 Independent reading book: In Cold Blood by Truman Capote Ethos/LogosTruman Capote establishes respect and trust in what he writes from with the audience, ethics, through use of a wide variety of facts and statistics, logos. Capote uses so many dates, times, and other facts about the crime committed in the book and the subsequent investigation that the reader has to believe what the author is writing. Using all of these facts proves that Capote did his research and interviewed, interrogated, and obtained the opinions of every person who was even slightly important to the crime itself and the investigation/trial. The author is obviously very meticulous regarding dates and times; every important event in the book has a date and sometimes even a time of day associated with it. Some examples of dates included were the day of the murders (November 15, 1959), dates of when Perry and Dick were here or there (December 31, 1959 at a small restaurant in Texas or noon on December 25, 1959 at a beach in Miami Florida), date in which the two criminals were arrested (January 1, 1960), dates back to their transfer from this prison to that one and finally to death row (April 1960). The author also uses other small facts, such as facts about the criminal's early life or experiences they had, which could only have been obtained through extensive interviews with Perry and Dick. Capote's use of all of these logos establishes a strong ethos, showing the reader that the author has done more than enough research to demonstrate that he has the knowledge necessary to write an entire book on the subject. PathosCapete used the pathos in this book mainly to make the reader feel sad or feel sympathy for a character. At the beginning of the bo...... middle of the paper ......act this way”? The student might then respond that the author is trying to make the reader like the character or feel an emotional connection with the character, this could also be interpreted as an appeal to pathos. A book excerpt that contains many dates or facts might have a prompt like “How does the author establish ethics in this passage”? Then the student describes using many facts and dates (logos) to show that the author did a lot of research to be knowledgeable about the topic (ethics). A third AP prompt might come from an excerpt from the book where there are many images, the prompt might be "Discuss the author's use of rhetorical devices in this passage." The student could write about the author's very descriptive word choice (diction) and how he uses those words to create images in the passage and help the reader visualize the situation.