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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]] | Logos refers to the argument or message being presented by the speaker. The message is affected by the speakers agenda and ability to pursuade. 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 20:46, 23 February 2006
Logos refers to the argument or message being presented by the speaker. The message is affected by the speakers agenda and ability to pursuade. 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.