GSW 1120 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: American Society For The Prevention Of Cruelty To Animals, Pathos
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A way of thinking about how we talk about takes into consideration the entire situation in which we talk takes place. Pathos appeal to emotion: aspca commercials. Ethos appeal to ethics/credibility: when a celebrity is branding. Kairos time sensitive, the opportunity or season for speaking. : when you say something at the right time when you"re arguing with someone and have a comeback. *answering these questions will help you situate a reading you have been assigned, what kind of approach you can/should be taking towards it* Annotation is a method for close reading and notetaking. Some methods: brief summaries in the margins, listing/numbering ideas, making sketches/charts to help explain the text, noting your confusion so that you can go back and see if it was answered. Looking back at weird words and phrases that you"ve never seen before and finding out what they mean is crucial to understanding the real meaning of the text: underlining/highlighting.