Pathos

First Name: Lonika Behera Period: 3 School: Wootton High School

Definition #1: A writer's attempt to persuade an audience through appeals involving the use of strong emotions not strictly limited to pity. Source: []

Definition #2: an element in experience or in artistic representation evoking [|pity]] or compassion

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Definition in your own "student friendly" words: ﻿ a rhetoric appeal to persuade an audience by evoking certain emotions.

Link to example #1 (text, advertisement, video, speech, etc): []

2-3 sentence explanation of why it is a good example: ﻿ The video is trying to make people feel pity and a sense of helplessness for the birds and other animals that harmed by the "oil spills." The video is trying to communicate that by buying or using dawn soap, you are also supporting the wildlife foundation.

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2-3 sentence explanation of why it is a good example: ﻿Another commercial that is trying to make you, as the audience feel pity for the poor animals by displaying pictures of cute animals who may or may not have been harmed. However the sappy looks on the animals' faces encourage you to join the ASPCA foundation. = = First Name: Sunho Chang Period:4 School: Wootton High School

Definition #1: The quality or power in an actual life experience or in literature, music, speech, or other forms of expression,of evoking a feeling of pity or compassion.

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Definition #2: A n element in experience or in artistic representation evoking [|pity]] or compassion

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Definition in your own "student friendly" words: Language that evokes emotion.

Link to example #1 (text, advertisement, video, speech, etc): []

2-3 sentence explanation of why it is a good example: In his speech, Martin Luther King Jr. speaks to the heart of all Americans. Thorough uses of antithesis and other figurative language, MLK draw emotions from his audience. He makes them feel important and urges them to keep fighting for their freedom because everyone single person is equal no matter what race they are.

Link to example #2 (text, advertisement, video, speech, etc): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2ne3QvLtrk

2-3 sentence explanation of why it is a good example: This commercial makes the audience sad and feel pity for the kids who are less fortunate. They make the audience want to help those children by sponsoring.

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Definition #1: the quality or power in an actual life experience or in literature, music, speech, or other forms of expression, of evoking a feeling of pity or compassion.

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Definition #2: Pathos is a communication technique used most often in rhetoric where it is considered one of the three modes of persuasion, alongside ethos and logos, and in literature, film and other narrative art

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Definition in your own "student friendly" words: language that causes emotion

Link to example #1 (text, advertisement, video, speech, etc): []

2-3 sentence explanation of why it is a good example: This is a good example because the commercial is using pictures of animals that get abused. These pictures make the audience feel bad for the animals using pathos.

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2-3 sentence explanation of why it is a good example: This is another commercial advertisement that uses pathos through children that have cancer. This makes the audience want to help out this cancer patience by getting the audience into their emotions.