Example Of Ethos Logos

In the article titled “Struggling With State Exams, Students Still Advance”, written by Morgan Smith, it discusses an issue among the education system where even if a student has received great academic achievement, but has failed their state exam, they cannot pass to the next grade level. In this article, many different factors are put into it in order to make it effective such as the claim/ main points, the author’s stance, its purpose, and the needs/ expectations of the audience. In the given text, Morgan Smith’s claim is that schools should not use state exam scores to determine if a student advances to the next grade or not. In order to support her position on the issue, Morgan Smith utilizes ethos, pathos, and logos throughout her argument. Areas of the article where she expresses ethos is when she states “In late August, Michael Williams, the Texas education commissioner, announced that because the state was moving to a new math curriculum, he would waive the requirement that fifth- and eighth-grade students pass their math exams to advance.” (paragraph 4), “’We have to just be cautious in how we interpret exams results. This is one assessment on one day,’ said Mary Ellen Isaacs, the director of A Community for Education…” (paragraph 8), and “’It almost looks as like we’re not testing what’s being taught or we’re not teaching what’s being tested,’ said state Sen. Kel

The way she presents her article makes the reader inclined to agree with her. On The Texas Tribune website, it states “Morgan Smith reports on politics and education for the Tribune, which she joined November 2009. She writes about the effects of the state budget, school finance reform, accountability and testing in Texas public schools.” This means that we can infer that Morgan Smith is educated and very passionate about this subject, making her somewhat an “expert” on