PSYC 106 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Pathos, Rhetorical Device, Reddit

• School: Simon Fraser University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: PSYC 106
• Professor: Sherrie Atwood

Document Summary

Social recession : how isolation can affect physical and mental health. Social recession = matches economic downturn and has profound physical and psychological effects. Ppl suffer bc personal relationships can help ppl cope w stress. Covid-19, isolation, mental health, social media: rhetorical approach + reflection. Try not to use quotes in writing unless directly saying, you want to explain your interpretation of the original text"s writing. Repackaging of medical rhetoric to communicate medical findings to common folk. Its rhetorical because the replacement of technical talk calls for descriptive accessible replacement language (ie. metaphors, similes) and has pathos. Figures of speech = metaphors, repetition, indirect referencing, irony, puns. Ethos = appeals to credibility of speaker, reputation, role in society. Pathos = appeal to our emotions (eg. fear and hope in light of. Logos = appeal to logic with facts figures, which ones and how many. Curbside appeal = design, tone, font, photos, length of article, headline, etc.