1 / 12

The Three Ways We Persuade

Explore the three pillars of persuasion - Ethos, Logos, and Pathos - and learn how to leverage credibility, logic, and emotions to effectively sway audiences in commercials, written documents, and everyday interactions. Discover examples and techniques to fine-tune your persuasive skills.

jin
Download Presentation

The Three Ways We Persuade

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. The Three Ways We Persuade • Ethos (hand) • Logos (head) • Pathos (heart)

  2. Where and when do people use persuasion? • Commercials (radio, TV, internet, etc.) • Written documents (articles, essays, newspapers, magazines, etc.) • When someone wants you to do something for them!!

  3. What is ethos? • Ethos:refers to the credibility, respect or authority/expertise a person has.

  4. Why use ethos as a method to persuade? • We tend to believe people whom we respect. • Celebrities we like and admire appear more believable. • An authority or expert on the subject can appear more trustworthy. • When a product suggests it is authentic or “just like the real thing”, we are more likely to buy it.

  5. Ethos Example: Claim: Students should be allowed to use cell phones during school hours. Write supporting evidence to convince me using ethos.

  6. What is logos? • Logos:persuading by the use of reasoning and logic.

  7. How to use logos as a method to persuade? • Facts, statistics (%, numbers) • Visual charts • Research studies Progressive Insurance Commercial

  8. Logos Example: • Claim: Students should be allowed to use cell phones during school hours. Write supporting evidence to convince me using logos.

  9. What is pathos? • Pathos: appealing to emotions - convincing you by how it makes you feel.

  10. How to use pathos as a method to persuade? • Personal experience/anecdotes • Anyone/anything you might care about • An appeal to pathos causes an audience not just to respond emotionally, but to relate with the writer's/speaker’s point of view--to feel what the writer/speaker feels. McDonalds Commercial State Farm Commercial

  11. Pathos Example: Claim: Students should be allowed to use cell phones during school hours. Write supporting evidence to convince me using logos

  12. RECAP VIDEO • Let’s see if we can predict how our little friend Ari will use ethos, logos and pathos to persuade his mother to order pizza for dinner. I Want Pizza For Dinner!!

More Related