ENGL110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Pathos
14 Jun 2018
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Rhetoric: art of persuasive discourse
Found in articles, politics, commercials
Rhetorical appeals: logos, pathos, ethos, studied by Aristotle
Logos:logic/reason
Pathos: emotion
Ethos: character of speaker or writer
Thesis: argument you make in writing
Genre: type of writing
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“Therapeutic Superstition”
Biographical/Memoir
Narrative
Respects reuben, doesn't discount visions, talks highly of him
Envies happiness? His different reality?
Society is superstitious
Therapeutic-society thinks they've done good for reuben
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“Politics and the English Language”
● Audience: people who are concerned with the state of language and politics
● Thesis: written english is full of bad habits that can be fixed if you care enough to be
cautious when writing
● Examples: increases credibility, proof from political writings
● Most relevant today?-meaningless words
● Twitter: trump uses it to routinely communicate with public
We also use it to criticize him
Not necessarily long+drawn out like orwell says-140 characters
● Passive voice: deflect attention away from people who did the action
○ Ex: “the tax was passed by the administration..”
● Adjectives: ways to appear neutral, but adjectives have either negative or positive
connotations
○ Socialism also has negative connotation-bernie
● If you don’t resist these bad habits of language, understanding and thinking of reality
change
○ You’ll fall trap to the manipulation in writing-robot
