In Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I Have a Dream (1963)” speech, he addresses the idea that in order to fulfill the premise that “all men were created equal,” the people of the nation must work together to move past the injustices inflicted on African Americans in order to ultimately grant them their civil rights. King’s claim is supported by first repeatedly alluding to historically renowned milestones in the fight against oppression and illustrating numerous metaphors to create an emotional connection with his audience. King’s “dream” that he frequently mentions is the nationwide unification to work toward a common goal in order to bring integration of all races and coexist without oppression. By establishing his goal, he creates an earnest tone for the people of America working toward cutting the “manacles of segregation and chains of discrimination.”…
Chapter 19 of the book The Grapes of Wrath presents historical background on the development of land ownership in California, and traces the American settlement of the land taken from the Mexicans. Fundamentally, the chapter explores the conflict between farming solely as a means of profit making and farming as a way of life. Throughout this chapter, Steinbeck uses a wide variety of persuasive techniques including parallelism, diction, and metaphors to convey his attitude about the plight of migrants migrating to California.…
Rhetorical strategy is a type of method for writers to manipulate their writing to purpose an idea or influence the reader. Narration, description, and exemplification are some of the rhetorical appeals writer use to grab the reader’s attention. And invoke strong reaction out of the reader. Apart from these strategies, many writers use Aristotle's appeals of Logos, Ethos, and Pathos to persuade the reader. Logos is an appeal to the audience's logic and reason. Pathos is an appeal to the audience’s sentiments and emotions. Ethos is an appeal to the authority or reputation of the speaker. Logos is an appeal to the audience's logic and reason. In my rhetorical analysis, I will be analyzing an article by Heather Mattern called, “Learning to Breathe”. In this article, Mattern proposes increasing physical activity such as running, , consuming raw foods, and adopting a positive mentality to curb depression. Mattern’s article brings awareness to health educators, like myself, who focuses on the study of health related issues like food, nutrition, and prevention. Through the use of use pathos and logos appeals, as well as narration, classifying and diving, and exemplifications to do what?…
We would think that this poster was a simple and inexpensive ad created by Tropicana’s graphic designer. But, the truth is that it was part of over $50 million campaign launched by the fruit-based beverages company after a choppy couple of years caused by strong competitors invading the market, and a continued drop in sales. Therefore, and in order to reinforce its position, Tropicana released this campaign focusing on the freshness of its ingredients. In my opinion, this campaign was an absolute example of the three rhetorical appeals, and I chose one of the ads to demonstrate those elements.…
In this lengthy article “Guns Don’t Kill People, the Mentally Ill Do,” that was published in the Townhall Daily, the author, Ann Coulter, argues about a major prevailing issue today, gun control. She believes the problem isn’t the guns themselves, but the mentally disturbed people. Coulter credits the declining mental health system as the main setback. She supports her argument by providing tragic examples from mass shootings that took place in the past. One example was the 2011 shooting that took place in Tucson, Arizona where the shopping mall shooter, Jared Loughner was so obviously disturbed that he stated “If I stay long enough to make the yearbook, I will be voted the Most Likely to Commit Murder.” She also explains the most recent shooting that happened at Sandy Hook Elementary. The shooter, Adam Lanza, first shot his mother on the morning of December 14, 2012 because she supposedly was trying to have him committed to a mental institution, which is what triggered his rage. After he cold-bloodedly killed his mother, Lanza progressed on to Sandy Hook Elementary and proceeded to murder twenty children and six administrators.…
John Downe utilizes logic, emotional language, and his credibility to persuade his wife to come to the United states very effectively.…
In the essay, “Why Privacy Matters Even if You Have ‘Nothing to Hide’”, published on May 15, 2011, Professor Daniel J. Solove is trying his best to convince his well sophisticated audience that the issue of privacy affects more than just the everyday people veiling a wrong doing. His argument focuses around ethos, and a lot of it. Although there are some logos and pathos, they aren’t as nearly as strong as his ethos. In the type of society that we live in today, privacy has become more and more broad. Everyone sees it on an everyday occurrence just about; including on social networking sites, HIPAA forms, or even with people just simply observing you and what you do. This could be anything from talking on the phone, to searching something on the internet. This essay is ethical as well as logical in tone, appealing to his audience. He starts this argument off with his “I’ve got nothing to hide” argument, which is mentioned in arguments regarding the government’s gathering of our personal information as well as data. Solove explains how this argument goes from a faulty definition of what privacy truly is, as well as what it retains. The importance of the nothing-to-hide argument says that since the information will not be revealed to the people of the public, the “privacy interest is minimal,…
Every individual has traditions passed down from their ancestors. This is important because it influences how families share their historical background to preserve certain values to teach succeeding generation. N. Scott Momaday has Native American roots inspiring him to write about his indigenous history and Maxine Hong Kingston, a first-generation Chinese American who was inspired by the struggles of her emigrant family. Kingston and Momaday manipulate language by using, metaphors, similes, and a unique style of writing to reflect on oral traditions. The purpose of Kingston’s passage is to reflect upon her ancestor’s mistake to establish her values as an American immigrant where as Momaday’s purpose is to remember his ancestry through his grandmother to remind future generations of their family’s traditions.…
“The Carnivore’s Dilemma”, an essay by Nicolette Hanh Niman, incorporates rhetorical elements, such as logos, ethos, and rhetorical questions, in an attempt to convince the audience that meat itself is not the root of global warming. Written from a rancher’s point of view, the essay relies on studies and logic to prove itself. Niman starts out with a short acknowledgement that the meat industry has a hand in the increasingly noticeable global climate change. She then quickly changes gears, stating that the studies that show the meat industry is a major player in global warming only take the prevailing methods of producing meat into account and spews facts that show the flip side of the food industry.…
In the Bible it says, in Matthew 5: 27-28, "You have heard that it was said, 'Do not commit adultery.' But I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully has already committed adultery with her in his heart”. In the Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne, the main character Hester Prynne was an adulteress in the seventeenth century during the Puritan era. Three rhetorical strategies that really stood out were symbolism, archaic diction, and irony. The use of these rhetorical strategies enables Hawthorne to tell the story of the woman who was condemned for adultery and to expose the hypocrisy in a Puritan society.…
“Shitty First Drafts” by Anne Lamott, is a hilarious must read for junior high school students and any other aspiring writers. Her essay inspires comfort and confidence in writing a first draft. It concretes that all writers experience the “shitty” first draft. Anne Lamott wrote this instructional information in 1995, but it is timeless information. She blows the idea of writing an immaculate first draft out of the water. Anne supports the idea that bad first drafts will almost always lead to better second, third and final drafts. She symbolizes the first draft to be like a child. Where you put all your thoughts and emotions out there in words on paper, you go all over the place, you say all kinds of ridiculous things, and all with the intention of coming back as a more rational adult, (the only one to read this draft), to fix your child-like writing into a more complete and coherent written masterpiece. Beginning writers, (and any other writers), will get a better understanding on starting the writing process with a bad first draft and that it can lead to an amazing final written draft.…
Sitting down at his computer writing his argumentative essay about the death penalty, Kyle Gibson, the author of “Death penalty Repeal: It is Necessary to Use Capital Punishment in a Free World Image Credit: ilawyerblog.com” (Gibson, 2013), does a very good job stating his opinion about the death penalty and why he thinks it should be enforced, but does not seem credible doing so. Although he is very appealing to the people who are for the death penalty, he could have done a better job reaching out to those who are against the death penalty. It is important as a writer that he appeals to his audience in every way possible emotionally, statistically and credibly to persuade his readers into agreeing with his opinion. Although Kyle Gibson does a great job with Pathos, he could do a better job with bringing out Logos and Ethos in his editorial.…
I think when the audience heard the United States sent back 1,000 Jews to Nazi Germany they had mixed emotions. I think they had anger toward the American government for doing such a horrible thing to innocent people. I also think the audience felt sadness because the audience knew that when the Jews we sent back had gotten back they were either going to suffer a great amount or die. I believe this kind of thing still happens in the United States government today. There are certain things the government cannot reveal to the public because they knew if they did reveal things they couldn't, then America would go nuts. That is why the government did not tell about their decision to send back those Jews. If Wiesel didn't talk about the Jews being…
Conceptual Development and Application of the Theories: The student should demonstrate the following competencies in the development of the Research Paper: (1) Knowledge, (2) Comprehension, (3) Application, (4) Analysis, (5) Synthesis, (6) Evaluation, (7) Responding, (8) Organizing, (9) Valuing, (10) Characterizing, (11) Guided Response, and (12) Origination. Use of the concepts learned through course delivery methods, lectures, readings, and independent research…
Edward also uses similes when he is describing how powerful god actually is by stating, “(…) His wrath toward you burns like fire (…).” In this quote, Edwards uses the word “fire” to describe how powerful god is towards everyone that was disobeying him by for example sinning. This makes the listeners more aware of god’s power and their position as humans. In addition, it shows that God is angry with several humans in the world, which makes the listeners to think about who those humans are, and if they maybe are one of them.…