ONLINE BOOKS - PATHOS/ETHOS/LOGOS
PATHOS:
1: Save Money: Because of the amount money that is required to purchase books, it can put a lot of students in debt and as a result they are more likely to go into depression and are emotionally unstable.
2: Save Paper: Be a hero!!! Save a tree!!! You can help the world and the economy by not wasting paper on books for classes!!!! Making your audience feel like they are hero's and feel passionate about something would easily persuade them.
3: Save Time: Having online books can help with your stress level because it frees up your time and helps you to be more focused on what needs to be done.
ETHOS:
1: Save Money: As a college student, I personally had to go out and purchase books. I spent over 200 dollars on my books this semester. To go into more detail, only 2 out 5 of my classes actually required books. So that is about 100 per class this semester.
2: Save Time: My roommate has been to the bookstore over 5 times. She went to purchase a book but it was not in stock. She then had to order it and it took over a week to get here. Another time she went and bought a few packets required for her class and waited in line for 45 minutes and then was late to her next class. She has wasted so much time just trying to get all her books for her classes.
3: Save Paper: For one of my classes, I have yet to even use a few of the books that I have had to purchase. I am sure that we will only reference them a few times throughout the semester. That is a lot of paper to be wasted.
LOGOS:
1: Save Paper: Statistics - 1 tree would make approximately 90,000
sheets of paper. That may seem like a lot but when you consider how many pages are used to make a book it is quite small.
1 tree makes about 180 books. How many students across the nation are using that book and how many trees are being taken down. It takes 10 to 20 years for trees to grow
before you can use it to make paper.
2: Save Money: According to the American Student Assistance Program, the average student loan balance is $24,301. According to college board, a typical college student will spend 500 dollars per semester on books. On average, each book can cost 80 to 120 dollars.
3: You are required to purchase books for most classes. If not a book, then it is a packet or some other type of resource information.
You've got some really good ideas to improve your ethos, pathos, and logos. I don't know if you told the story about your roommate in your paper, but if not, you should include it! I have had the same experience and I'm sure many other students have too. Hearing those types of stories really improves your pathos.
ReplyDeleteI think you have a great argument going. This is such an issue to many students so make sure your readers feel connected on a personal level. Statistics are also a great way to engage readers since I'm sure the waste of paper and money spent on books each year is crazy! Good job so far!
ReplyDeleteWow, your argument is very good. I love how you have it organized into the three parts then expound in ethos/pathos/logos for each example. You will have an amazing paper if you just make your paper flow, which i am sure it will because you have it so organized. I cant wait to read it!
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