ENG – 105 Topic 1 DQ 3

ENG – 105 Topic 1 DQ 3 In the rhetorical analysis assignment, you will be expected to demonstrate an understanding that every text is created for a unique situation and audience. You will need to act on this by analyzing the decisions made by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on their website about ADHD. This includes the persuasive appeals the CDC uses. Aristotle believed that speakers and writers used three kinds of persuasive appeals. Logos is an appeal to the audience’s powers of reason or logic. Pathos is an appeal to emotions or senses. Ethos is the personal appeal, charisma, or credibility of the speaker or writer. These three appeals are known as the rhetorical triangle because all three sides work together to make a text effective or not. In your own words, explain the concepts of pathos, logos, and ethos and why they are important appeals to recognize in a text. Next, use the CDC's page about ADHD to analyze the ethos, logos, and pathos in the document. Consider the following questions in your response: • What do you think about the logic presented in the document? • What do you think about its emotional appeal • What about its appeal to authority or credibility? • Does the CDC effectively present each of the rhetorical appeals? Why or why not? Link to Centers of Disease Control’s website: Logos, pathos and ethos are obviously Greek root words meaning, logic, sense, and ethics or credibility. One would search for these concepts in a text to verify the text is what it seems. The CDC used logos by telling readers not to think literally about ADHD but look at it logically as a neurodevelopmental disease. Pathos is noted by saying we should sympathize with people that have the disease and work with them to improve behavior. Ethos is used by showing the resources that were used to study the disease and provide information for this article. I feel the logic is sound in this article and presented well. This article tries to appeal to a person’s empathy but might not work for those having experience with ADHD. The article is credible as evidenced by the scholarly resources used. I feel the article makes a descent attempt at rhetorical appeal because it uses pathos, ethos, and logos in good detail behind each appeal.