What's your favorite appeal?

My favorite appeal is the appeal to logos. I think that logical points and arguments are what makes a paper strong and tangible. The ability to draw upon logic and make inferences that makes sense to readers is what makes and argument believable and compelling. Usually appeals to logos show evidence, which adds validity to a paper, proving that the write knows what he or she is talking about. When a writer, for example, argues that jail overcrowding is an issue, and gives the statistics and figures for the limited amount of space, they become more believable and credible in a sense that they can back their argument up with real life evidence. In my papers, I love to make parables and logical connotations to show that what I am talking about is substantial. I do this by tying the topic into past, personal experience using a common sense method.
This is turn, evokes appeals to pathos because the reader identifies and trusts a person who can show proof to what they are discussing. This connection can be made through appeals to logos. I think evidence and logic is just as important as appeals to ethos. Credibility is created with evidence and sources, just as one would with personal experience that doesn’t connect with common sense and reality. Not only are appeals to logos my favorite, but I feel that they can sometimes be more significant and evoke the same appeals as does appeals to pathos and ethos.

Defining One's Audience

In my proposal to the public good paper, I identify my audience as city mayors and councilmen who are not aware of the core problem concerning jail overcrowding. In this call to action, I am indirectly confronting these people, and proposing a plan that would help decrease the amount of jail overcrowding that has taken place. The city mayors and councilmen have been approaching the issue wrongly. These people are ignorant as to why inmates go in and out of jail. City mayors and councilmen are angered because of the overwhelming rates. As a result, they look down on the citizens and people who are going back and forth to jail rather than looking down on institutions and faulty programs. I identify them as being rich and snobby, lacking the ability to empathize with jail inmates and distinguish their needs. They live in a rich, well kept, positive environment where these issues are absent to them. They should get out more and broaden their perspectives on these various issues dealing with delinquents. Instead of rebuilding and making jails larger, they should implement rehabilitation and reform programs for the inmates, which will get to the core of the issue.
I think it is important that I identify and know who my audience is. Not only does it define the language in which I should use, but it also gives me an idea of what issues I should present and what concepts I should be trying to convey. By knowing who your possible audience is, you then set the tone of your paper, which is vital and aids in your proposal’s persuasiveness and organization.