Ethos, Pathos and Logos are all parts of a persuasive piece of writing. These three elements, when correctly used together, help create a strong, moving and persuasive piece of writing. These three different parts of persuasive writing all cover different topics, and when put together, they help a writer hit home with a reader to help move them in the direction the writer wants them to go.

Ethos is credible appeal, when a writer uses ethos it helps the reader trust what the writer is saying by things inside the writing making it seem more credible. This is usually done by referring to people who the common person would already trusts, or by enforcing why the writer should be credible himself with his or her own credentials. Since people tend to like to listen to someone they respect more, this method is effective in persuading people.

Pathos is second part of persuasive writing, it uses a readers emotions to push them into feeling like they agree with the writer. This makes Pathos another great way to persuade people into believing the writers stand point since opinions are often closely linked to feelings.

Logos is the third major type of persuasive writing, this  is last on the list but may be considered the most important. This method of reasoning uses plain logic to persuade readers into believing something. Logic is a very effective way of arguing because its very hard to argue against logic, especially when ists good logic with strong reasoning behind it.

 

 

 

 

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