AP English - Story/Essay Test w/ Ethos, Pathos, & Logos

ethos

ethics/credibility

-trustworthiness or authority

- tone/style of the author

pathos

appeal to emotion

- emotional impact

- personal connection

logos

appeal to logic and reasoning

- facts, statistics, case studies, scientific evidence

"farewell speech" by lou gherig

- bad break: the disease he was diagnosed with

- he still considers himself lucky, despite his diagnosis with the deadly disease

- lists all things he considers himself lucky for (all people he knew as well as those who encouraged him and treated him with the utmost respect; his fans)

- mentions his mother-in-law (not common, shows the type of person he is - "When you have a mother-in-law who takes sides with you in squabbles against her own daughter - that's something"

- might have been given a bad break, but still has an awful lot to live for

- brings ethos of being a legendary athlete to his speech, yet in it he establishes a different kind of ethos - that of a regular guy and a good sport who shares the audience's love of baseball and family. and like them, he has known good luck and bad breaks

"for teenager, hijab a sign of freedom, not stricture"

- felt offended when someone asked why her religion "degenerates" women

- overwhelming male dominance in the middle east

- culture and religion are not one and the same

- in some parts of the islamic world, women ARE victims

- in the world today, excellent women are often defined by their relation to men

- most people cannot comprehend the process of hijab as an expression of mutual respect, equality, and social harmony for both women and men

- a hijab is an expression of oneself

- "the greatest gift i've ever given myself"

- confirms her status as a muslim w/o altering commitments to feminism

- walks out the door consciously aware that she stands out

- "by choosing hijab, i liberate myself from a feminist counters social conforming"

- "when others interact with me, they see and listen to my thoughts and ideas rather than focus on my physical appearance"

- "I am anything but oppressed" - hijab reflects things that hair never could

- "what could possibly be more feminist?"

"why can't a smart woman love fashion?"

- george: heavy beaded cloth; bright shades of red, purple, and pink; worn around the waist

- mother seems to be a large inspiration for her love of fashion

- lgbo: ethnic grouo from south-central and southeastern nigeria

- the rare women who did not appear well-dressed were frowned upon; "she doesn't look like a person"

- started designing clothes early

- "my mother did not always approve of these clothing choices, but what mattered to her was that I made an effort"

- privileged life; paying attention to appearance was a trait from nigeria

- when she went to school in America, she was alarmed by the casualness of the students there: summer shorts and flip flops

- some outfits that would've been casually worn in nigeria were impossible in america

- "forced" to make amends by wearing more jeans instead of dresses and skirts, and fewer high heels and more flats

- felt herself in clothing Americans percieved as being "overdressed"

- handwritten rejection notes for short stories

- a fellow aspiring writer said "look at that dress and makeup! you can't take her seriously"; she agreed w/ this person. who would take her seriously with her fancy clothes and two shades of eyeshadow

- women who wanted to be taken seriously were supposed to substantiate their seriousness with a studied indifference to appearance

- women writers; better not to dress well at all

- began changing herself for the sake of being taken seriously; hid high heels, orange was too loud on her skin, large earrings were too much

- started wearing clothes that she would normally consider uninterested

- tried to look older; young and female was a bad combination to be taken seriously

- 36 years old - started to wear clothing that made her happy

- confidence that comes with age; going back to her roots

- womans seriousness was not compatable with appearance