Appeals to audience’s sense of reason and logic.
What is logos?
The text comes from this person or group.
What is speaker?
American people who are guilty of disrespecting “nerds.”
Who is the audience?
Appeals to the audience’s emotions.
What is pathos?
The text is guided toward this person and/or group.
What is audience(s)?
Leonid Fridman
Who is the speaker?
Appeal to authority and speaker’s credibility
What is ethos?
The speaker’s reason for the text.
What is purpose?
The negligence of nerds in America.
What is the exigence?
“Nerds and geeks must stop being ashamed of who they are.”
What is pathos?
The idea the speaker is conveying through the text.
What is message?
To convince U.S. society that education should be valued more.
What is the purpose?
“In most industrialized nations, not least of all our economic rivals in East Asia, a kid who studies hard is lauded and held up as an example to other students.”
What is logos?
The occasion or events that warranted the text (got the ball rolling).
What is exigence?
America needs its nerds and they should be treated better.
What is the message?