Professional Documents
Culture Documents
An Introduction
Objectives
Appeal to
credibility / ethos:
Convince the
reader that you are
a credible source
How to appeal to logic?
emotion
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s/2014-07-08/where-theres-smoke.html
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How to
appeal to
credibility /
ethos?
Example: appeal to credibility / ethos
LOGIC = RATIONAL EMOTION =
APPEAL EMOTIONAL APPEAL
Summary:
Three
Appeals
Source
Practice
Appeal?
Most Scientists Agree: Humans Are Causing
Global Climate Change
Source: Donovan, Jennifer. (2015, Oct. 15). Most Scientists Agree: Humans
Are Causing Global Climate Change. Michigan Tech News Retrieved from
http://www.mtu.edu/news/stories/2013/may/most-scientists-agree-
humans-causing-global-climate-change.htm
Appeal?
Appeal?
Source: Andrew, Danielle. (2015, Sept. 13). This Shocking Photograph Reveals The Reality Of Climate Change. IFLScience.
Retrieved from http://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/one-image-captures-shocking-potential-future-polar-
bears
Appeal?