Pathos

• Pathos refers to the power to convince an audience of an argument by the speaker evoking strong feelings, often of pity.
• Pathos means suffering in Greek.

Bathos

• Bathos is the opposite of Pathos where strong feelings are evoked.
• Bathos refers to a sort of anticlimax, an abrupt and ludicrous transition from an elevated state to either an ordinary state, or into feelings of excessive sentimental exhibition of Pathos.

Ethos

• Ethos refers to the power of convincing an audience of an argument by the authority and credibility of the speaker.

Logos

• Logos refers to the power of convincing an audience of an argument by the speaker using reason.

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