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The past week in class has stressed heavily on arguments, and we all know that I live for a good argument.  We finished up our autobiographical essays and began to take a look at the logical fallacies that appear in an argumentative essay and the three main appeals that strike a reader in these such essays; logos, pathos, and ethos.

            The three appeals are important because they credit and pretty much validate the writer of the piece. Logos comes directly from term logic. Logos correlates to statistics, facts, experimental results, and concrete evidence that is used to validate the claim that writer is making in order to back his or her argument up. Pathos is the emotional feel and approach the writer takes to his piece. It seems like a part that wouldn’t play to key of a role in good argumentative writing, but with a strong sense of emotion for both sides of the argument plays a strong role to the reader. It gives off the impression that their writer is considerate and understanding of both view but also stands by their point of view strongly. Ethos directly relates to ethics and the fact of writer being ethical in his or her writing. Is your writer trustworthy and credible? These are important factors, especially if someone is trying to convince you of a specific point.

            Arguing is perhaps my favorite thing to do in a classroom, so I highly look forward to writing this argumentative paper. I will make it a strong point to find the write use of ethos, pathos, and logos. The one thing I want to do is establish a credible and believable paper to convey my points strongly.