Rhetorical Triangle
Rhetorical Analysis of “Parental advisory”
The Rhetorical Triangle is on the biggest key point to making sure the paper is well round and can be understandable for whom may read it. The 3 key points for the rhetorical triangle are Logos, Pathos, and Ethos. Logos, which is Greek for ‘word’, is where in the essay the author is conveying his message to the audience. It’s where the actual argument comes in for the paper. Ethos, translates to character, which correlates to how well the author established credibility through his/her work. It’s essential that the author can properly convey reliable information so the audience can trust and believe what the writer is talking about. And last Pathos, meaning suffering in Greek, is where the emotions of the passage is transferred to the reader. It’s important for the writer to …show more content…
With “Digital Demands: The Challenges of Constant Connectivity” the person they interviewed was Sherry Turkle. In the book it talks about Turkle being a scholar and the director of MIT’s Initiative on Technology and Self. Turkle has also written a book called Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other which shows she has done quite the bit of research on the topic. I also established Ethos through “An Internet ‘Eraser’ Laws Would Hurt, Not Help, Oregon Teens”. Susan Nielson is the lead editorial writer on law and education. She was also an associate editor and columnist for the Portland Oregonian newspaper
Finally with Pathos I tried to convey a feeling with my attention grabber as well as a sentence in one of my paragraphs. In the beginning of my essay I tried to grab my audience with emotion by telling a story about a girl committing suicide because of cyberbullying. I also tried to erect feelings for my audience by giving them a statistic dealing with cyberbullying and how any students had said they experiences this in a given
The Rhetorical Triangle is on the biggest key point to making sure the paper is well round and can be understandable for whom may read it. The 3 key points for the rhetorical triangle are Logos, Pathos, and Ethos. Logos, which is Greek for ‘word’, is where in the essay the author is conveying his message to the audience. It’s where the actual argument comes in for the paper. Ethos, translates to character, which correlates to how well the author established credibility through his/her work. It’s essential that the author can properly convey reliable information so the audience can trust and believe what the writer is talking about. And last Pathos, meaning suffering in Greek, is where the emotions of the passage is transferred to the reader. It’s important for the writer to …show more content…
With “Digital Demands: The Challenges of Constant Connectivity” the person they interviewed was Sherry Turkle. In the book it talks about Turkle being a scholar and the director of MIT’s Initiative on Technology and Self. Turkle has also written a book called Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other which shows she has done quite the bit of research on the topic. I also established Ethos through “An Internet ‘Eraser’ Laws Would Hurt, Not Help, Oregon Teens”. Susan Nielson is the lead editorial writer on law and education. She was also an associate editor and columnist for the Portland Oregonian newspaper
Finally with Pathos I tried to convey a feeling with my attention grabber as well as a sentence in one of my paragraphs. In the beginning of my essay I tried to grab my audience with emotion by telling a story about a girl committing suicide because of cyberbullying. I also tried to erect feelings for my audience by giving them a statistic dealing with cyberbullying and how any students had said they experiences this in a given