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Body Paragraph 1-Evaluation of Ethos-This paragraph focuses…

Body Paragraph 1-Evaluation of Ethos-This paragraph focuses on the writer’s credibility. Follow the guidelines for supporting body paragraphs: Include a topic sentence.  Example: Aiken established credibility, or ethos, throughout this work.  Include context/background: Explain the appeal in one or two sentences; What is ethos? What is it important?   Include the evidence and warrant Introduce the ethos strategy (See strategy listed before the quotes below.) *Smoothly integrate (signal)  textual evidence #1 in the form of a quote with a parenthetical citation. Choose a quote from the list below.  follow-up the quote with explanation and commentary that explains how it demonstrates ethos.   Tip:  Your follow-up should go beyond simply stating that the quote is an example.  Explain how it demonstrates or builds Aiken’s credibility.  Introduce the ethos strategy (See strategy listed before the quotes below.) *Smoothly integrate/signal textual evidence #2 in the form of a quote with a parenthetical citation.  Choose a quote from the list below.  follow-up the quote with explanation and commentary that explains how it demonstrates ethos.  Tip:  Your follow-up should go beyond simply stating the quote is an example.  Explain how it demonstrates or builds Aiken’s credibility. Include a closing sentence.  *Textual evidence options. Choose two strategies and quotes below to incorporate into this paragraph. Ethos Strategy Textual Evidence Author’s profession/background  “As a forensic cyberpsychologist, I am interested in this sad and disturbing case” (p. 616).  Acknowledge the complexity of the issue    “During her trial, she pleaded guilty and showed great remorse, and in a statement said that she hoped to attend college and make something of herself someday. Her own mother had died recently, she said, and Tobias hadn’t felt like herself ever since” (pp. 615-116).   Properly citing sources “According to psychiatrist and author Dr. Eva Ritvo in her article ‘Facebook and Your Brain,’ social networking ‘stimulates the release of loads of dopamine as well as offering an effective cure to loneliness'” (p. 619).  Appearing knowledgeable “More than 110,000 research papers have been written about dopamine in the past sixty years” (p. 618). Appearing likeable “So you’ve got your phone to prove (unconsciously) that you belong, and then…you find that you can’t stop checking the darn thing” (p. 623). If you would like to refer to the article to see further context for these quotes, you may access it:  M. Aiken -Designed to Addict-Source From Inquiry to Academic Writing-Reformatted-7.docx