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WA-3: Logos, Ethos, and Pathos.
This assignment is similar to WA-2, but please use different articles. Using the same articles will result in a deduction of 15 points.
Choose your topic and do an Internet search for an article or articles on it. You can also use the List of Interesting Websites. If you can find logos, ethos, and pathos in one article, that’s great, but you can use two or three if you need to. However, all the articles should be on the same topic.
Articles that strictly report facts (such as an encyclopedia entry or unbiased news report) will not work well for this assignment. You need to choose articles expressing a writer’s or writers’ point of view.
Cover Page
Paragraph One: Introduction.
Paragraph Two: What is the article about? Briefly summarize it for me.
In the New York Times article “Why Rural America Voted for Trump,” Robert Leonard paints a deeply sympathetic picture of the daily lives of rural Americans, with their disintegrating roads, distant healthcare, and economically dying, jobless towns. He explains how their feeling forgotten and abandoned by the leaders of our country led to them voting for President Trump (2017).
Paragraph Three: Find a direct quote that is an example of logos and tell me why it is a good example of logos.
Leonard argues “Look at a national map of which counties went for Democrats and which for Republicans: Overwhelmingly, the blue counties are along waterways, where early river transportation encouraged the formation of cities, and surround state capitals. This is also where most investment in infrastructure and services is made” (2017). This is a good example of logos because…
Paragraph Four: Find a direct quote that is an example of ethos and tell me why it is a good example of ethos.
Leonard describes his 2015 encounter with J.C. Watts, a Baptist minister. Mr. Watts describes what he sees as the most important difference between the ethos of Republicans and the ethos of Democrats:
…Republicans believe people are fundamentally bad, while Democrats see people as fundamentally good….We are born bad…children do not need to be taught to behave badly – they are born knowing how to do that. We teach them how to be good….Democrats believe that we are born good, that we create God, not that he created us. If we are our own God, as the Democrats say, then we need to look at something else to blame when things go wrong – not us. (2017)
This quote from Mr. Watts is a good example of ethos because…
Paragraph Five: Find a direct quote that is an example of pathos and tell me why it is a good example of pathos.
Leonard describes the attitude of two 18-year-old men he has known since their childhood: “[They view] liberals as loathsome, misinformed and weak, even dangerous.” “Let’s go to work,” one says to the other as he finishes his coffee. “Let the liberals sleep in” (2017). This quote provides a good example of pathos because…
Paragraph Six: Conclusion
References: Using APA Style, list your article or articles on your References page. Use in-text citations for your quotes.
Expected length: 6-8 paragraphs but meeting the assignment requirements is more important.
Points: Content = 70 pts. Grammar = 20 points. APA Style = 10 pts (100 total).
Of the 70 points for content,
5 points for the introduction, 5 points for the conclusion
15 points for the article summary
15 points for identifying an example of logos and explaining why it is logos (on what kind of factual evidence is it based? Is a subject matter expert quoted? Primary research cited? A direct, real-world analogy presented?)
15 points for identifying an example of ethos t and explaining why it is ethos (Are both sides of the argument considered? Is a concession made? Is the author appealing to a certain moral code or way of life, speaking to a certain audience? Calling for action?)
15 points for identifying an example of pathos and explaining why it is pathos (is the author engaging their own emotions to invoke emotions in the reader? Are they using figurative language to create an image in the reader’s mind? Are they using loaded language?)
Please see the in-class handout for more examples.

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