Scientific Aritcle

My article, “Screening for Antimicrobial Activity of Weeds”, discusses and explores the use of plants and their extracts to treat infections. This article is a scientific article in that it pertains to a specific medicinal experiment. It is set up in a scientific way with and introduction, an explanation of materials, a review of the experiment, and a results and discussion section. In the article, the author is trying to convey his opinion that natural drugs are more efficient and less harmful than synthetic drugs. In order to get the point across the author uses a very scientific approach by presenting a problem and a solution through facts, data, and experimental evidence. Unlike other types of writing, scientific writing does not try to appeal to its audiences’ emotions, or pathos. Instead it focuses on logic, logos, and credibility, ethos. Scientific writing is very straight forward in the way it tries to persuade its audience by giving information and facts that clearly support the thesis of the article. Another extremely important aspect of scientific writing is its credibility, ethos. Credibility is significant because society tends to feel more confident in a person with more experience in his or her discipline. A key example of this is the extensive training and years of experience needed to be a doctor in our society. The article I chose has a lot of credibility because the institution it was published through is very distinguished and the doctors involved are distinguished as well.