Pathos is an appeal to emotions (everything from humor to horror) in order to

sway an audience, and logos is the use of data/evidence to prove one's case. Did

this speaker rely more on pathos or logos in his/her presentation? What

argument/point in this presentation did you find the most compelling? Why? *

Jackson relied a bit more on pathos, by showing us the amount of ocean floor that has been destroyed. It tapped into a more emotional side of the viewer, seeing how the future will be like and he relies mostly on LOGOS.

Explanation:

Jackson tend to relied a bit more on pathos, by showing us the amount of ocean floor that has been destroyed.

It therefore said to tapped into a more emotional side of the viewer, seeing how the future will be like or how the future will be.

Despite he uses plenty of humor throughout his TED Talk, he relies mostly on LOGOS because he uses a lots of data by showing everything he does through graphs. He as well uses common sense, and evidence of his ideas and It is very objective, proving its factuality and accuracy.

in the quotation from passage, connie willis states that literature is a way for authors from the past to communicate with readers of today. we can read their stories, books, and other texts to learn lessons about life. willis refers to these lessons as messages “from beyond the grave.” willis has a favorable viewpoint about the timelessness of literature.

boccaccio employs the voice of his narrator dioneo to represent his ideas on the tension between masculinity and femininity.  while dioneo excites the members of the brigata and recognizes women for their unique skills and independent ideas, he concludes the decameron with a story reminiscent of the society from which these young aristocrats escaped, revealing misogynistic overtones.  dioneo boccaccio is able to explore the gender disparity which is inherent in 14th century florentine society.