Using Ethos, Pathos and Logos to analyse text

No More Homework!

Homework Should Be Banned In School

Claim – States the main   point or stance	Yes	The author has stated their view informing the audience about what they believe and what they are going to try and influence me about. The main point being: Homework for little kids should be banned!’
Big Names –  Mentions experts and important people to support the argument	No
Logos – Uses logic, numbers, or   facts to support the argument	Yes	The author wrote “Homework is dreadfully unhealthy” because kids will have to do homework instead of taking a break.
Pathos – Appeals to the audience’s emotions	Yes	In the text it shows that “Thinking of homework causes stress for kids and for parents”, and if kids ask for help from their parents, they might be tired was well. Also their minds will not have much knowledge to answer correctly.
Ethos – Tries to build trust and credibility	Yes	The author said that “Teachers will not get enough rest because they will think about printing homework, handing them out and other things to take care of”. So that means teachers will have to handle too much things and come home late.
Kairos – Builds a sense of urgency   for the cause	Yes	The text says “Kids get to much work in school and they get more after”. That means that kids might now do homework because their very tired from all the hard work in school.
Research – Uses studies and   information to make the   argument seem more convincing;   this can be in the form of words, graphs, tables, or illustrations	Yes	The writer wrote how it feels, how hard it is, to the school about homework.