In this chapter, the narrator speaks about logos! Logos means logic. Which means that you must use facts, which leads to a conclusion which must be true. He states how there are two types of logic: deductive and inductive. As said in the last paragraph in page 134, "Examples In this kind of argument, the evidence leads to either a premise or a conclusion. This is inductive logic." He also gives this example on the first paragraph of 135, "Premise This is part of deductive logic. A premise is something the audience know or believe."
In this chapter, the narrator talks about the third ethos. In my words, I think it means that you should keep you audience intrigued on what your trying to tell them. This is called Selflessness. The narrator shows a great example of how Alexander Hamilton, Jon Jay, and James Madison, who supported the new constitution. Even though they have denied the fact that they have been to a convention to talk about it on page 74. He also speaks about how important ethos is and how it counts and how it ties in with Cicero. He shows how former presidents and even Shakespeare characters have failed with trust. Jimmy Carter, Richard Nixon, Hamlet are just some of the few who have failed to gain trust from their "audience."
In this chapter the narrator explains why and how the audience must listen to you. In order to do that, he says the audience must be attentive, they should also trust and like you. He also talks about Aristotle's 3 persuasive qualities: Virtue, Practical Wisdom, and Selflessness. You want to convince the audience that you're to make the right moves to show that you're not some type of bonehead. I think that this is a great way to boost your ethos in an argument.
In this chapter the narrator talks about decorum, and how you should get the audience to like you. decorum basically means that, you have to be what the audience expects. A good example shown in page 48 is the climax of "8 Mile". The main character (Eminem) is talked into a rap competition, he goes all the way to the finals. Eminem wears the proper attire, and blends in with the audience, he then precedes to tell everyone that the opponent went to prep school. Which makes his turn sort of useless because Eminem blends in with public, more than him. in short words, Eminem's decorem was stronger than his adversary.
In the first chapter the narrator talks and explains about being rhetoric. He calls it a Matrix. He considers it, the art of influence, friendship, and eloquence, of ready wit and irrefutable logic, and it is bet used in an argument. It is also used in an act of leadership, has fizzled out in the 1800's due to academia, where they aren't allowed to believe in leaders. A few names who were rhetoric was Julius Caesar, Marcus Tullius Cicero, and Daniel Webster. He also says that he has created this book for a reason, to help us win arguments using logic with Aristotle's 3 methods. He also talks about seduction, and a chiasmus, which both help you with you're arguments. Seduction is considered as manipulation, which is half of an argument.
Today, I shall start on my summer reading, which I totally did not forget for half of the summer, but you know what they say, better late than never!
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