What in the world are ETHOS, PATHOS AND LOGOS? and what are they doing on this blog...

Well some of us know what ethos, pathos, and logos mean, but I sure didn't when they were first introduced to me. Ethos, in short, is the appeal to character or to an individual, pathos is the appeal to emotion (you, know really sad or really happy), and logos is the appeal to logic and reason (facts). These three terms came easily to me because, well, all writing I think has one of these three uses in them and can at times be easy to spot out.

When I first hear ethos, or the appeal to character, I instantly think of presidential campaign commercials. These, to me anyway, seem like the epitome of ethos usage in a type of writing. The main idea of these commercials are simply to impress a viewer and make him or her like you! Some commercials you see about elections can be pretty serious, but I know I have seen some just ridiculous commercials that are almost completely false. I don't believe this one is real, but proves my point nonetheless.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGqSmReVpTM

Pathos, although not the most important use in my eyes, is important and can help your writing nonetheless! This can be an important part of writing persuasive papers, and in my case (for my writing class-shout out to my teachers) proposal writing. Many common people like me and you readers are suckers for a sob story, which many advertisements take advantage of. I actually theorized about this that if you can make something sad, and soppy, a woman (or a man) will like it and will be interested in it, but that theory is still in the works of experiment... and was only thought about during 45 minutes in a class period. But anyway, when thinking about sad and soppy stories trying to convince an audience of something, nothing rings my bell better than the classic animal cruelty commercials.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9gspElv1yvc

Well, that clip sure spoke to my heart. Now I will have to push through these last paragraphs sobbing inside.

Now on to the last term of the day: Logos. In my mind, the usage of logos is clearly the most important term here. No one can say facts are lying and any fact given has to be played into consideration when thinking about the situation at hand. Now what is the first thing I think of when logos is at hand...

Well that's something different... silly Scooter. But what I do think of when logos is on my mind is this one funny commercial I have seen recently that uses logos, in a sarcastic way, to prove its point. It's a Worx Energy commercial and is pretty funny. Here it is...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c2cZFNNwO7s&feature=related

Now I looked up some quotes using these three terms, and the best one I found was using pathos and by actor John C. Reilly and must be about (and I'm just guessing here) a new TV show he his producing.

This is real human drama, we're not creating some amusement park ride for the summer. Even though the movie is really exciting to watch, it's got a real pathos behind it.
John C. Reilly


Read more:http://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/keywords/pathos.html#ixzz1cbKw01Yq

There you are world, all of your Scooter insight on Ethos, Pathos, and Logos. Stay classy world.

Godspeed.