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8: How Arguments Appeal to Emotion (Pathos)

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Learning Outcomes 

  • Describe the value of emotional appeals in written academic argument
  • Identify the ways in which a given argument appeals to emotion through word choice, tone, or powerful examples
  • Assess the likely effectiveness of an emotional appeal for a particular audience
  • Distinguish between legitimate and illegitimate emotional appeals
  • Use legitimate emotional appeals to support their own written arguments. 

The right and left hemispheres of the brain with each side a different color.  The left side is drawn against the background of a computer chip and the right against a background of splashes of different bright colors.
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