I, like many others in our class, have also been taught ethos, logos, and pathos in my Com 114 class and also in my speech class in High School. However, I think it is a good idea to go over these appeals, because sometimes we may forget to include one or another in our paper. For example, if we feel strongly on a topic we may focus on the pathos of our argument and not the logos. It is important that as writers we pay attention to these things in our writing and make sure that they are balanced. This reading ties into with our discussion of politicians very well. For example, when discussing pathos, one of the questions was "how will your audience respond when you scratch yourself?" Depending on where you are doing this, you may lose a lot of credibility as a politician. After a while, I'm not sure I would vote for a politician who is scratching his butt every time he gets up on stage. Overall, I thought the reading wasn't as bad as others made it out to be, but I do agree with them with the fact that I didn't get much out of it.