Well, my first draft to my next English essay is finished, but seeing as its an evidence essay I will go by my normal Modus Opporendi (?) with them. I first write the essay without the quotes, then add them in later. Then I harass Maddy Kroot to edit it and everyone is happy. By the way, thanks for the help on the last one; I got a 94 on it, and I know I lost one of those points due to forgetting to stable the second draft. Speaking of which, a small little exerpt from a typical early stage Thomas essay, thought over to remove anything potentially insulting that has not gone through Madeline censors. "However, what is defined as Ethos, Pathos and Logos can change over time. Someone who is credible once can loose his credibility over time, or even gain it. If you were reading an essay on the form of the universe back in the 12th century, even it if had all the Ethos it could have had from this time, collaborated by scientists from China to the Middle East and endorsed by the Vatican, it would not have Ethos today due to all the many discoveries (such as the fact that we are not the center of the universe), while once radicals like Galileo would gain Ethos. The use of Logos also does not stand the test of time; it was once considered logical to argue that God would never the extinction of any of his creations, and if you wrote an essay about continued Aurochs hunting in ancient times, this would have been a sound argument to allow the continued hunting of the ancestor of today’s domestic cow. Now, with the lack of Aurochs we have today, we know this not to be true and thus, not real Logos...."
Posted on: Sun, 29 Sep 2013 22:46:41 +0000
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