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Appeals to Credibility or Character
Which items on the bulleted list of "Appeals to Credibility and Character (Ethos)" on page 182 can you recognize in your text?
References to credible sources, word choice, acknowledgement of counterarguments and refutations, and appeal to the audience's values and beliefs are used in the text.
How and why would the author(s) use these strategies?
Each of these is used to build the credibility of the author. Reference to outside sources enhances the believability of the information being conveyed. Word choice like "dramatic" and "impressive" referring to the outside information brought up is used to emphasize the significance of the claims the author is providing. The acknowledgment of counterarguments is used to combat any perception of bias. The entire article is written to appeal to the audience's values so they can be swayed in the author's favor.
How do these strategies affect the audience’s perception of the author's/authors' credibility and character?
The use of outside sources and acknowledgement of outside sources enhance his credibility as someone who has researched this topic thoroughly. The word choice used makes it almost too obvious that the author is doing the most to try to convince the reader of his argument so it makes him less credible in that sense.
How does the use of these strategies impact the effectiveness of the text’s overall message?
The use of these strategies are essential to the effectiveness of the text's message. They support and show the significance of the claims of the article and provide the audience with ethos, which is a trust in the knowledge of the author and therefore trust in how he has communicated his ideas.
Does/do the author(s) seem to have any biases or assumptions that might impact their credibility?
The article is obviously supporting the use of fracking and the presentation of information that only supports the argument indicates that the author is somewhat biased toward the industry.
Appeals to Emotion
Which items on the bulleted list of "Appeals to Emotion (Pathos)" on pages 182-3 can you recognize in your text?
None of the items on the list appear in the text in a way to evoke an emotional response.
What emotional responses is the author attempting to create?
The lack of tools to create an emotional response is conducted so that the article is viewed professionally. The creation of an emotional response would take away from the desired concreteness in the communication of the author's article, therefore the emotional response the author attempts is a lack thereof.
What is the actual result?
The result in the lack of use of strategies to create emotion in the reader does what is was intended to do, which is make the reader view the article professionally so that they feel the importance in the information being provided.
Are these emotions effective or ineffective for this particular audience and rhetorical situation?
Emotions are ineffective for this audience and rhetoric situation because of the basis of this argument on a logical presentation of evidence. If emotion is created, then the article would not be taken as seriously.
How do these emotional appeals affect the credibility of the author(s) or the logic of the text?
The lack of emotional appeal enhances the credibility of the author and the logic of the text because it makes the author's argument more professional and less biased. The reader is presented with strictly facts and their explanation to support a claim, which is what a persuasive article on a professional topic ought to do.
Appeal to Logic
Which items on the bulleted list of "Appeals to Logic or Rational Decision Making (Logos)" on page 183 can you recognize in your text?
Historical records and statistics, expert opinions, and an effective organization of ideas are present in the text as a means of appealing to logic.
What response is the author attempting to create by employing these strategies?
The author uses historical records and statistics as well as expert opinions to show that his argument is based on and supported by factual evidence. The author seeks to make the information appear sound and believable. The effective sequencing of ideas, by first presenting what fracking has already helped with and then explaining why other methods have not helped makes the argument easy to follow and answers the questions that the reader would have in the sequence that they would have them.
What is the actual result?
The result is a logical communication of why fracking is the most beneficial energy source and the facts to support it. The audience is presented with claims and supporting evidence in an order that makes sense, allowing for an effective persuasion to the argument of the author.
Are these strategies effective or ineffective for this particular audience and rhetorical situation?
These strategies are effective for this rhetorical situation and audience. The topic is serious so the best way to communicate the benefits of fracking is by an emphasized use of logos, which is present in the text.
Reflection
Reading Ayra and Savannah's analysis of rhetorical strategies made me believe that I put an assuringly sufficient amount of effort in developing my own analysis. My responses were visually longer and contained a bit more evidence to support my thoughts than the two, but this is not to take away from the level of their analysis. Their's, like mine, has less to say on pathos due to the common scientific/professional nature of our topics, however their similar development of ethos and logos showed me that I am on the right track.
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