Saturday, November 22, 2008

TREE OF RHETORIC

LOGOS (LOGICAL)
CAUSE/EFFECT:
>If we start school late,students will learn more.
DEDUCTIVE REASONING: Reasons from principles.
INDUCTIVE REASONING: Reasons from experience.
STATISTICS: EXAMPLE > 3% OUT OF 10% OF WOMEN ADOPTING BIRTH CONTROL.
CONTRADICTIONS: Finding logical holes in the opposite argument.
>EXAMPLE: "People who are against later school times say that early start allow students more time to study,but whats stopping them from studying in the morning?"
PATHOS (EMOTIONAL)
>The use of emotional arguments to persuade and convince.
>Appeals to negative emotions,fears,discrimination,revenge.
ETHOS (CREDIBILITY)
>Persuading by convincing the audience that the speaker is worth listening to.


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