle his credibility and appeal to ethos. He uses Ethos by […]

Briefly, ethos is considered the personal appeals of the speaker. The simplest translation is credibility although ethos is much more than that. Pathos relates to tapping into or stirring the emotions of the audience, the emotional appeals. Logos is then the use of evidence and reasoning to communicate the message. It refers to the structure of the argument, focusing on the message. Subsequently, the inartistic […]