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Logos | Logos refers to the argument or message being presented by the speaker. The message is affected by the speakers agenda. The speaker has the ability to sway a crowd using [[ethos]] and [[pathos]]. All of this is part of [[rhetoric]] | ||
A person who writes speeches is called a logographer. | A person who writes speeches is called a logographer. | ||
Revision as of 19:42, 23 February 2006
Logos refers to the argument or message being presented by the speaker. The message is affected by the speakers agenda. The speaker has the ability to sway a crowd using ethos and pathos. All of this is part of rhetoric
A person who writes speeches is called a logographer.
The Greek translation of logos is “reason”
Works Cited
- Aristotle, A Theory of Civic Discourse On Rhetoric. New York: Oxford University Press, 1991.
- Harmon, William. A Handbook to literature Ninth Edition. New Jersey: Prentice Hall, 2002.
- Russel, D.A.. Ancient Literary Criticism. New York : Oxford University Press, 1972.
- Steele , Felicia. "Rhetoric and Argument: A Review." The College of New Jersey. 2/20/06.