Ethos, logos, and pathos are persuasional tools that can help writers make their argument appeal to readers; this is why they’re known as the argumentative appeals.

Authors use pathos to invoke sympathy from an audience; to make the audience feel what the author wants them to feel. A common use of pathos would be to draw pity from an audience. Another use of pathos would be to inspire anger from an audience; perhaps in order to prompt action.

Emotional Appeal (pathos) Since humans are in many ways emotional creatures, pathos can be a very powerful strategy in argument.

definition: a rhetorical strategy where the argument is made by presenting facts that lead the audience to a specific conclusion. examples: “onStar service inside your car is better than carrying a cell phone because a cell phone can’t call for you when you’re injured.”

Pathos

1. Think about the emotions most related to your topic in order to use those emotions effectively.
2. In an effort to appeal to pathos, use examples to illustrate your position.

Pathos in a Sentence ?

1. The pathos of the movie caused me to leave the theater with tears in my eyes.
2. In order to solicit donations, the charity created a video filled with pathos to draw out sympathy from the public.

When you evaluate pathos, you are asking whether a speech or essay arouses the audience’s interest and sympathy. You are looking for the elements of the essay or speech that might cause the audience to feel (or not feel) an emotional connection to the content.

No. The evoked emotion must be appropriate to the context. In general, you want the audience to feel the same emotions that you feel about your arguments and the opposing arguments. One convenient way to see this is by looking at the difference between evoking “positive” emotions versus “negative” emotions.

Emotions are powerful motivators for your audience. They grab people’s attention, and make them want to act. Using Pathos is a wonderfully effective technique to use in your writing. It helps you appeal to your audience’s sense of identity and self interest.

Improving pathos

1. Choose emotional points and topics, for example “Beat your social anxiety” would trigger more powerful emotions than “Learn how to speak in a group.”
2. Use analogies and metaphors – linking your ideas with something your listeners already know about and feel strongly about can trigger emotional responses.

Anastrophe (from the Greek: ἀναστροφή, anastrophē, “a turning back or about”) is a figure of speech in which the normal word order of the subject, the verb, and the object is changed. For example, subject–verb–object (“I like potatoes”) might be changed to object–subject–verb (“potatoes I like”).