Humans have been attempting to influence one another for many years. Maybe one of the most famous fluent early speakers was the Greek philosopher Aristotle. Aristotle's views are as relevant today as they were when he was educating at the Lyceum around 290 B.C. Persuasion is the routine of persuading. It is the force to dissuade using the spoken or written word. Persuasion is a type of social molding. It is the procedure of directing people toward the adoption of an idea, attitude, or action by intellectual and symbolic (though not always logical) means. It is strategy of thought based on "appeals" rather than force. Persuasion is transmitted via types of persuasive appeals: Logos = The appeal to reason or the intelligence. Pathos = The appeal to emotion or the heart. Ethos = The persuasive appeal of one's character or reputation. Although they can be analyzed separately, these three appeals work together in combination toward persuasive ends. Aristotle labels these "artistic" or "intrinsic" proofs—those that could be found by way of the art of rhetoric—in comparison to "nonartistic" or "extrinsic" proofs such as testimony or written agreements that are just used by the speaker, not originating in rhetoric. Logos Aristotle hoped that all communication taking place could be done only through this appeal, but given the weaknesses of humanity, he bemoans, we must resort to the use of the other two appeals. The Greek word logos means "reason". Example of Logos "My ex-wife is a materialistic woman, as well as a killer and drug abuser. My ex-wife was driving a SUV while intoxicated and had an accident which killed my only daughter Jenny." Pathos Aristotle dedicates a significant portion of discourse of altering the feelings, and labeling the types of replies of assorted demographic groups. Hence, we come across the snug relations betwixt appraisal of pathos and of audience. Pathos, as well, is the class by which we understand the psychological facets of rhetoric. The Greek word pathos means "emotion". Critiques of rhetoric tend to stress the overemphasis of pathos, emotion, at the cost of logos, the message. Example of Pathos "Jenny lived with me, her dad, about 50 percent of the time, ever since she was 12 months old. While Jenny was in my custody, I had the role of mother and father. Along with being a single father, came a tremendous amount of duty. It was a duty I greatly liked. I cooked for her, washed her clothes and took good care of Jenny when she was not feeling well. When Jenny got the chicken pox, I got the chicken pox. All of my life was devoted to Jenny. It was the best time of my life. Never once did I ever have to punish Jenny, disciplining only with patience and love. During my divorce, my former wife's income was $170,000.00 + a year. I was just above the poverty level. I even signed away the home to my former wife in divorce, which had $225,000.00 of equity in it. All I wanted was Jenny. All my former wife ever cared about was money. In 1999, when I was going through an exceedingly rough time financially, my former wife offered to help me out financially. She offered to buy my parental rights for $10,000.00. Even though I was facing eviction, I told her that my daughter was not for sale at any price. For 8 years, my former wife tried to take Jenny away from me. She finally did. On March 22nd, 2004 Jenny's mother was driving her to school. She was driving in excess of 55 mph in a 20 mph speed zone, around a turn, on a wet and slippery street, near a school, with no seatbelt on my daughter. Jenny was thrown through the glass window of the SUV being driven by her mother. The vehicle then rolled over my daughter. With two collapsed lungs, my daughter got up, took a few steps gasping for air, and collapsed. My former wife never even walked over to Jenny after the accident. A witness claimed that my former wife was more concerned about her SUV and jewelry than her own daughter. Jenny was rushed to the hospital, hooked up to what looked like 20 tubes and a brain monitor. I sat on the cold floor in the waiting room for two weeks. Jenny's heart stopped beating at 8:22 p.m. on April 5th, 2004 at the age of 7 1/2 years old. My former wife tested positive for hydrocodone, cocaine and other drugs." Ethos Ethos is the method of persuasion that involves the use of one's notoriety, especially how the character is established by way of the discourse or speech. Aristotle asserts that one should stive to be seen as both well-read about one's subject and good. Cicero said that in speech the initial part of a speech (its exordium or introduction) was the point to build one's credibility with the audience. Example of Ethos "My Dear Fellow Clergymen: While confined here in Birmingham city jail, I came across your recent statement calling my present activities "unwise and untimely."...Since I feel that you are men of genuine good will and that your criticisms are sincerely set forth, I want to try to answer your statement in what I hope will be patient and reasonable in terms. I think I should indicate why I am here in Birmingham, since you have been influenced by the view which argues against "outsiders coming in."...I, along with several members of my staff, am here because I was invited here. I am here because I have organizational ties here. But more basically, I am in Birmingham because injustice is here. Just as the prophets of the eighth century B.C. left their villages and carried their "thus saith the Lord" far beyond the boundaries of their home towns, and just as the Apostle Paul left his village of Tarsus and carried the gospel of Jesus Christ to the far corners of the Greco-Roman world, so am I compelled to carry the gospel of freedom beyond my own home town. Like Paul, I must constantly respond to the Macedonian call for aid." - Martin Luther King, Jr. "Letter from Birmingham Jail" This report is an excerpt from ACE the CSET English study guide and online course. In the class, we study specific examples of logos, pathos, and ethos, and we study all forms of persuasion such as a bandwagon, red herring, straw man, shifting the burden of proof, and many more. 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Humans have been attempting to influence one another for many years. Maybe one of the most famous fluent early speakers was the Greek philosopher Aristotle. Aristotle's views are as relevant today as they were when he was educating at the Lyceum around 290 B.C.
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