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In our most recent project, we were assigned to make an advertisement where we were trying to get people to come to one of the 13 colonies. We got split into different small groups and we had to make a video that includes Ethos, Pathos, and Logos in a way to get more people to come to the colony.The colony that my partners and I got assigned was Delaware.We got a few days to research info on our colony and come up with a good claim on why people should join the colony. Finally, we got pictures, put them in the video, edited it and presented it to the class for them to take notes on it. In our research, we found out many interesting things. The Dutch founded the first European settlement in Delaware atLewes (then called Zwaanendael) in 1631. They quickly set up a trade in beaver furs with the Native Americans, who within a short time raided and destroyed the settlement after a disagreement between the two groups. A more permanent settlement was not established until 1638 by Swedes at Fort Christina (now Wilmington) as part of their colony of New Sweden; they reputedly erected America’s first log cabins there. The economy of the colony mainly focused on wheat, milling, lumber and furs. Performed sugar refining, distilling, trade and ship building. Delaware was not focused on one religion, they allowed anyone with their own beliefs to join the colon as they wish. Also, the leader, William Penn made it a good point that they should have a good relationship with the natives and he believed that the English should compensate native Americans for their land.
There were three appeals that we were told to use in our projects- Ethos, Pathos, and Logos. To appeal to Ethos, you use character and ethics when you persuade something. You basically are helping the reader see that the author is reliable,trustworthy, respectful and credible. To appeal to Pathos, you use emotions to persuade. You use emotionally loaded language, vivid descriptions, emotional examples, anecdotes, testimonies, or narratives about emotional experiences or events, figurative language and emotional tone (humor, sarcasm, disappointment, excitement, etc.) And lastly, to appeal to Logos you use logical evidence. You use theories / scientific facts and other things. In our project we used Pathos and Logos. We used phrases that would use emotions to persuade people and we used actually facts to also persuade people. Out of all of those, Pathos is the most important one because it is used to effect people emotions to persuade them.
