kansas city smokers unite!

Right now you should be thinking about epideictic rhetoric and your in-class essay on Tuesday. But on Thursday, we'll start discussing the three rhetorical appeals of ethos, pathos, and logos. Here's a local issue that we'll use to test drive these appeals: according to BlogKC, "The Star reports that KC City Councilman Chuch Eddy is proposing a unique metro-wide ban on smoking in public places and most work places."

Between Tuesday and Thursday,

1. decide whether you want to argue for or against this proposal,
2. pick one of these audiences: a) a girl scout troop, b) a local chapter of the AARP, or c) umkc students,
3. consider the values your audience is likely to have,
4. be prepared to explain what kind of appeals using ethos, pathos, and logos would be most likely to persuade your audience to accept your point of view. I'm not asking you which audience would find ethos most persuasive, which pathos, and which logos. Instead, I'm asking you to think about what kind of ethos would be most persuasive to your audience, what kind of pathos, and what kind of logos.