Forms of appeal

“Selling Our Land” is a speech in which the speaker appeals to the audience through ethos and pathos. This means the speaker tries to create an emotional reaction in the audience and appeals to trust and authori…

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Ethos

The speaker’s appeals to trust or authority are attempts to make himself and Native Americans appear to be caring and knowledgeable with regards to the environment.

For example, the when the speaker explains how his people relate to nature, he suggests that they have shared values which are contrasted with those of the white settlers: “The air is precious to the red man, for all thin…

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Pathos

Chief Seattle appeals to the audience’s feelings to create an emotional reaction. This makes it more likely that the audience will accept his views and arguments.

For example, when he talks about the white man’s actions in relation to the environment, he creates a metaphor of the family to suggest the acti…

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Logos

The speaker appeals to the audience’s reason when he uses logical arguments to explain why animals and human beings need each other and why human beings need to respect them: “If all the beasts were gone, man would die from a great loneliness of the spirit. For whatever happens to the beasts, …