Writing 2111F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Enthymeme

• School: Western University
• Department: Writing
• Course: Writing 2111F/G
• Professor: andrew wenaus

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E(cid:373)phasize logos a(cid:374)d (cid:396)easo(cid:374) (cid:894)(cid:271)ut do(cid:374)(cid:859)t (cid:374)egle(cid:272)t ethos a(cid:374)d pathos(cid:895: classical model (ancient greek) Enthymeme a way of checking the coherence of the message, not like thesis, but serves a similar function. A whole argument can be summarized by the following sentence. : (cid:862)you should do/(cid:374)ot do (cid:858)(cid:454)(cid:859) (cid:271)e(cid:272)ause (cid:1005),(cid:1006),(cid:1007) (cid:863) : allows us to get rid of assumptions that we may assume our audience believes -thus we may have to argue certain definitions. : if you get people to accept a and b, they will accept c. : if the audience does not accept a nor b, then although the argument is valid, it is not persuasive. A type of formal logic, to greeks to study persuasion was to study logic. Syllogism- an argument where the conclusion is supported by 2 or more premises (socrates is a man, all men are mortal, thus socrates is mortal) Invention the act of finding an argument or a structure to present points.