Prompt Complete the activity at the bottom of p. 104 of The Language of Composition. (2nd edition: Complete the activity at the

bottom of p. 109.)

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Nicholas Kristof mostly uses second hand evidence in his article. One example of second hand evidence is “Would it have been wrong during the Holocaust to try to bomb the gas chambers at Auschwitz? Was President Bill Clinton wrong to intervene in Kosovo to avert the potential genocide there?”. These lines are also an example of logos because he brings up historical events in order to argue that we should help the Syrian children. Another example of second hand evidence is “Yet on the same day that Katie died, I published a column calling for greater international efforts to end Syria’s suffering and civil war, which has claimed perhaps 470,000 lives so far”. This is an example of both pathos and logos. At the beginning of the sentence he is talking about his dead dog which is pathos and the 470,000 lives list. Then he uses logos by giving statistics about how many lives were lost.

Explanation: just did it.

where is the

there are several different forms of presenting this; each has a very specific format. plays have a very simple format; teleplays, for television shows, or screenplays, for movies, have more complex and strict rules for formatting.

drama

the first of these to be written for the express purpose of being performed were created by the greeks. many of our modern terms derive from greek origins.

comedy

in the greek sense, a play that doesn't end in death. in modern usage, refers to a play that is humorous.

tragedy

in the greek sense, a play that ends with the death of at least one of the main characters. in modern usage, refers to a play that doesn't have a happy ending.