In class: logos

i found everything in this chapter pretty self explanatory. This chapter, to me, seemed the easiest to understand because its the type of arguments that we are the most accustomed to. In high school, i was in public forum debate. There are three different types of debate in Texas high schools, ld (which is based on ethos and pathos), cx (which is all logos with complete cramming of facts), and finally pfd (which involved pathos and logos) My partner and i foudn that we used a lot of logos arguments to actually stir the emotions of the judges. Examples of these include; facts, statistics, surveys, and testimonies, etc. The judge in pfd is a lay person, so we always found ti much easier to cram hard facts and logos arguments into their head. My partner was a more pathos debater and i added the needed logos. The only thing i found a tad confusing is when the book explained how Cultural Assumptions and Values could be a logos argument, but after class im sure i will better understand that. besides that, i found the chapter pretty straight forward.