Pathos, Ethos, Logos
The article I chose for this assignment was "Child abuse down but neglect is up, report finds; parents biggest threat" written by Maggie Fox of NBC News on September 12, 2013. The article discusses that while physical and sexual abuse towards children has declined, neglect and emotional abuse have stayed the same.Ethos is demonstrated in the article because it clearly shows research was done. The writer researched reports from the National Child Abuse and Neglect data that shows that about three-fourths of reported cases in 2011 were classified as neglect. A reported 10 percent was sexual abuse, while 15 percent was physical.
For the logos appeal, Dr. Angela Diaz, a panel member of Institute of Medicine, and Dr. Lolita McDaniel, medical director at University Hospitals Case Medical Center in Cleveland, are interviewed as authorities on the subject. Dr. Diaz and Dr. McDaniel state that the reason for this change is due to more awareness in society.
However, the article also demonstrates pathos in the following statement:
"McDavid says it reaches across generations. She sees it when she sees her patients in the pediatrics clinic and counsels them about protecting themselves from abuse. “I have had mothers who get tearful because they were molested as children, and because they didn’t tell, or nobody believed them when they told,” she says."
The article you have chosen appeals to me. You gave me just enough information to draw me in and want to know more about this article. The topic creates pathos in me as a mother. What examples did they give that related to neglect? I would consider neglect a form of abuse. Therefore I am curious to know how they are defining neglect. Thank you for peaking my interest. I will be on the look out for this article.
ReplyDeleteAmanda, I like how you simultaneously summarize and analyze the article. However, you could develop this analysis a little bit more. Your examples of logos are really more ethos (I think). So why do you think this is logos? How do you justify or back up your analysis? Why are the quotes in the last paragraph good examples of pathos? Remember, your reader will ask "why?" if you don't explain things that need explained. So, you need to read your writing from the reader's perspective and anticipate and answer the "why" questions the reader might have.
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