Pathos Ethos Logos - Day 2

We'll start today by reading this article: "The Caging of America: Why do we lock up so many people?"
(If you'd like a paper copy, let me know)

Together we will identify the different uses of pathos, ethos, and logos, as well as the ideas and issues in the article overall.

Then you will move to individual work - we'll start this today and whatever you do not complete is the homework for the weekend:

Go back to any one of the articles you've read for class since we started this unit.  Review the article (re-read it if necessary) and write another blog post about it.  This time you are identifying which of the different persuasive techniques the author uses (it might be all three).  To support your analysis you will use three quotations from the article.  Follow each one with a basic analysis: "in this sentence the author uses (pathos / ethos / logos) when s/he writes ..."  You will conclude your post with some thoughts about the effectiveness of the argument:

• Do you agree with the author's position?
• How did the author use pathos / ethos / logos to convince you?
• Was there something else in the article that made you agree / disagree with the author?
• What objections do you have about the argument / ideas in the article?  What questions do you have about it?