Ethos, Pathos, Lagos

                                                      


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Ethos:

Ethos is when someone has the knowledge about what they are communicating in their writing or speech. Ethos is more then just having some knowledge on the subject the person has to have in-depth understanding of the subject.

Support bits

1. Using an an interview with a DEA agent.

2. Using an Interview with a drug dealer.

3. Using an interview with a CBP agent.

Pathos:

Pathos is a way of evoking an emotional response with an argument.

Support bits

1. Using testimony from people who have lost loved ones to drug addiction.
2. Using stories from people who live in areas of mexico that deal with drug violence every day.
3. Using interviews with families of CBP or DEA agents that have lost their lives in the war on drugs.

Logos:

Logos uses reason to persuade or push a well organized argument.

Support bits

1. Using the amount of money being spent every year on the war on drugs to show what a waste it really is.

2. Using the increase in violence and crime in both the U.S. and other countries to show that the war on drugs is not stopping these things.

3. Using the increasing demand for drugs from the U.S. to show that the real problems that the war on drugs is not solving.

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Ethos-

Ethos is when someone with high "credibility" speaks about a product. People are more likely to listen to people who are more widely known, which is why celebrities are often in commercials and seen sponsoring clothes and accessories. Even if they don't actually talk about the product, being seen together at the same time can greatly boost interest. 

Support Bits:

1. Name any celebrities that people are likely to know of that have support animals.

2. State how they have helped other big names like scientists and such.

3. Name any famous support animals.

Pathos-

Pathos is the use of emotion to convince people to feel one way or another. It can often times be used in things like debates. Someone will strike fear into people to get them to buy a product. Or make people feel like they'll be closer with their family if they buy this product or do this thing. It works really well, since people are such emotional beings. 

Support Bits:

1. Talking about how distraught people can be if their support animals is removed from them or dies.

2. Talking about how support animals need their people too, and will feel a loss if they are separated. 

3. Telling stats of people's psychological improvement with their support animals.

Logos-

Logos is my personal favorite. It is hard facts and evidence to support what you are saying. Logos is researching and preparing valid and intellectual arguments to support your point. An important aspect of logos is that it is well-structured. 

Support Bits:

1. Stats of how many people have support animals. 

2. Stats from that database that tells of how many support animals do specific things.

3. How accessible the program is, cost/eligibility. 

-Kristen Skuba

CHAPTER 16



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Personal Reaction:
I found this chapter very educationnal. It teaches the best sources for accurate  and reliable information. Internet has become the first source of information for so many people but this chapter teaches us that it may not be the best one. I will use a lot what I have discovered in this chapter during my studies but also in my everyday life.

Professional Reaction:
This chapter explains in a very organized and complete manner the problems with sources and teaches the students were and how to find the most accurate information for research papers.
The sections about the different sources are easy to read and the organization of the information is simple yet complete.

Chapter 16

Personal Reaction: In the big picture, I think I will use this information often. Weather it's for school, or work, or my own personal life, I think this information will come in handy at some point in my life. I thought it was interesting how the author talked about choosing databases over internet searches. I never thought it could be so important. I will definitely consider using a database more often now, especially since front range has so many resources to free databases.

Professional Reaction: As a student I will use this information all the time. I am always being assigned papers, and finding good research/sources is very important. Evaluating sources is something I struggle with, and having all this information in one chapter is a very good resource for me. I am sure I will use this information once I move on from school and into the workforce.

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Person reaction:
I found this chapter interesting. It might serve as a reference for future school work. I doubt very much if I will use any of the information in this chapter for anything other then school. I feel like I already am very skeptical in my day to day life and tend to scrutinize the source of any information that comes my way.

Professional reaction:
This chapter was informative and contains very helpful information for the student. Evaluating the source is a key component of being able to find accurate and credible information. After reading this chapter the student will be able to sort through and find accurate information to support their work.

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Personal Reaction:

I thought this chapter was a good chapter to keep in mind as I move through the year. I think it has some helpful information. For the most part, there isn't a whole lot that it helps me with personally. Except maybe the part about evaluating sources. I think that's important for people to keep in mind whenever they're on the internet, not just when they're writing a paper. 

Professional Reaction:

As a student I thought this chapter was incredibly helpful. It was written in a good way for a student to be able to come back to the chapter and find whatever information they need. The most important part to me as a student was the same thing that was most important to me personally, the evaluating the sources. It was great about that, informing the reader of many ways to question the authenticity and credibility of a potential source. 

-Kristen Skuba

Chapter Sixteen

Personal Reaction: After reading chapter sixteen, one thing that stuck out to me was the section about doing a keyword search on the Web. I was unaware that to narrow down your topic, you have to put the word “and” in all capitals for the search engine to comprehend. Under the same topic, I was surprised to find that you could look for key phrases and/or words by putting parenthesis around your search. I also enjoyed the side by side comparison of the internet versus the library databases. This really helped to open my eyes to the advantages of databases over internet sites. Nothing in this chapter was really new to me, other than what I stated above. Finding and evaluating reliable sources has been drilled into my head since day one of freshman year in high school.

Professional Reaction: Chapter sixteen provides information about how to find and evaluate sources. One way to find information is in your college library, which contains both print and electronic resources. The electronic resources consist of online catalogs, databases, reference works and sources for facts and statistics. Another way to find information is through the Web. When looking on the Web for information, there are three different methods for running a search: entering a website’s URL, doing a keyword search or doing a subject search both in a search engine. There are many advantages to using the college library over the Web that can be found on the chart on page 714. Chapter sixteen also dives into what it takes to evaluate a source.  First, make sure that the source is authoritative, then make sure that it is accurate, then make sure that it is objective, then make sure that the source is current and last make sure that the source is comprehensive. If all of these things check out, the source is most likely going to be reliable and ready for use. Most colleges find that Wikipedia is not a credible source of information and should not be used in your writing.

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