Friday, February 7, 2014

Week 3- Danielle Bender

This week we put our knowledge to the test to see if Heinrichs really knew how to persuade people into thinking like him. I have been a victim of his skills and am mesmerized by his tactics of argument and persuasion. In chapter 6 of TYFA Heinrichs elaborated on the use of ethos. The agreeable side of ethos can be separated into caring, craft, and cause. I found it interesting when he mentioned three tools in order to get your audience engaged. To get the audience to trust what you are saying you must show off your leadership, bend the rules, and seem to take the middle course. So far, This book has allowed me to better persuade my peers and pick up on when others are trying to persuade me. 

We put our newly learned skills to use in the book Eating Animals. So far I find the book very interesting and am excited to become more educated on the topic of animals in our society. I have been able to find a lot of Ethos pathos and logos usage in the first two chapters of the book. I have noticed he has used pathos in the first chapter in order to lure in the audience and keep them engaged in the text. He gets personal and talks about his childhood and his current family in order to connect with all age groups. I am looking forward to deciphering his further tactics of persuasion and finding out if I will buy into his argument.

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