logos- the use of facts and evidence to appeal to an audience.
I never fully understood the full effect that logos can have on an audience until Inquiry 4, when I realized that the best way to catch my audience's attention through a video would be by using statistics with a shock effect. I have realized that often times, logos is what sets the platform for pathos. Logos gives the audience clarification and a foundation to believe your argument. I believe that the greatest growth I experienced with this aspect of rhetoric was between the third and fourth inquiry. In the third inquiry, I relied heavily upon my own personal testimony and knowledge that I have gained over the years. Much of my knowledge was fact-based but the actual evidence was not necessarily a big part of my argument, especially in the second half when I explained a healthy lifestyle.
My Inquiry 4 argument was the complete opposite; it was based off of factual information and statistics. Since you cannot really place a lot of ethos in a video, I had to rely heavily upon logos and pathos. This caused me to see how the two are very closely related and can work simutaneously. I also began to see the benefit of having logos as a significant part of an argument- it can greatly capture an audience's attention.
I also realized that logos does not just come in the form of statistics. It can also come through pictures and audio. The pictures I used in my video were a subtle addition to my logos because they were all of real people who were dealing with eating disorders. This, I am hoping, caused the audience to see that eating disorders exist and are extremely dangerous.
As humans, with thinking brains, we want a sturdy foundation for what we are believing, and I now understand the role logos plays in that.
My Inquiry 4 argument was the complete opposite; it was based off of factual information and statistics. Since you cannot really place a lot of ethos in a video, I had to rely heavily upon logos and pathos. This caused me to see how the two are very closely related and can work simutaneously. I also began to see the benefit of having logos as a significant part of an argument- it can greatly capture an audience's attention.
I also realized that logos does not just come in the form of statistics. It can also come through pictures and audio. The pictures I used in my video were a subtle addition to my logos because they were all of real people who were dealing with eating disorders. This, I am hoping, caused the audience to see that eating disorders exist and are extremely dangerous.
As humans, with thinking brains, we want a sturdy foundation for what we are believing, and I now understand the role logos plays in that.