This One Goes Out to Mauritius

My friend, Joe Scoresby, was a pal and helped me set up an awe inspiring tool, the highly esteemed Google Analytics. Through it, I have been able to view the number of visits to my site and the origins of the visitors down to their home towns. I can also view a nice little pie chart called "Traffic Sources Overview." This breaks down visits to my blog to referring sites (61%), direct traffic (32%), and search engines (7%). And can I say now that that miniscule 7% sends a cheesy, lopsided grin to my much too serious face?

7% of my viewers typed an inquiry into Google, and Google Anaytics reveals what they typed:

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It appears the ethos, logos, pathos phenomenon engenders a need for answers. And one dear inquiry occured on the obscure island of Mauritius. Where is Mauritius, I wondered, then discovered the island to be east of Madagascar, a fantastic vacationing spot, the first place for country-wide wireless internet, and the only true origin of the Dodo bird.

So, may I say now, I love you my Maruritius inquirer. If you (or any other fellow Googler) are searching for ethos, logos, and pathos definitions, may I offer these short explanations:

• Logos means logic. If your English class requires that you identify examples of logos, look for statistics, lines of reasoning, or anything that is singularly reason dominated.

• Pathos means emotion. And not just sadness; any emotion. A common manifestation of Pathos in persuasive writing occurs when a writer pulls for an emotion when sharing a story.
  

• Ethos means morality and it can also mean credibility. For morality, look for times when a character's conscience causes them to make a good decision. For credibility, ask if the writer is truly an expert on the topic, and highlight what increases that believability.

AND THEN, when you become obsessed with this all-consuming concept, come back to this site. I will gladly tell you more about my book. But I'll give you a hint... my characters have super powers based on these three elements.