Consider the statement and its meaning carefully. Then, plan and write an essay in which you develop a position on the claim set forth within this statement. Use appropriate, specific evidence from your reading, observations, and/or experiences to develop your position.
Please create a writing plan (on paper) for this assertion essay prompt before writing the essay.
This plan will be graded, taking into consideration what you learned about approaching this type of essay last week. Be sure to include your intended thesis statement, which begins with "Although...," or "If..."
This essay and essay plan are due on Wed., 9/26.
1. "Ethos is the most important of the three appeals. If the audience trusts you, then they expect that what you are telling them is true." --Andrew Dlugan, current, award-winning public speaker and speech strategist
2. In his book You've Got to be Believed to be Heard, Robert Decker says that people buy on emotion and justify with fact.
3. "Storytelling is about patience, about making sense of the moments of pathos and beauty that you find, and about carrying those moments back into your own life." -- well-known, contemporary author Michael Paterniti
3. "Storytelling is about patience, about making sense of the moments of pathos and beauty that you find, and about carrying those moments back into your own life." -- well-known, contemporary author Michael Paterniti
4. Aristotle, a famous Greek teacher of logic and rhetoric, said that logos should be the most important of the three persuasive appeals. As a philosopher and a master of logical reasoning, he believed that logos should be the only required persuasive appeal. That is, if you demonstrated logos, you should not need ethos or pathos.
*Please spend no more than 45 minutes on this essay... set a timer and see how you do! :)
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