Appealing to your readers

Writing practice: Appealing to your readers

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Annotate a draft you are working on to identify how you’ve used ethical, logical, and emotional appeals to establish your credibility (ethos) and to appeal to your readers’ sense of logic and reason (logos) and to their values and beliefs (pathos). (Refer to the discussion of appeals in your handbook.) Ask a classmate to comment on the effectiveness of your appeals. Use the space below to record your classmate’s feedback and your reflections on that feedback.

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Annotate your draft to identify how you’ve used ethical, logical, and emotional appeals to establish your credibility (ethos) and to appeal to your readers’ sense of logic and reason (logos) and to their values and beliefs (pathos). (Refer to the discussion of appeals in your handbook.) Ask a classmate to comment on the effectiveness of your appeals. Use the space below to record your classmate’s feedback and your reflections on that feedback.