ENGL 101 Chapter Notes - Chapter 11: Pathos
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Ways to establish credibility: be knowledgable about your issue, be fair, build a bridge to your audience, demonstrate professionalism. Pathos- appeal to the reader"s emotions: gives access to nonlogical, but not necessarily non rational, ways of knowing, helps us see what is deeply at stake in an issue, helps reader"s walk in writer"s shoes. Increases the liveliness, interest level, and personality of a writer"s prose: speci c examples and illustrations. Provide evidence that supports your reasons and give your argument presence and emotional resonance: narratives. Appeals to your reader"s feelings and imagination: connotations of words, metaphors, and analogies. Guide readers to see the issue through the writer"s angle of vision. One of the most powerful ways to engage an audience emotionally is to use photos or other images. !1: reminds us that a rhetorical situation is not stable and xed, but evolves as events unfold or as audience"s experience the psychological ebbs and ows of attention and care.
