Another type of writing or reading that students are asked to do in school is persuasive in nature. But what does the word 'persuasion' actually mean?
Many, many years ago in Greece, several wise thinkers determined that persuasion is made up of three ingredients:
Ethos. By ethos the Greeks were referring to the character of the person who was trying to persuade.
Logos. By logos the Greeks meant that in order to be persuasive, your reasons should be logical and organised.
Pathos. By pathos the Greeks meant that the way to convince someone is to appeal to their emotion. This is because people often react more to emotion than logic.
With those terms in mind, read the following passage:
Whose life is it, anyway? Euthanasia is the taking of a person's life and that is wrong even if the person wants to die. Voluntary euthanasia can be defined as the person asking someone to take his/her life. It is a crime to take someone's life. Who has the right to take another person's life? Who should be allowed to state whether a person should die? Who can determine whether taking a person's life is for the benefit of the person who dies? These are questions that should be addressed by both sides of the debate. Many people state they want to die because their pain is so severe or they feel so depressed. However, as long as a person lives, hopes for a better tomorrow are always there. Euthanasia is wrong according to the law and even the natural law of the creator.