The first piece of text I selected was "The Wreck of Time: Taking Our Century's Measure" by Annie Dillard. Her text is about how one person matters. She appeals to her ethos by stating many facts and supporting most of them through scientific references or citations. She appeals to her pathos by adding in stories and quotes about single individuals such as the woman who serves 115 people at a soup kitchen each night.
The second piece I selected was "The Story of a Snitch" by Jeremy Kahn which details the struggle one man, John Dowery Jr., had as a criminal turned witness. The ethos of this argument is supported by the author's use of dates, times and facts from the actual case. The pathos of this argument is much more supported by the author's description of Dowery's struggles and other witnesses' struggles to live a normal and safe life while and after testifying in a criminal case.
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