Thursday, March 26, 2015

Class Notes (3/26/15)

People seem to trust those who really apply themselves to what they're talking about. They like when people introduce themselves and try to engage in the conversation. 

Ethos: The character of the person who's doing the speaking. The identity of the speaker. (Dressing, context in which they're introduced, their expertise)

Pathos: The emotion a speaker brings to the message. (Optimism, derogatory)

Logos: How well a speaker arranges their argument.


John F. Kenedy Speech: Right away you get ethos. They inroduce him as the president and he's wearing a suit and tie with a lot of media around him. Kenedy speaks really confidently and firmly. He only makes pauses every once in a while but throughout the whole speech he is very confident. It makes people want to trust and like him even more. "We choose to do these things not because they are easy, but because they are hard." 

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