The article “Women Denounce Harassment in California’s Capital,” by Adam Nagourney and Jennifer Medina, appeals to both pathos and ethos by using personal accounts and stories of others.
The article appeals to ethos by giving stories of people who have either witnessed or experienced sexual assault or harassment. This appeals to ethos because it has credibility because all of these women have experienced this terrible thing. At one point it talks about an experience a woman in politics had where, “a male lawmaker…. once told her “that if I want to see my bills advance, there was one thing I could do to make that happen.” “Women Denounce Harassment in California’s Capital” also appeals to ethos by telling what is right and wrong and explaining that sexual assault is wrong. This article also appeals to pathos by using those same personal accounts to get people to feel moved to help change how this harassment is dealt with. It talks about how women were moved to come out and felt safer after these other women had come out about their experiences with Harvey Weinstein. The fact that these women did not feel safe to talk about their experiences earlier also appeals to pathos by showing people how these women felt not only during, but after their harassments. “Women Denounce Harassment in California’s Capital,” appeals to ethos and pathos by using personal accounts of each woman’s experience as well as by telling the stories of many other women that deal with this problem everyday. Medina, Adam Nagourney And Jennifer. “Women Denounce Harassment in California’s Capital.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 17 Oct. 2017, www.nytimes.com/2017/10/17/us/california-women-sexual-harassment-sacramento.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fus&version=highlights&contentPlacement=1&module=ArrowsNav&contentCollection=U.S.&action=keypress®ion=FixedLeft&pgtype=article.
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"One Day in the Life of Battered Puerto Rico," was written by four authors, Frances Robles, Luis Ferré-Sadurní, Richard Fausset and Ivelisse Rivera. In this article they talk about the destruction of Puerto Rico and what they have witnessed during and after Hurricane Maria. The main rhetorical appeals in this article are ethos and pathos.
They appeal to ethos by adding in specifics from time and location, to interviews from people that have been affected by this natural disaster. With every different location that the authors are in, they give the name of the location and the time that they were there, "6 a.m. Near Corozal.... 12:30 p.m. Trujillo Alto.... 5:54 p.m. Salinas" which gives them credibility because they documented where they were to prove that they were truly there. They take many interviews and show pictures of the destruction to show how bad it truly is which also adds to their credibility. Another rhetorical appeal that can be found in this article is a strong appeal to pathos. Even is this appeal was unintentional, the images shown and the personal stories that were told tug at people's emotions, as they should. The personal stories that were told in this article were stories of struggles caused by a devastating natural disaster. The people that were interviewed had all lost many things in the hurricane and the pictures showed the devastation and how terrible it was. The four authors of this article appealed to ethos and pathos the most through out the article through time and location as well as personal interviews and images. Frances Robles, Luis FerrÉ-sadurnÍ, Richard Fausset And Ivelisse Rivera. “One Day in the Life of Battered Puerto Rico.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 30 Sept. 2017, www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/09/30/us/24-hours-in-puerto-rico-after-hurricane-maria.html |
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