In an article by Leonid Bershidsky‚ titled “How I’m Beating My Smartphone Addiction” (2017)‚ he explains that the addiction to our smartphones is like a drug addiction. He uses an anecdote to share how his experience with his addiction was similar to a person on drugs‚ in a serious tone he states‚ “I was submerged in the cozy haze of smartphone addiction‚ and it’s hard to say how it differed from substance abuse.” Forced teaming was also involved to get us to want to change our ways. The author suggests
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ended up with his very own narrative that is throughout the world. In the ‘Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass’‚ he first discusses his life time and what lead to his narrative‚ and also explains the treatment and roles of women by using anecdotes‚ victimization of female slaves‚ and description
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to fight the roaring current‚ Caesar tires himself and cries out for Cassius to come and rescue him. Cassius attempts to instill contempt into Brutus’ mind by sharing an anecdote that highlights Caesar’s lack of physical strength and mental perseverance to fight the current and continue swimming. By sharing this anecdote‚ Cassius has purposely diminished Caesar’s reputation as a brave hero in hopes of persuading Brutus that Caesar is not worthy of being a leader. Cassius appeals to Brutus’
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utilizes the pathos appeal by using the rhetorical appeals of anecdotes‚ assertion‚ and reasoning. She relies heavily on the use of pathos throughout the entire article. This is important because it gets the reader involved in the story and sets the stage for the entire article. By the use of common sense and stories of experience she overall persuades the reader of her conclusion. Turkle starts out her essay by using an anecdote about a personal experience at a conference in central Japan
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The anecdote of the time he spent in Dubbo was significant as he explains to the audience “I learnt a lot that year. I learnt to drink and the correct way to smoke pot. I hung around in a gang and we taught one another.” This was a low point for Ashby‚ the use
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“synthetic nature.” Last Child in the Woods‚ the luddite novel‚ forces the populous to reexamine their lives‚ which are being taken over by the latest techno craze. Through the use of anecdote‚ hypothetical situation‚ and rhetorical question‚ Richard Louv asserts the disconnect between people and nature. With an anecdote from his friend‚ Louv illustrates the separation between the natural world and the material‚ emphasizing how important it is to pass through generations. The friend‚ a mom‚ was “shopping
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abolition movement of slavery‚ Douglass utilizes appeals to emotion as well as a shift in tone to unveil the horrors of slavery and to foster the opposition to the institution of slavery. To begin‚ Douglass appeals to emotion with the use of an anecdote in the first paragraph‚ following with the use of juxtaposition in the third paragraph to convey
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David Helwig’s‚ Haunted by lives unlived‚ utilizies many of the strategies used in assignment writing. Helwig mainly concentrates on anecdotes and how they relate to audience appeal‚ but he still includes the other strategies for assignment writing. Anecdote’s are frequently being used in Helwig’s essay. Primarly‚ he explains his teaching career and his presentation of Robert Frost’s poem‚ The Road Not Taken: "I sometimes presented this poem to students"‚ (Helwig 55). Secondly‚ he explains his first
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“Bitch” as a demeaning word‚ she claimed‚ “A word used by men who are threatened by women”. (Beverly Gross‚ P.628) It shows that men are willing to be the dominant of the society‚ and the word “bitch” is an ultimate weapon men have to humiliate women. Anecdotes‚ contrast and comparison are techniques Gross used to create a strong‚ powerful and persuasive essay. Gross begins her essay with a personal experience in class about discussing Mary McCarthy’s The Group. This beginning immediately establishes
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only evidence that confirms their hypothesis‚ the claimant insists that their theory is accurate because it has not been proven wrong‚ the claim defies what established science has told us about the world‚ the claimants attempt to persuade using anecdotes‚ they talk of “proof” instead of “evidence‚" and absence of connectivity to another research. Pseudoscience is often times impossible to test. Most of the times in pseudoscientific claim the excuses make a claim untestable. “For example‚ a psychic
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