Week 11: Persuasive Blogs

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Above is the link to a persuasive blog written about global warming and climate change. I really like this blog because it gives a huge variety of sources, and factual information regarding what is scientifically happening with the environment. In addition to providing all of this information as well as links to the resources, the blog goes on to explain the issues more in depth, and then provides the reader with many options of what they can personally do to try and stop global warming and climate change. In order to motivate and persuade its readers, the blog uses ethos by providing credible sources, as well as logos by providing logic and reason regarding the effects of these issues and why they are important. After reading about the issues, and understanding the effects of them on the Earth, it is obviously very motivational for the readers, and persuasive to get the readers to try to make a change. This blog would definitely appeal to environmental activists, people that want to educate themselves, and overall anyone who genuinely cares about the planet they live on, as well as the future of that planet. 


Comments

  1. TheGrimReaderApril 5, 2021 at 12:55 AM

    This was a super interesting blog to choose! Climate change is becoming a more and more prominent issue in this world and blogs such as these advocating for readers to help fight global warming, pollution, etc. are becoming especially important. I agree that logos and ethos an effective method to convince their audience in this case as so many claims have been made that global warming and climate are not even real that proven statistics and information may be needed to sway people to listen to their argument.

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  2. AetherApril 5, 2021 at 2:03 PM

    This is an interesting blog. A sort of climate-change-mythbusters. It is important for their arguments that they use research to back their information. Logos is certainly the main appeal by this blog.

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  3. Taking a BackseatApril 11, 2021 at 11:58 AM

    With this topic, is logos the best choice? Should the writer rely more on pathos?

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