Rhetoric+Devices

= = = Ethos: = > // (Pg. 122. Paragraph 3) // > > > = Pathos: = > > //(Pg. 125 Paragraph 5)// > > = Logos: = > //(Pg. 118. Paragraph 2)// >
 * //** “Well, Sprague, the thing is here; and, so far as I am concerned, though a Republican and opposed to Mr. Johnson and his policy, he shall have as fair a trial as an accused man ever had on this earth.” **//
 * This shows that Ross is a fair man, thus showing that you can trust his decisions.
 * //**“Again Ross was the only one uncommitted on the other Articles, the only one whose vote could not be predicted in advance.”** (Pg. 127-128)//
 * This shows that Ross is not going to be persuaded by his political party, also showing that you can trust him.
 * **//“Ross and his fellow doubtful Republicans were daily pestered, spied upon and subjected to every form of pressure.”//** //(Pg. 123. Paragraph 3)//
 * This statement makes the reader connect with Ross. Everybody has been put under pressure at some point in time
 * //**“…ten minutes before the vote was taken his Kansas colleague warned him in the presence of Thaddeus Stevens that a vote for acquittal would mean trumped-up charges and his political death.”**//
 * This causes the reader to feel sympathy towards Ross because it's hard to do what's right when being threatened of consequences.
 * //**“In 1854, when only twenty-eight, he had taken part in the mob rescue of a fugitive slave in Milwaukee.”**//
 * This shows that, even at a young age, Ross was willing and able to help save the lives of others.
 * //**"In 1862, he had given up his newspaper work to enlist in the Union Army, from which he emerged a Major.”** (Pg. 118. Paragraph 2)//
 * This shows that Ross was a man of power and authority.