Response to Chapter 13

I thought the chapter was interesting. It really helped me to understand the ideas behind analyzing editorials and/or opinion pieces. Page 407 really broke down composing/analyzing ethos. The page gives you a step by step guide that really helps you understand this chapter more and the various readings/pieces/editorials that it contains. Also, learning about Pathos and the emotions the pathos should convey was also very interesting.

I really liked the piece about being against affirmative action. The author had a really good stance and when I looked at the actual reading, I felt like it was from a text book, rather than a magazine. It felt more like a story than anything. The author included a lot of background about himself, the university, and the case in action. This chapter made me think of all the editorials I've ever read and how the ideas in this chapter could apply to them. The text in the sidebars were really helpful and it made me brainstorm about a lot of ideas, relative to the analysis of the piece of course.

All in all, this chapter was useful and was a valuable tool, I'll definitely be using it in this class, if I ever need it.