Here is the prompt for section 35, which meets at 10:35
"In your opinion, what do you think is the most effective (pathos, logos, or ethos) when writing a paper? In your "Into the Wild" and "American Literature" essays did you focus more on one rhetoric, or did you balance all three? If so why?"
I really can't respond to this, so I won't. Although I will say that I think, for both of them, if you aren't using enough logos, you're not communicating your argument effectively.
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i think that the most effective rhetoric in writing any paper is pathos. pathos is the most important point in the rhetoric triangle, because it has to do with your emotions. when you are reading a paper and all it has is quotes or facts, the writer isn't proving anything. the paper isn't a rhetorical essay. if you are writing a paper you are trying to prove a point. if you don't use pathos you cant prove a point. you could use just ethos and logos and they only way you are proving your point is with sources. you can say so much with your only words, and when you add in sources you make your argument that much stronger. your emotions can go really far but if you have sources that are just as strong, you can make a very strong argument. I used pathos and ethos the most. Logos i feel like cant prove an argument as good. i feel like when you state facts you have no where to go after that. i used pathos and ethos the most because they go together very well. you introduce your source and what he or she said and you build off that. it makes your writing very smooth and helps proves an argument.
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