{"id":78549,"date":"2021-12-01T14:43:58","date_gmt":"2021-12-01T14:43:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/papersspot.com\/blog\/2021\/12\/01\/ethos-rhetors-sense-of-credibility-ethos-credibility-character-reputation-or-status-of\/"},"modified":"2021-12-01T14:43:58","modified_gmt":"2021-12-01T14:43:58","slug":"ethos-rhetors-sense-of-credibility-ethos-credibility-character-reputation-or-status-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/papersspot.com\/blog\/2021\/12\/01\/ethos-rhetors-sense-of-credibility-ethos-credibility-character-reputation-or-status-of\/","title":{"rendered":"Ethos (Rhetor&#8217;s Sense of Credibility) Ethos: Credibility, character, reputation, or status of"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ethos (Rhetor&#8217;s Sense of Credibility)<\/p>\n<p> Ethos:\u00a0Credibility, character, reputation, or status of the rhetor (from\u00a0Panther Guide to Writing)<\/p>\n<p> Situated ethos:\u00a0Arguments or points that stem from or depend upon the rhetor\u2019s character or standing in the relevant community or situation; the credibility or authority that the rhetor already possesses; how one\u2019s social status in relation to the audience or issue affects the rhetor\u2019s persuasiveness. Situated ethos has a lot to do with power dynamics.<\/p>\n<p> Invented ethos:\u00a0Elements of credibility, authority, or good character that are deliberately created (or \u201cinvented\u201d) within the work by the rhetor to be more persuasive in a given situation; the ways that a rhetor constructs a positive, knowledgeable, or trustworthy persona. These include:<\/p>\n<p> \u00bb Demonstrating intelligence (that one has done her \u201chomework\u201d)<\/p>\n<p> \u00bb Establishing good character (that one is ethical, just, fair)<\/p>\n<p> \u00bb Securing goodwill (that one is trustworthy or protecting the audience\u2019s interests)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ethos (Rhetor&#8217;s Sense of Credibility) Ethos:\u00a0Credibility, character, reputation, or status of the rhetor (from\u00a0Panther Guide to Writing) Situated ethos:\u00a0Arguments or points that stem from or depend upon the rhetor\u2019s character or standing in the relevant community or situation; the credibility or authority that the rhetor already possesses; how one\u2019s social status in relation to the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[10],"class_list":["post-78549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-research-paper-writing","tag-writing"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/papersspot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78549","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/papersspot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/papersspot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/papersspot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/papersspot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78549"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/papersspot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78549\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/papersspot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78549"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/papersspot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78549"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/papersspot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78549"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}