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Using Emotion to Persuade
        “Pathos”
             ISNP
          2011-2012
    Created by Dana Taylor
Pathos
• Pathos is a persuasive strategy that
  plays on the audience’s emotions to
  influence the acceptance of your
  argument.
• When using this strategy, you want
  your audience to feel a certain way.
Pathos

            • For example:
• If I wanted you to help me clean my
  classroom, I could use Pathos to
  make you feel a certain way. See if
  you can find the difference in the
  how the next two presentations
  make you feel.
Pathos
• “I need you all to help clean this room right
  now because it’s filthy!”
                       • OR
• “I really need your help today. I have to get
  my dog to the vet because he’s really sick. I
  have to leave right away to get there on time.
  If you could help me clean the room, that
  would be a great help.”
Pathos

         • See the difference??
• You probably felt a little sorry for me after the
  second example because my dog was sick. Did
  that make you want to help out more than me
  telling you what to do?


               • Now you try!
Pathos
• Topic: The amount of homework given.
• Focus on persuading your readers by appealing to
  their feelings. (Make them feel bad for you because
  you get too much homework!)
• Rather than using facts, use anecdotes (remember
  one-time-whens?) to SHOW why you shouldn’t have
  homework.
• Write a paragraph persuading your teachers to give
  less homework by making them feel a certain way.

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Using emotion to persuade

  • 1. Using Emotion to Persuade “Pathos” ISNP 2011-2012 Created by Dana Taylor
  • 2. Pathos • Pathos is a persuasive strategy that plays on the audience’s emotions to influence the acceptance of your argument. • When using this strategy, you want your audience to feel a certain way.
  • 3. Pathos • For example: • If I wanted you to help me clean my classroom, I could use Pathos to make you feel a certain way. See if you can find the difference in the how the next two presentations make you feel.
  • 4. Pathos • “I need you all to help clean this room right now because it’s filthy!” • OR • “I really need your help today. I have to get my dog to the vet because he’s really sick. I have to leave right away to get there on time. If you could help me clean the room, that would be a great help.”
  • 5. Pathos • See the difference?? • You probably felt a little sorry for me after the second example because my dog was sick. Did that make you want to help out more than me telling you what to do? • Now you try!
  • 6. Pathos • Topic: The amount of homework given. • Focus on persuading your readers by appealing to their feelings. (Make them feel bad for you because you get too much homework!) • Rather than using facts, use anecdotes (remember one-time-whens?) to SHOW why you shouldn’t have homework. • Write a paragraph persuading your teachers to give less homework by making them feel a certain way.