Plastic Water Bottles Ethos Pathos Logos

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Plastic water bottles are very convenient, but are also a big scam. It is very important for people to stay hydrated. Water bottles allow people to stay hydrated while they are out of the house. People don't want to become tired from being dehydrated, so they bring water with them. Water bottles are very popular, even though most of them are just tap water. The three texts I read, all show advantages and disadvantages of plastic water bottles. Each article also uses all three persuasive appeals, ethos, pathos and logos.
To begin, the article, “Water Water Everywhere-in Bottles,” the author uses logos to show that the water bottle industry and the soda industry are competing. Because there are so many different brands of water, the water industry is set to outsell the soda industry. The article shows many facts about water bottles and how they compare to soda such as, “Between 2000 and 2014, capita bottled water consumption more than doubled to 34.02 …show more content…

Ethos is credibility. The author of this article includes many credible sources that have intelligence on bottle water. Bottled water is very important and this article expresses that very well. The author uses ethos when he says, “The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Choose My Plate program, which encourages healthy eating, recommends drinking water instead of sugary drinks and First Lady Michelle Obama’s Let's Move campaign urges children to opt for water when they are thirsty.” This quotation gives two instances of ethos. It talks about the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Choose My Plate program and Michelle Obama’s Let's Move campaign. These two associations are credible because they are both well educated on water bottles and both deal with water bottles daily. Therefore, this article use more ethos, rather than logos or

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