In the paper written by career center i found examples of ethos: gaining the trust of the reader, pathos: gaining the emotions of the reader, and logos: using logic and numbers to reason with the reader. Ethos (or ethical appeal) means convincing by the character of the reader; gaining the readers trust; authority of the speaker. An example of ethos in the paper from career center is that they interview a doctor which makes you want to believe his responses. Also, this doctor named Dr.Kuilkowski went to the university of school veterinary science called tufts which shows Dr.K has had studies, learning, and education. Both these examples grab the readers trust. Pathos means persuading by appealing the readers emotions to the novel; writing piece; essay. For example, in the script Dr.K explains that veterinary science isn't all it seems and that "On the first day, we led a trailer full of (live) ponies down the elevator and into the basement to bleed them out and embalm them in preparation for a semester's worth of dissection and research." grabbing the emotion of the reader will make them see both sides of an argument. Logos refers to the internal message and the effectiveness of its supporting evidence using data; numbers; reason. as a last example, in the paper Dr.K states that "With only 28 veterinary graduate programs in the United States (compared to 125 med schools), all of which require rigorous science coursework for admission, becoming a Doctor of Veterinary Medicine is a considerably difficult task". This shows the reader some "logic" of how many students actually get successful off of collage and graduate.
Hi Juliana! You used really good descriptive words!
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