Jacob+K

1. A writer is anyone. A writer can be a child, an old man, anyone. You don’t have to have perfect spelling or grammar (although it helps), and you don’t have to be especially good at it. Writing is a good way to express your feelings. Whether anyone reads if or not, putting your feelings on paper is good for you. When you write, you can vent, or confess things you couldn’t tell someone face to face. It doesn’t require skill or strength or anything like that. This is why anyone can be a writer. - Jake Korinko

2. In the article “The Debate That Never Rests,” Pamela Paul discusses the different methods used by parents to get their babies to sleep. Pamela uses invented ethos throughout the article to support her point. She uses it in a positive way, however, unlike ethopeia. She uses it to build support for herself. An example of this can be found in the second paragraph. 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. When they hear about this, hardened parents choke back a combination of disbelief and envy.” The author says this to prove that she has experience in what she is talking about in the article. Invented ethos was the only type of ethos that I could find in the article. - Jake Korinko

3. In the article “Gunning for Health Care,” the author Gail Collins uses a decent amount of Pathos. She uses the most Pathos in the beginning. Pejorative language is the most apparent in her writing. For example, in the first paragraph, she states, “Thanks to the health care protests over the past week, the nation seems to have come to a fragile consensus on a few critical issues. For instance, government-run death panels — not good. And, Nazis — nobody likes them” (Collins). The word choice in this sentence is pejorative; that is, she is disrespecting the government health care plan using words like “death panels” and “Nazis.” She is trying to excite anger and fear using these words. The author seems to have an understanding that her words can be used to excite the emotions of her readers. - Jake Korinko