Anna+C

1. A writer is someone who can express his or her words through writing. In my opinion if someone writes something on paper that doesn’t get a point across to anyone then I do not believe that person is a real writer. Writing is all about expressing your feelings in a way that can connect you to all your readers. Writing is a form of art. Singers do not overnight wake up with an amazing voice. They are given the gift of a voice (in a different aspect than a writer). As he or she practice and strive to sing better they and in return they develop the talent of singing, which is his or her way to express themselves. With that being said, a person does not become a writer overnight either. When a person practices writing and works to improve themselves in expressing their opinion in a way people can understand they in turn become a writer. -Anna Clark

2. In the article, “The Debate That Never Rests” by Paula Paul, Paul uses invented ethos. Paul also uses situated ethos in her article about Ferbezation. In the text Paul states, “Severe as it sounds it seems to work. Since the age of three months, our little Beatrice has slept from 7 to 7.” Invented ethos is when a writer uses someone and talks about something in a positive way. This quote clearly shows that Paula Paul is using invented ethos. This is because she says that the Ferbezation worked on her daughter. By that she is implying that she not only supports it but also recommends it. Paula Paul also uses situated ethos in this article in that a situated ethos is when a person of high reputation and credibility speak for a promotion of something. In this article Paul uses quotes from Dr. Richard Ferber and other major Ferbezation to make her point more credible so more people would agree with her opinion. -Anna Clark

3. In the article, "Is It Now a Crime to Be Poor: written by Barbara Ehrenreich shows an extensive amount of pathos. Not only does this article use enargeia but also honorific language and pejorative language. In this article writes, "You won't be arrested for shopping in a Dollar Store, but if you are truly, deeply, in-the-streets poor, you're well advised not to engage in any of the biological necessities of life-like sitting, sleeping, lying down or loitering". In many ways, not only in this quote from the article but in the article itself Ehrenreich uses pathos. Within her article she describes the officers finding homeless people with warrants in a pejorative way so that people believe that these officers are acting out harshly and overstepping their powers. She then goes on to honorifically describe an old man who is homeless, going as far as to say, that he does not curse in front of women as though that makes him a better man (one who does not deserve a warrant). She lastly uses enargeia when she describes the vivid scene of police officers going through a homeless shelter searching for people with a warrant. I believe Barbara Ehrenreich used all forms of pathos which then elevated her writing to a higher level that forced emotion out of her reader whether with agreement or not. -Anna Clark