Reflection Paper 3: Effective Rhetoric

Political discourse is characterized in part by the use of rhetoric, which can be defined as the use of effective arguments employed to persuade an audience. According to Aristotle (The Rhetoric 350 B.C.) rhetoric employs three types of proof: logos (logical and factual), pathos (emotional), and ethos (credibility and authority of speaker/writer). Identify one or two examples of each type of proof that stand out as particularly effective or insightful in the debate over republicanism and state-federal power distribution during the U.S. Constitution ratification period. Provide quotations to support your analysis. Present your findings in a 5- to 7-page paper formatted according to Turabian Author-Date (parenthetical citation) style. Do not include subheadings. Your writing must be detailed, objective and scholarly in tone, reflecting your own analysis of source content. Page count does not include title and Reference pages. See general instructions above.