Turning Science into Art
In my community blog post about supporting small businesses , I began with pathos, an appeal to the emotions of my readers, by informing them of the detrimental effect of the current pandemic on small businesses. I included mini anecdotes with examples of people I’ve seen in my own community and online, who work hard to keep their small businesses running, which made the topic more personal and therefore easier for the reader to relate to and sympathize with. With my references to the two articles on the benefits of supporting local and small businesses, I employed the persuasive strategy of logos. These articles provide logical reasons for why supporting small businesses is so important by explaining how it builds a community, boosts the local economy, and allows for healthy competition in the market, among other reasons. Since I sourced this information from Time and the University of Alabama, I also, arguably, used ethos with the credibility of these organizations, but these...
