Transition from "What If" to "What Is"

I credit the following thoughts to my sister, Natasha Boren, who shared them on a conference call.

Thesis involves Ethos, Pathos, and Logos.

Ethos is about extablishing credibility. 

• I introduce myself and my credentials. 
• I am answering the question, "What is your authority on this subject?"

Pathos (passion) is what the author does (what I do) to engage the reader emotionally. 

• This is extremely important. 
• The writer must make the reader CARE before information is thrown onto the page. 
• This is what gives the writer (or speaker) power to lead an audience.

Logos is the use of logic and reason. 

• Be aware that logic can be used to support anything.

 
There are four proofs of logical reasoning

• historical example
• personal or human experience
• logic & reason
• inspiration or revelation

A perfect example of the use of Ethos, Pathos, and Logos is "The Gettysburg Address".
(It goes from the past to the present to the future).  Another example is the Lord's prayer.

Feedback from Natasha:

This looks very good--except for fix the spelling of "establishing" on your ethos line. And following the statement "be aware that logic can be used to support anything," you might want to clarify: 'so keep yourself well-grounded in your source of truth (core book)' or 'so protect yourself from being "taken for a ride"' or anyway that you can think of to add significance to the statement.




This info comes from Tiffany Earl through the Leadership Education Mentoring Institute (LEMI), so you should probably credit her. The only part I added was the idea that the Gettysburg Address is a perfect example. I think Dad added the Lord's Prayer. Since you asked, Liber Communities is what LEMI is calling the three adult scholar projects. You don't need to reference that.