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Russia Probe

Some of you may or may not be familiar with Aristotle's Rhetorical Triangle. With Aristotle's concept, there are three types of rhetoric: logos, pathos, and ethos. Logos is reasoning using logic. Pathos is reasoning using emotion. Lastly, ethos is reasoning using authority. A balance between these three is usually the sweet spot of argumentative writing. Even though no one usually brings up Aristotle's Rhetorical triangle, it's still being used in journalism today. Using the Russian probe as a topic, for example, many different news platforms published videos on the subject. Each of them uses rhetorical language to get their point across. The first video under scrutiny was published by  Fox News . Sarah Sanders, the White House Press Secretary, is being interviewed on the Trump Campaigns involvement with the Russia Probe. Most of the rhetoric that was used in this interview was mainly pathos. With Sander's main point was to tell the people that there is nothing

About me

Hello, public world!   Since this is my very first blog post, I'll start by introducing myself.  My name is Lyra Rubio and I am currently taking English 1101 at my college. My major is Pre-Nursing and I just so happen to love writing. I'm not quite confident that my writing is any good, but I enjoy it nonetheless. I love having an artistic outlet and recently it's been photography. In my free time, I go out with my friends and I try my best to take the best pictures that I can. Hopefully, you all enjoy my first attempt at a blog!