Tuesday, March 13, 2012

Rhetorical Appeals

Ethos- the ethical appeal
pathos- the emotional appeal
logos- the appeal to logic

In the telivision show House M.D. Dr. House is the ethical appeal. He is the most credible doctor with the best medical reputation. His actual ethical reputaion is not so great though because he does whatever he thinks is necessary to help the patient. The emotional appeal is Dr. House's unique relationships with everyone on the show. He knows how to work everyone and even though he does not play by the rules and really does not seem to show much care for his patients he will do anything necessary for their health. The show House is all about using Dr. House's strange sometimes unfollowable logic to piece every bit of information together to find the sourch of the problem.

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