Logos

Logos typically means logic, however, viewing logos as logic limits the meaning it has. As a whole, logos means argument. Logos is what creates an argument. It is an intellectual process of thinking between a claim, the reasons for that claim, and the assumptions behind those reasons. Learning how to use logos correctly and persuasively can drastically affect how effective the argument turns out to be. This means that if I can learn how to draw a claim from solid reasons that come from concrete assumptions, I can then use that claim to make an overall convincing thesis. Because logos produces critical thinking, it also then creates a conclusion from those intellectual processes. If an error occurs in the process of thinking, then the rest of the support for the main claim is overall less effective. Therefore, as a writer, I need to learn how to keep my line of thinking focused and connected so that it doesn't fall apart in the end.