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A Writer is...

1. Someone with a writing utensil and paper. A writer is an intellectual. A writer is someone with ideas. A writer is someone with opinions, and thoughts that they want to express. A writer is anyone and everyone. A writer is whoever, wherever, and whenever. A writer is someone full of passion. A writer is a thinker. - Patrick Schulte

2. Pamela Paul definitely used Ethos to her advantage while writing the article "The Debate That Never Rests". It seems like all (or at least most) of the Ethos used is Situated Ethos. This is because she has much evidence and facts from professional and reliable sources. Such as the testimony she has from Dr.Ferber. She also talks about many books which are a good way to find facts. This article is a great example of how useful Ethos can be in writing. Pamela demonstrates the advantages of this valued writing technique.

- Patrick Schulte

3. I read an article about the health care plan that has been so popular lately. It is obvious right away that the writer of the article if for the plan. He does an excellent job swaying me with his use of different forms of pathos. The author has a strong view so it is obvious he's pretty emotionally involved in the topic; "Americans have recognized that our health system is bankrupting us and that we have dealt with this by letting the system price more and more people out of health care" (Gawande, Atul). Atul demonstrates his knowledge of the subject by presenting the reader(s) with a multitude of facts, opinions, advantages, and disadvantages of the plan. Yet further into the reading Atul begins to use many forms of pathos to highlight the advantages of the plan. By doing this he also uses our emotions against us, to make the disadvantages seem petite and irrelevant. Atul Gawande does a fantastic job demonstrating enargeia, and both pejorative, and honorific language.

-Patrick Schulte