September 18

In Writing Arguments, it says that the writers responsibility with ethos is to get the audience to trust what he or she is saying. In order to prove their point, they need the audience to believe that their arguement is true whether they use facts or personal stories. With pathos, the author has to get the audience to connect emotionally with the topic. It needs to be written in a way that the audience feels an emotional attachment to the topic so they side with the author. Our government and media do not usually live up the expectations of ethos and pathos. Many times they distort the facts so they make the audience have more confidence in them. The media and the government also discuss topics that are especially important in the lives of many people on an every day basis and then try to change their views with ethos. The media is very good about using ethos and pathos in their favor instead of in favor of the audience.