Popular song redirects here. For other uses, see Popular Song (disambiguation). Popular music is music with wide appeal that is typically distributed to large audiences through the music industry. These forms and styles can be enjoyed and performed by people with little or no musical training. It stands in contrast to both art music and traditional or folk music.
The suade part that both words share has origins in the Latin root suadÄre, meaning âto urge.â In the case of persuade, the prefix per- means âthoroughly,â intensifying âto urgeâ and giving persuade its meaning of âto convince.â Think of dissuade as the opposite of persuade: the prefix dis- reverses the action of the root, giving the meaning of not ...
These three modes of persuasion can be called respectively ethos (á¼¦Î¸Î¿Ï âdisposition or character), pathos (ÏÎ¬Î¸Î¿Ï âemotion or passion), and logos (Î»ÏÎ³Î¿Ï âargument or discourse). Aristotle elaborated on his definition of each of these types.1  Ethos has to do with who you are and how you come across.2  Pathos involves stirring up peopleâs emotions. 3  Logos is the use of argumentation.ithin this space, logos is given pride of place, with ethos second and pathos third if it would be considered legitimate at all. Nevertheless, I think ethos is the primary mode of persuasion, and one which we neglect at our peril. Reflect for a moment on how you have been persuaded.