Question

Shad please help

Answer 1

The following transcript comes from the monumental 2008 case of Heller vs. District of Columbia. The result of this Supreme Court case determined the Second Amendment protects the right of an individual to keep and bear arms. Read the statement and then answer the question that follows:

Okay. I'd like to respond—certainly, Justice Scalia. I'd like to respond to the point about the—the District of Columbia's position over the years with respect to the functional firearms ban. The Petitioners have had two opportunities to urge courts to adopt this so-called self-defense exception which they construed in the amendment. The first opportunity came in 1978 in McIntosh versus Washington, where the petitioners urged the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia to uphold the law because it was irrational in their view to prohibit self-defense in the home with firearms. They deemed it to be too dangerous, and this was a legitimate policy choice of the City Council, and they actually prevailed in that view. The second opportunity that the Petitioners had to urge this sort of self-defense construction was actually in this case in the district court.


In one paragraph of five to eight sentences, evaluate whether the statement is effective in terms of ethos. Use evidence from the statement to support your answer. Use proper spelling and grammar.

Answer 2

The directions are very confusing :/

Answer 3

Your answer, upon reading it, appears to be completely incorrect. It's asking you if the author is making an ethos appeal/whether or not it is effective. Instead of evaluating any supposed ethos appeal you've written some analysis or something of the article

Answer 4

So... In other words i'm suppose to be writing if the article given is effective towards the audience or not, correct?

Answer 5

Do you understand what ethos is?

Answer 6

Ethos I believe is Credibility?

Answer 7

No. Ethos is a logical appeal based upon a pedigree/qualifications and is presented in a way where you sound unbiased/objective.

Answer 8

Ah.... and the article is biased right?

Answer 9

For instance,
"As the head of the FDA I can confirm that the purdue chicken brand has performed outside of legal boundaries to a degree that is punishable by both the courts and the people" This is an Ethos appeal. I mention my pedigree and make an objective statement about Purdue brand Chicken.

Answer 10

So... I must write how the article is using Ethos or isn't using Ethos?

Answer 11

I believe it is biased

Answer 12

You must write how effectively it utilizes ethos.

Answer 13

1. Justice Scalia is dead
2. Aren't you supposed to address him as your honor?

Answer 14

Hmm @Marziman but can you narrow down for me what is Ethos

Answer 15

This was in 2008 bob...

Answer 16

^ and Justice is fine

Answer 17

As previously stated "Ethos is a logical appeal based upon a pedigree/qualifications and is presented in a way where you sound unbiased/objective."

Answer 18

It’s like saying Senator or Congressman.

Answer 19

yeah but i thought it was a current response lmao

Answer 20

So... Ethos is to determine if an article is unbiased and a credible source?

Answer 21

It is. It just doesn’t matter if the Justice is dead or not.

Army, does the speaker announce any credibility?

Answer 22

No no no. Ethos is just an appeal, it's a form of literary PERSUASION.

Answer 23

>.< so hard...

Answer 24

Identify whether or not the speaker mentions their pedigree, achievements, position etc. Then identify whether or not, said, speaker is using specific objective language.

Answer 25

It’s as simple as someone trying to sell you a health drink and they start by saying that they are a nutritionist, then list a bunch of health benefits from drinking the juice.

Answer 26

Ok ok... so what am I supposed to write? (not asking for answers) but Exactly what should I strive to write about?

Answer 27

Like if the author is incorrect or if ethos is being used in the article?

Answer 28

"evaluate whether the statement is effective in terms of ethos"

Answer 29

Effective to the audience?

Answer 30

Is he getting his point across USING ethos

Answer 31

Ah... I see :)

Answer 32

I guess to a degree? They just want to know is he getting his point across using the ethos persuasion technique.

Answer 33

Is the author's statement effective towards the audience correct?

Answer 34

Got it :D

Answer 35

Thanks guys <3

Answer 36

Yw.

Answer 37

Lol good thing I didn't submit that last response XD It's part of my final exam

Answer 38

And I didn't understand anything... only that little response is worth 45% of my grade XD

Answer 39

http://pathosethoslogos.com/

Answer 40

Read through the Ethos description and then scroll towards the bottom, you'll see an example of ethos. It's a speech Barack Obama delivered and it is a fantastic example of what Ethos is.




Or you can just use my example "As the head of the FDA I can confirm that the purdue chicken brand has performed outside of legal boundaries to a degree that is punishable by both the courts and the people" This is an Ethos appeal. I mention my pedigree and make an objective statement about Purdue brand Chicken."

Answer 41

Thank you so much Marzi <3
Great help

Answer 42

You're welcome.

Answer 43

@Marziman do you think the article is uses Ethos effectively?

Answer 44

Let me double check .

Answer 45

No prob bro

Answer 46

I mean to a degree it does. The speaker sounds very self-righteous and disrespectful, there's some bias leaking in at the edges. It's somewhat ethos but not really.

Answer 47

That's the confusing part... it's like going everywhere

Answer 48

For a simple answer, no it's not ethos. There is no mention of the authors pedigree and they're biased sounding.