Wednesday, September 16, 2015

The five parts of rhetoric are invention, disposition, style, memory, and delivery. If any of these components are missing then the whole art of rhetoric is ruined and useless. Every part of a speech is critical for its success. In the same way ethos, pathos, and logos all work together to form a successful argument. It is important to shift the strength of your argument to best fit the audience you will be trying to reach out to. When reaching out to people who are more oriented around science and math it would make more sense to focus on logos in order to connect with them. Even though you can focus in on one part of rhetoric, logos, ethos, and pathos should be used and the five parts of rhetoric should always be used together. If you’re reaching out to moms through one of those magazines the stories mostly use ethos and pathos. Using narrative as the style of the writing would be a good way to put pathos to use. Developing ethos is what makes the authors writing more credible. If you build yourself up to connect with the audience they are more likely to continue to read and listen. Also developing ethos, groups you with the audience and by finding common ground the audience will more likely accept you and then accept your ideas. The important part of the argument is that all the factors are put in together. The only difference is that now a day memory and delivery aren’t as important, because so much of writing is through media sources. Memory isn’t important as we now have screens for presenters to read off of while presenting. The politicians delivering their speeches also have people who write for them. While memory and delivery have loss importance in rhetoric, disposition, invention, and style are all critical factors in the success of a writing. Ethos, and pathos are dependent upon the style and the way the argument is formed. 

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