Wednesday, April 26, 2017
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In both readings, the authors use the techniques ethos, pathos and logos in order to sway the readers in different ways. I found it more prominent particularly in Barack Obama's speech "A More Perfect Union" that the ethos, pathos, and logos are organized in a more fluent way. I find that in "Means of Persuasion", the way its written is more examples and how to incorporate the techniques. However, they both use the techniques and get the audience to listen how to use them to sway a group of people listening to the message. Barrack Obama's speech was very heartwarming, credible, and makes the audience understand how he personally feels. I think Obama's genuine feelings really reach me personally, and it's helpful that he knew how to use all his persuasive techniques in different ways, naturally.
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I agree with your claims. To further elaborate, Barack Obama's "A More Perfect Union," actually utilized the means of persuasion, where as "Means of Persuasion" only explained them. Obama used ethos, pathos, and logos to persuade voters to vote for him. He used emotional appeals to hardships of being a minority, logical appeals to explain that the constitution held discrimination wrong since the beginning of America, and ethical appeals to explain that it is wrong that we are treated unequally and divide ourselves when we all seek a better life for ourselves and for our children. The two works share the tops of ethos logos and pathos but they differ in that one utilizes the three and the other informs the reader how to utilize them.
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