CMN 210 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Pathos, Rationality, Synecdoche

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Communication
• Course: CMN 210
• Professor: John Shiga

Document Summary

An appeal to credibility or character; any technique that encourages audiences to trust the speaker/writer by drawing attention to, or by bolstering, the credibility or character of the author/speaker. I used to commute long distance to work everyday. several years ago, I decided to move to toronto, which is closer to my workplace. I know from experience that living closer to work makes life less frantic. An appeal to logic or reason; any technique that uses logic or reason to increase the rationality of the message (or to increase the message"s appearance of rationality) Claim: the main idea or notion that the speaker is attempting to make the audience believe. Evidence: statements, examples or other support for the main idea/claim. My friend spends three hours a day driving from hamilton to. He frequently tells me that hsi commute is the most stressful part of his day.