Freewriting essay 2

When writing a rhetorical analysis I think that rather than writing about “hard facts” and statistics it is more important to use logic or reasoning and to gain credibility with the audience. I believe when the writer has some personal experience on their topic it gives them more credibility and connects with the audience more rather than someone who has little to no knowledge on the topic. For example if I were to do an argument on why online school is bad for your mental health I think I would be able to connect with the audience. Second I think that using logos and pathos is very important when arguing your topic. If you are able to start out with a strong emotional appeal that really connects to the audience it is able to grab their attention making them more interested in what you have to say. The jeep super bowl commercial demonstrated this very well it became the most  viewed super bowl commercial in a matter of minutes because of their strong emotional appeal. They were able to connect to the audience by putting pictures and a narrator talking in the background.

 

Essay 2 outline

In the beginning of my essay I plan to introduce my prompt one something that I have personal experience in not sure what it is yet but for an example I will put mental health

I will start off with an intro of my experience on how I have witnessed peoples mental health decrease especially when it came to the switch of online school, I will then use different writing styles such as ethos pathos or logos to further argue my topic. Then I will use facts and evidence to support my argument

 

After reading one of my peers response to the discussion I saw that their were a lot of similarities and differences in our ideas. Some of the similar ideas we have both came up with was the steps we need to take to create an authoritative ethos. We both believe that in order to create a strong authoritative argument you have to have credibility, authority and have clear/Unselfish motives. Some other similarities I noticed was the connection we have to have with the audience, we both believed that the speaker had to have created a trustworthiness and character with the audience.

Similarities                                                                                     Differences

  • Have Clear unselfish motives                        Used real life examples instead of from the textbook
  • have credibility
  • build a character
  • Have trust worthiness with the audience