The three modes of persuasion that Aristotle refers to in Rhetoric Part II of Book I are personal character of the speaker. The second is putting
the audience into a certain frame of mind. The third mode of persuasion is the apparent
of proof. The modes relate to writers today and are the guidelines writers
should follow when persuading someone in things like pollution and effects
towards global warming, and to things like politics. The character of the
writer is very important, because no one will believe someone who lies and won’t
admit to things that they’ve done in the past. The second mode tells us that we
should focus on the audience we are speaking to. If you are trying to persuade
a business man, you’re going to want to focus towards different aspects than if
it were a farmer. The third mode is important to writers today because if you
don’t have proof to what you say, then no one will take your reasons seriously.
A term from Rhetoric that I saw is enthymeme. Enthymeme is
the conclusion of your argument that includes the major and minor premise, or
reasons why your reason is right. An example of this is we should drive
electric cars because gas cars give off exhaust that ruins our atmosphere.
After reading all of part 2 by Aristotle, it made me realize
things about writing for persuasion. One should not make this more difficult
than what it is. For example, you know the audience that you are writing
towards, so you don’t need to put in every little bit. In persuasion, it’s allowed to assume that people know the most basic stuff if you project the piece of
writing to the right audience. For example, Aristotle talked about the Olympics and that he could assume that people knew what the winner got, which was a crown back then, and could leave that information out of his writing.
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