ethos, logos, and pathos
Introduction
In any form of writing, authors try to find their means of passing the intended message. The style and concepts that authors use determine whether how the audience will perceive the main idea of the article. A piece of writing, therefore, should have an appeal. Some of the conventional techniques are ethos, logos, and pathos. In the article by Natalia Sylvester, The Beauty of Being Bilingual, these three appeals are into practical use in several ways. This piece takes a close look at how the author captured the attention of the audience.
Body
The author utilizes ethos in the article in many ways. The idea of ethos is to make the audience trust and give some credibility to the piece. The appeal by ethos should quickly drive the first approach into the system of the reader. Ethos is the right tool to connect the audience with the story. The article is about a struggle to balance two languages when the narrator was still young. The author makes the story credible, trustworthy, and reliable by using many techniques. She uses simple and correct grammar in the whole article. The format and arrangement of the text are also professional. The work is intensely recent in terms of publication, which brings the reliability bit of it. The article is also morally likable by the reader because of the narrations. Through these techniques, the piece is enjoyable by readers, and they are likely to accord it the appropriate credit.
The author also uses logos as a tool to pass the message. The use of logos should send the message through reason and logic. Logos make a piece as real as possible. Natalia uses real-life experiences to express her reasoning to the audience. The real-life examples where she narrates how she helps out some troubled people give the best of the message to the reader. She quotes some content from social media to clearly state the facts. At the beginning of the article, the author mentions the number of years before writing. This technique gives the piece some cognitive approach. The reader of the material will get more proof of why he or she should agree with the article.
Pathos is another appeal that the author uses. Sadness is a technique used to show the emotional appeal to the reader. It tries to connect the reader to the text inwardly. The reader should be part of the piece when pathos is in proper use. Natalia uses vivid descriptions in the article to make the narration real. The tone that she uses in the text makes an emotional appeal to the reader. Most of the time, the author uses figurative language to show the real scenario in the narrations. This technique makes the reader sympathize with the victims of a language barrier in the passage. The narration parts of the article bring more than one emotion to the reader. Natalie uses sadness with anger, sympathy with humor in all the narrations.
In her effort to show the advantage of being bilingual, the author succeeds through the use of ethos logos and pathos. The message is simple, appealing, and enjoyable to the reader. The audience must find reasons to read the article, be part of it, and eventually enjoy having read it. The work in focus is a perfect example in this case