2. Aristotle divided persuasive communication into four categories: ethos‚ pathos‚ logos‚ and mythos. Ethos refers to a person’s credibility. It is easier to convince someone what you’re saying if they respect you. Pathos is using communication to appeal to someone’s emotions. If used effectively‚ choice of words and even the tone of your voice‚ can appeal to an audience’s emotions‚ and help you in persuading them. To persuade someone by using logical reasoning is logos. Logos is the most important
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Dear Mr. Larson‚ I have been made aware of your plan to build a beneficial facility for young people in Chino Hills. Please read the following letter that will explain to you that building a youth activity center would be most beneficial to our wonderful city. Many may say that no one would come to the James Larson Youth Activity Center because of its membership fees‚ but any child who cannot afford the fee because financial problems in their family can submit their information and will be
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should be able to use the trademarked logos of universities and colleges‚ as their own‚ without the permission of the individual institution. Recently there has been an abundance of issues concerning higher level institutions being opposed to secondary schools using their logos or an extremely similar design. Representatives of both sides argue their points. Supported by laws and treaties‚ secondary schools and institutions should not be allowed to use logos that are trademarked by universities and
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Clinton talked about Trump’s sexist commentary using logos to make the crowd understand that he wasn’t worthy of their vote. Clinton also used logos when answering questions that had to do with the economy saying‚ “I also want to see more companies do profit-sharing. If you help create the profits‚ you should be able to share in them‚ not just the executives at the top.” When it was Trump’s turn to rebut he in turn spoke about Clinton’s marriage using logos to try to tarnish Clinton’s credibility in sustaining
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The Goal of Persuasive Speaking Persuasion is a communication process involving both verbal and nonverbal messages. - The ultimate goal is action or change. * Adoption asks listeners to demonstrate their acceptance * Discontinuance asks listeners to avoid certain behavior * Deterrence asks listeners to prevent an occurrence of something * Continuance asks listeners to continue to perform behaviors Topics for Persuasive Speeches Questions of Fact identify what is true or false Questions
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people and convincing them to join the fight against the racial inequality and discrimination. This speech was so persuasive because King effectively used rhetorical methods throughout his speech. From what I took from this speech‚ King was able to utilize every rhetorical method including pathos‚ logos‚ and ethos. Martin Luther King Jr.’s speech‚ “I Have a Dream”‚ uses the emphasis of pathos throughout the duration of his speech. For example‚ he states
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Jesse Johnson Speech Bailey April 12‚ 2005 Persuasive Speeches When starting to think about what I am going to do for my persuasive speech I tried to think of a topic that I am going to be able to learn something from and also a topic that I already know something about. I was thinking of doing a speech on legalizing marijuana but I feel that a lot of people do speeches on this so I wanted to think of a new topic. I really have not thought about
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Introduction In this paper‚ the author will try to compare the logos of Heraclitus and Jesus. Heaclitus is one of the most famous Greek philosophers. Some theologians said that God prepared his incarnation philosophy by Heraclitus. The apostle John also used this logos philosophy to teach the gospel of Jesus to those who were influenced by Heraclitus’ philosophy. In this paper‚ therefore‚ the author will mention first the life of Heraclitus and his philosophy. And then the comparisons to Jesus
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It also uses ethos to say that it is the most fuel efficient crossover yet which gives off a reliable and trustworthy feel. I think it also uses ethos to say that if celebrity Melissa McCarthy uses it then you should too‚ as which also gives off a trustworthy appeal. I think this ad uses the plain folks persuasive technique because a car is something most adults can pay for and is an ordinary thing that people can
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Persuasive Communication and Effective Negotiations Introduction In business the most vital skill is communication. In a setting where ideas are the business‚ it is imperative to be able to communicate those ideas effectively. The most important part of communication is the persuasive message. Communication is defined as a process by which we give and express meaning in an effort to create shared understanding. This process requires a huge range of skills in intrapersonal and interpersonal
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