In George H. Williams’s rhetorical appeal, he discusses a quick understanding of ethos, pathos and logos and how it is used to persuade the audience you are writing for. Ethos is the first topic, stating that it is used for the audience’s perception of credibility or authority such as if the writer has a clear understanding of their topic and if they are explaining what they are talking about clearly. From this perspective their are two types of ethos, extrinsic which is the outside view and intrinsic which is the inside view.

Pathos is more use of a common sense of what the writer is trying to say. The writer tries to get a response with some kind of emoition, self-interest or identity from the audience. The overall sense of the paper the writer is trying to get across to the audience.

William does not discuss logos very much because he states how he will go more into detail with it in his class, but using logic is the main key of logos. It shows reasonableness of the paper and convinces the audience based on the thesis what the main point of the paper is.

I really enjoy William’s last statement of tying the 3 appeals together, “As your doctor, I have to tell you that if you don’t stop smoking, you’re going to die.” I feel this statement is strict and to the point of putting all of the three appeals together for a better understanding for a thesis statement in a paper.

Ethos is a perspective used to describe an audience’s view of the writer’s credibility or authority. It explains the topic in which the writer is discusses clearly and to an understanding for the audience. It shows that the writer knows what he or she is talking about and that the statements made are factual. The two types of ethos are extrinsic which is the outside view and intrinsic which is the inside view. It is base on the knowledge you know about your topic because of personal experience.

the link I have just posted, shows a little girl being happy and all of a sudden she comes around a cigarette and starts coughing. She knows that smoking can cause death. She shows the man that lights the cigarette that he is going to die from smoking.

“I was always falling down; my Indian name was Junior Falls Down. Sometimes it was Bloody Nose or Steal-His-Lunch. Once, it was Cries-Like-a-White-Boy, even though none of us had seen a white boy cry.”

The wrote is from the article of Indian Education, from Sherman. He has a personal view of how Indians were being treated. He has a personal experience of being in this kind of situation and sets an example of what happened to him because he was Indian.