https://padlet.com/340493/x9midc6vltcq In Frederick Douglass autobiography, he uses pathos, ethos, and logos to persuade the readers. en-us 2018-01-17 17:04:01 UTC 2026-01-22 23:17:56 UTC hello@padlet.com 340493 https://padlet.com/340493/x9midc6vltcq/wish/222147507 Pathos is when the author uses emotion to persuade the reader.]]> 2018-01-17 17:16:37 UTC https://padlet.com/340493/x9midc6vltcq/wish/222147507 340493 https://padlet.com/340493/x9midc6vltcq/wish/222148433 Ethos is when the author uses someone or themselves as a credible source.]]> 2018-01-17 17:18:20 UTC https://padlet.com/340493/x9midc6vltcq/wish/222148433 340493 https://padlet.com/340493/x9midc6vltcq/wish/222150167 Logos is when the author uses logic and/or evidence.]]> 2018-01-17 17:22:14 UTC https://padlet.com/340493/x9midc6vltcq/wish/222150167 340493 https://padlet.com/340493/x9midc6vltcq/wish/222151714 In the first chapter, Douglass gives the readers a backstory about him. Douglass informs the readers how he experienced a horror scene before him as a child, "I was so terrified and horror-stricken at the sight, that I hid myself in a closet and dared not venture out till long after the bloody transaction was over" (4).]]> 2018-01-17 17:25:44 UTC https://padlet.com/340493/x9midc6vltcq/wish/222151714 340493 https://padlet.com/340493/x9midc6vltcq/wish/222155392 This is evidence as pathos because Douglass uses a traumatic experience to persuade the readers that even children witness horrible scenes before them.]]> 2018-01-17 17:33:53 UTC https://padlet.com/340493/x9midc6vltcq/wish/222155392 340493 https://padlet.com/340493/x9midc6vltcq/wish/222156635 In the end of second chapter,  Douglass explains how slaves sang out to relieve their sorrow, "The songs of the slave represent the sorrows of his heart; and he is relieved by them, only as an aching heart is relieved by its tears. At least, such is my experience" (8).]]> 2018-01-17 17:37:00 UTC https://padlet.com/340493/x9midc6vltcq/wish/222156635 340493 https://padlet.com/340493/x9midc6vltcq/wish/222161951 Ethos is presented here because Douglass directly states that he has felt such sorrow when he hears the song the slaves sing.]]> 2018-01-17 17:48:50 UTC https://padlet.com/340493/x9midc6vltcq/wish/222161951 340493 https://padlet.com/340493/x9midc6vltcq/wish/222812101 In the third chapter,  Douglass informs the readers as to why the slaves compliment their masters rather than telling the truth, "It is partly in consequence of such facts, that slaves when inquired of as to their condition and the character of their masters, almost universally say they are contended, and their masters are kind" (11).]]> 2018-01-19 15:13:41 UTC https://padlet.com/340493/x9midc6vltcq/wish/222812101 340493 https://padlet.com/340493/x9midc6vltcq/wish/222820896 Logos is shown here because Douglass states that if they don't compliment their masters, they will be punished and that is the last thing they want to have so they compliment them so that they won''t face the horrible consequences]]> 2018-01-19 15:31:49 UTC https://padlet.com/340493/x9midc6vltcq/wish/222820896 340493 https://padlet.com/340493/x9midc6vltcq/wish/222823218 2018-01-19 15:36:13 UTC https://padlet.com/340493/x9midc6vltcq/wish/222823218