Essay About The Three Modes Of Persuasion

Research and Argument are probably two of the most interesting forms of writing and literature to learn about, to me, because I am a person who is critical and a perfectionist. I first realized this when I was peer reviewing and editing a friend’s paper during my freshman year of high school. During this process, I wrote some many notes on their paper that at the end, you could have almost mistaken the paper as a piece of modern art. Arguments, on the other hand, are completely different. Arguments all I need to believe in something are facts and that the argument sounds logical. So, it was interesting to learn about the three main modes of persuasion in this class. Pathos, logos, and ethos are the three main items people look for in an argument,

However, the last of the three modes of persuasion, pathos or emotion, is something I do not look for or use in my writing process. This is because the majority of the writing I have done and will be doing in college will be centered around research and not creativity. I feel that when an author inserts emotion into his or her own work, I feel they are trying to push me to go in the direction in which they support. So, I feel that research and debates or arguments should stick to basic facts and not include emotion at all. I am not saying that the author cannot insert his or her opinion into their own work though. I feel that this adds another level of complexity to their research and I enjoy seeing if what they purpose as their opinion is actually supported by their data or other research. This along with ethos and logos shaped and broadened my look at certain objects of my writing when it comes to

Also, I was able to see how arguments are sometimes so broad that you do not know what way to take them. I believe the biggest help to me through this unit was being able to see where in my writing process I have strengths like authority and logic and where my weaknesses lie like emotions. I feel showing more emotions could become a problem for me when it comes to creative writing, if a have to do it, because I am so used to the template academic and research writing styles. This course is definitely helping me to reshape my writing process and how I look at certain sources. Also how I can tell whether a source is useful in terms of logic, authority, and