Persuasive Techniques Ethos, Pathos, and Logos
The author Gary Mason uses mostly logos in this essay to show us statistics and data about oil dependency and how Denmark reduced theirs significantly since 1973 because of the Arab oil embargo. He mentions Denmark because they relied on oil and reduced its consumption from different reason unlike Canada and many more countries that waited for signs of possible global warming. This author focuses on logos persuasive techniques and avoids pathos as much as possible, because he doesn’t want to use emotions because this topic is about dependency on oil and not something that can relate emotionally to people. He mentions that Canada/ North Americas will find a way to lower our dependency on foreign oil by creating new forms of power like electricity (Clouse and Wall, Work of Mason pg. 409) in this paragraph he uses pathos with ethos together to bring his point across to get empathy and belief of his knowledge.
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Thomas Friedman’s experience from when he was at a hotel arctic in Ilulissat, Greenland. He mentions how it was an amazing experience and the way that the hotel is very efficient and uses many new technologies, like toilets with advanced flushing systems and many more. According to the hotel it uses 20 percent less electricity, 25 per cent less energy for heating and 27 per cent less water per guest than most hotels in North America. (Clouse and Wall, Work of Mason pg. 408). Here the author heavily relies on logos because he uses Mr. Friedman as an example and he uses the hotels statistics which are compared to North American hotels, the authors use of logos is very persuasive because the statistics support his argument which make the audience or readers agree with his argument that Canada could decrease its dependency and make new ways for
Ethos is present in multiple of ways in the movie. One example showing good character is that all of the narrators throughout the movie care about how food should be processed, so that the food will be healthy and safe for the consumers to eat. This would also develop trust since the narrators care for the good of the consumers. An example of good judgment is with an owner of a chicken house. She owns a traditional chicken house with windows, which is good in order to get air in and out.
Without delay, the author uses logos to back up his claim by giving the audience some evidence of some restaurants statistics. Tom Meyer tells Kliman for the most part restaurants only use about 30 percent of local foods and can that percent could go up to 40 or 50 in the summer months. By using Meyer statistics Kliman is using logos to make the audience realize “all products aren’t equal. But if local is something to support, something that matters, shouldn’t it matter for the other 70 percent?” (Kliman 72) Meaning he uses logos to appeal to the audience that most restaurants don’t worry about the 70 percent but they should because it does make a difference. In the last section of Kliman’s essay “A Glimpse of the Future, Part Two” the author uses both ethos and logos when he talks to the co-founder Ype Von Hengst of the Silver Diner. Hengst uses logos to claim that it was a necessity to overhaul his diner, to now serve fresher ingredients and source more local things into his diner. He backs his claim up by giving you a fact about how much the diners standards have improved by saying “local accounted for 10
The very first word we read are “for a fact.” This is a clear illustration of logos. The writers are attempting to use logic and reason to substantiate a feeling of security. However, there is no data or clear facts present. They state “We’re proud to list [the ingredients] for your inspection…” yet
The U.S. should invest in alternatives to oil, and drill on the United States grounds because it will assist the economy, preserve energy and fix the world’s environmental problems. The supply and demand for oil is always on the rise, and problems are contemplated with the use for oil. Those problems are starting to catch up to the modern world, and something needs to change before the world enters a black out. Experts can predict that there is estimated to be somewhere around 61 years of oil left for us to use at our current rate. The demand for oil is always rising. People in today’s modern society rely so heavily on oil, that they would not know what to expect if it
In “The Ethnic Theory of Plane Crashes,” Malcolm Gladwell makes a pathos appeal to the audience using scene and tone to really intrigue the intended audience by messing with their emotions. Gladwell uses dialogue throughout the chapter to help show his use of pathos also. Of course there are the other two appeals of ethos and logos used in this chapter, but pathos is what really stuck out to me. Gladwell’s use of pathos really enhances the text and hits the reader at an emotional level, making them more interested in the section. Pathos is what authors use to basically have the reader become emotionally attached to the piece.
Rhetoric is the art of persuasion, whether it is written or spoken. Rhetoric has been around for centuries. Aristotle, a Greek philosopher, believed that there were three basic ways to persuade an audience: ethos, pathos, and logos. Ethos is the appeal to ethics: how the speaker portrays himself/herself to the audience. Can the audience trust him/her?
He mentions a charter school called Kipp saying that, “Kipp students will have doubled their math and science scores by the time they graduate.” Using this rhetoric device persuades the audience to agree with the speaker’s point because it states irrefutable facts that support his argument. Another example of logos occurred when the author states that there is a direct correlation between students dropping out of high school and students that go to prison. This appeals to logos because it gives facts to emphasize the fact that going to a good high school has a big impact on your
The “U.S. became the world’s top producer of petroleum and natural gas” in 2013 (Energy Infrastructure). “Capital spending in the infrastructure that moves and transforms oil and gas into everyday products … has increased by 60 percent between 2010 and 2013” (Energy Infrastructure). The rise to become the top producer has led to the decrease in “U.S. oil import dependence” and the “rise of U.S. product exports” (U.S. Oil Import Dependence). The increased exportation of oil and gas by the U.S. has allowed both of these products to become large moneymakers for the United States. Although we will probably never “completely eliminate our need” for oil, we can reduce our petroleum consumption and the damage we inflict on the environment (Reduce Oil Dependence Costs). By decreasing the “dependence on oil” in new vehicles, there has been a
One example is when he states, “TiVo's a commercial failure... when they went IPO, their stock was at about 30 or 40 dollars and then plummeted, and it's never traded above 10 (Sinek).” In this example he is explaining that TiVo was a commercial failure, even though it had good market conditions, to prove to the audience that success isn’t just about the market. He uses the company's stock market history as evidence, showing the audience that this statement is not just opinion, it’s fact, effectively convincing the audience that TiVo was a failure and proving his point. To conclude, logos is a key tool in showing an audience that your claim isn’t just opinion. But, without credibility, the audience may begin to question the accuracy of the data
The importance of oil in our society is so great that it affects developed and developing countries. It is a huge contributor to economic growth and environmental destruction. Although the Alberta Oil Sands has destroyed acres of local and global (indirectly) ecosystems, it has achieved and ensured that Canada stays as an economic power. The economical, cultural, and political benefits the oil sands give to Canada makes it an irreplaceable asset to our nation and our global community
America must wean itself off of dependence on foreign oil, and one valid solution to this problem is offshore oil drilling and production. America’s economy is heavily based on petroleum, as though it is the nation’s blood; a necessity for survival. About 25% of oil produced in the U.S. comes from offshore rigs. Most of the U.S. coastline has been off limits for oil drilling since the early 1980s. Due to environmental concerns after an oil spill off the coast of California in 1969, an offshore drilling moratorium was imposed. Since then, the U.S. has amplified its energy consumption to where it uses nearly 25% of the world's oil. Meanwhile, the U.S. produces about 10% of the world's oil. That has made the U.S. heavily reliant on imported
Senator Everett Dirksen once noted “The oilcan is mightier than the sword”. In today’s world, it is easy to see why oil can be considered the most important resource to hold. Without oil, many of the common day occurrences we take for granted would be impossible. Oil is used for almost everything; from the fuel used to drive our vehicles, to the plastics used in every facet of life, and providing the heat needed to live through the winter. In fact, the United States depends so much on oil that as a nation it uses over 20 million barrels a day. Importing oil increases the total costs because of the need to transport it from around the world. It is estimated
Oil has often been referred to as any economy’s lifeblood. Although this is an overemphasis, oil has been the key, nonhuman resource of the economy throughout the largest part of the 20th century. In the book “The Prize: The Epic Quest for Oil, Money, And Power” by Daniel Yergin, the author illustrates the political, societal, economic, and geo-strategic importance of this product.
The United States in 1973 had spent the past two decades in the largest economic boom of world history. The rapid growth of industry and expansion of the automobile industry that characterized this time period led the U.S. to comprise a staggering 30% of the world’s total energy consumption, the chief source of which was oil. However, the U.S. only contained 6% of the world’s known oil reserves, so there was no way it could meet it’s own demands through domestic production alone. This created a huge dependency on oil imports from foreign countries, primarily in the Middle East, and gave these countries immense power over the U.S.’s economic affairs. In 1973, Middle Eastern OPEC members were tired of exploitation by British and American oil companies and angered over the US’s support of Israel in the Arab-Israeli conflicts over the Palestine, so they decided to unleash their power by decreasing output and in some cases totally stopping their export of oil to the U.S. in order to artificially increase prices. The crisis lasted only a year, but it’s effects on the American peoples’ view of their position in the world and on domestic and foreign policy were far-reaching. The Oil Crisis of 1972 to 1973 was a watershed event in American history because it made the U.S.’s dependence on and vulnerability to the influence other nations undeniable, highlighted the need for international interdependence in order to best make use of the world’s limited natural resources, and gave the
The New York Times’ article uses a plethora of logos, especially in statistics. Logos is logic used to persuade the reader. It is apart of the Aristotelian model. An example from the