LITERATURE QUESTIONS
INTRODUCTION TO LITERARY STUDIES
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Emotional arguments
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Political arguments
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Deductive arguments
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Inductive arguments
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Detailed explanation-1: -Ethos appeals to the writer’s character. Ethos can also be thought of as the role of the writer in the argument, and how credible his/her argument is. Pathos appeals to the emotions and the sympathetic imagination, as well as to beliefs and values.
Detailed explanation-2: -Ethos is used to convey the writer’s credibility and authority. When evaluating a piece of writing, the reader must know if the writer is qualified to comment on this issue.
Detailed explanation-3: -Ethos (Greek for “character”) • Focuses attention on the writer’s or speaker’s trustworthiness. • Takes one of two forms: “appeal to character” or “appeal to credibility.” • A writer may show “ethos” through her tone, such as taking care to show more. than one side of an issue before arguing for her side.
Detailed explanation-4: -Ethos (the ethical appeal) is used by a speaker to convince the audience about the speaker’s credibility or character (Aristotle, as cited in Kennedy, 1991; Braet, 1992). Ethos means “character”. By the ethos, a speaker demonstrates that he is a trustworthy source of information and therefore should be listened.