NF Quiz 2 Review

Ethos, pathos or logos?

"One in six Americans now owns a smart speaker like Amazon’s Alexa or Google Home, and 75 percent of homes are likely to have one by 2020."

• Logos- helps the reader understand why the topic of smart speakers is important

• Logos- helps the reader recognize why smart speakers are bad

• Ethos- uses a statistic to make the text seem more believable

• Pathos- helps the reader understand how much smart speakers are impacting our world

Ethos, pathos or logos?

"It’s no surprise that children delight in the ease and speed of information provided by smart speakers, given their endless curiosity and appetite for instant gratification."

• Logos- it uses a statistic to help the reader understand how vulnerable children are

• Ethos- It includes a famous university to make the reader believe it more.

• Pathos- It uses words like "endless curiosity" to highlight how sweet children are and their vulnerability to smart speakers.

• Pathos- it uses words like "ease" and "speed" to help us understand why smart speakers are so great

Ethos, pathos or logos?

“I’m worried about parents handing off the responsibility for serve-and-return conversations to the device because they’re tired,” says Chip Donohue, director of the Technology in Early Childhood Center at the Erikson Institute.

• Ethos- A quote from an expert in the field helps highlight the problem faced with smart speakers

• Ethos- the quote is from an expert in the field helps me realize the benefit of reading the article

• Logos- the quote helps me realize just how common smart speakers are.

• Pathos- the quote from an expert shows the danger of smart speakers to children

Ethos, pathos or logos?

"Many parents and teachers cringe at the notion of delegating that most classic of bonding moments to a robot. But when an adult isn’t available, children probably do benefit from asking the device for a story."

• Logos- it uses parents and teachers to increase the credibility of the text.

• Pathos- It uses child bonding to help the reader understand that smart speakers are always going to be bad.

• Pathos- It uses child bonding to help the reader recognize that smart speakers are problematic, but not always.

• Ethos- it uses parents and teachers as valuable information sources.

Ethos, pathos or logos?

1. "studies find; for example, parents tend to talk less with their children in the presence of an electronic toy than a traditional one."

• Pathos- they use language to show how harmful electronic toys are

• Logos- they reference a study to show the importance of a variety of toys

• Logos- they reference a study to show problems with electronic toys

• Ethos- they include a study to add credibility to the claims

Ethos, pathos, logos?

"Lisa Guernsey, deputy director of the Education Policy program and director of the Learning Technologies project at New America, recommends..."

• Logos- includes an expert

• Ethos- includes an expert that adds credibility to recommendation

• Ethos- includes an expert that helps me better understand the recommendation

• Pathos- includes words "deputy director" to add credibility

Ethos, pathos or logos?

"According to a Stanford study, 80 percent of middle schoolers thought “sponsored content” on a news website was a real story, and three-quarters of high schoolers couldn’t tell the difference between a real news website and a fake one."

• Ethos- it includes an expert to add credibility

• Logos- the statistic shows just how big of a problem fake news is

• Logos- the statistic shows how many people have smart speakers

• Pathos- the statistic uses language like "real" and "fake" to make it seem like a more serious problem

Ethos, pathos or logos?

"That is a complex process that requires adult scaffolding, especially when a disembodied voice provides information with no visible cues such as a website's url."

• Ethos- it mentions adult scaffolding to add credibility

• Logos- it uses specific information like referencing a URL

• Pathos- Words like "disembodied" show how un-human a smart speaker is.

• Pathos- it makes the reader feel afraid of smart speakers with words like "disembodied"

Ethos, pathos, or logos?

"Note-taking can be categorized two ways: generative and nongenerative."

• Ethos- it includes the opinions of experts

• Logos- it includes a specific statistic

• Logos- it uses specific facts and vocabulary to explain the concept

• Pathos- it shows 2 correct ways of thinking

Ethos, pathos, or logos?

"For their first study..."

• Logos- it reveals specific information found in a study

• Ethos- It uses the opinion of a professional to add credibility

• Ethos- it uses a university study to add credibility, rather than just saying facts

• Logos- a study is used to provide statistics