blog 41

Common place says that in order for an article to be compelling you have to have a clear purpose and use persuasion to carry that purpose throughout the paper.  They said that the most important thing to have is evidence.  Luckily for me, there is plenty of evidence surrounding steroid use in sports.  I could talk about the numerous baseball players that have been accused or have come forth concerning their steroids use.  In 2008, there were 52 pro bowlers who were being tied to steroid usage.  So there are plenty of places I can go to get evidence that steroid use is out of control.  This goes along with logos.  I will also have to use pathos which is emotion to try and make believe what I am saying and make it compelling.  I feel strongly that steroids should not be used in any sport and that there are much better and legal ways of improving at a certain sport.  Because of this I don’t think that it should be very had to incorporate emotion into my paper.  I'm not sure how I will use ethos, which is making yourself seem credible and like someone that everyone should listen to.  I don’t even know why everyone should listen and believe what I say so I’m not sure how I will incorporate that into my paper.  Hopefully by using logos and pathos, I will be able to make my paper compelling enough.