Ethos, Pathos, Logos Forum Conclusion

Forum Conclusion: Our goal for the ethos pathos logos was to have the class practice actively applying these ideas as we read and interpret texts. We tried to incorporate several contexts for applying ethos pathos and logos to show how prevalent and pervasive these ideas are in our lives and what that means as far as evolving our analytical and interpretive skills. The Obsessed with Breasts ads serve to question how advertisements are appealing to us and help us analyze our responses to those ads as well as others that we see every day. They ask us to question whether the advertisers actually have ethos; what agendas lie behind pathetic appeals and ask ourselves if the argument is even logical. And hopefully, keeping in mind ethos, pathos and logos we can not only improve our skills as rhetors but hopefully allow us to adequately analyze the rhetorical devices used by others to help us cut through the bullshit.