Ethos, Pathos and Logos
Logic (logos) alone won’t move an audience. We need emotion – the audience need to feel something before they will be persuaded. This is the area of pathos. Ideally, your audience will feel as [...]
“Speeches are written for the ear, not for the eye.” Ted Sorensen
Writing is not speaking. What looks good on paper nearly always sounds turgid and long-winded when spoken aloud. You don’t know if what you’ve written is any good until you actually say it. The [...]