Logos: Appeals to Logic
Ethos: Appeals to Credibility
Pathos: Appeals to Emotion
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In Gretchen Mcculloch's "7 Ways the Internet is Improving Language", she argues that the way we communicate on the internet is actually helping our language by making it more "dynamic and flexible."
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McCulloch exemplifies Ethos by referring to many studies throughout the article. For example, the first line of her article is "a recent study found..." which she uses to back up her point that those who use internet slang are better at standard english.

She exemplifies Logos by structuring her article by breaking down 7 points that prove the ways the internet is helping diversify our language. Each point has its own forms of credibility (ethos), but all 7 of the points depict logos, providing stats and #315slides #315reading

logical consistency. She exemplifies pathos by using sensory language to encourage surfacing emotions she wants us to feel. For example, she writes, "It sounds surprising," to encourage us to feel surprised to then deter this feeling by providing facts. #315slides #315reading

I think that in McChulloch's piece definitely appeals to logos the most. It provides many facts and stats to back up her claims as they are quite abstract. I've never thought about my online abbreviations as actually helping by dialect! #315slides #315reading