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Logos/Pathos/Ethos Flashcards

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Pathos

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Advance issue through emotional pull:
Build connection
Add energy to argument
Use humor

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Ethos

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Establish authority and good character
Elements: credibility, authority, clear motives

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Credibility

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Honesty, respect, likability — connect your own beliefs with core principles, admit conflicts with materials

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Logos

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Hard evidence, reason and common sense

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Hard evidence

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Inartistic proofs
Facts, Statistics, surveys and polls, narratives

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Reason and common sense

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Artistic proofs
Constructed Arguments, Logical Structures

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