Ethos, pathos, or logos?
“...So I, along with several members of my staff, am here because I was invited here. I am here because I have organizational ties here.”
What is logos?
an author’s reason for writing, such as to entertain, to inform, or to persuade
What is author's purpose?
a structure that presents the similarities and differences between two or more things
What is compare and contrast?
written by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. about the racial injustices in Alabama
What is Letter From Birmingham Jail?
a main point that an author makes about a topic
What is central idea?
“But when you have seen vicious mobs lynch your mothers and fathers at will and drown your sisters and brothers at whim”
What is pathos?
a way of expressing something in writing or speech that is developed using various techniques
What is style?
a structure that gives details to help describe a topic or idea
What is descriptive?
retelling of the story of Adam and Eve in the Bible; Eve unnames the animals
What is "She Unnames Them"?
if something is stated specifically
What is explicit?
“when you have to concoct an answer for a five year old son who is asking: ‘Daddy, why do white people treat colored people so mean?’”
What is pathos?
to give permission; to accept something
What is consented?
a structure that explains something happened and what happened as a result
What is cause and effect?
A dystopian short story by Franz Kafka about a village's request being denied
What is "The Refusal"?
If something is suggested or implied
What is implicit?
“Conversely, one has a moral responsibility to disobey unjust laws. I would agree with St. Augustine that ‘an unjust law is no law at all.’”
What is ethos?
lasting for a very short time
What is ephemeral?
a structure that outlines a situation and proposes how to solve it
What is problem-solution?
She feels closer to the animals, as if the boundary between predator and prey is gone
the art of effective communication or persuasion
What is rhetoric?
“Any law that degrades human personality is unjust. All segregation statutes are unjust because segregation distorts the soul and damages the personality.”
What is logos?
having knowledge or being aware of
What is cognizant?
a structure that presents steps in a process
What is sequence?
One of King's central ideas in "Letter From Birmingham Jail"
1. Racial injustice affects everyone, everywhere.
2. Unjust laws shouldn't be followed.
3. Sympathizing with racism only worsens the problem.
the methods that a speaker uses to persuade an audience
What are rhetorical appeals? (ethos, pathos, logos)