Jeffrey Lee Professor Lewis English 2 10 February 2010 Michael Moore Loves Rhetoric One of the most effective ways Moore draws our attention is by using real testimonies. By interviewing Americans who have been wronged by the health care system‚ he cleverly intertwines rhetoric to create a strong argument for universal health care. For example‚ after he presents the audience with a logos appeal‚ an ethos and/or pathos appeal will follow‚ or vice versa. Like a chain reaction‚ the appeals
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a report of the Plague of 430‚ regarding the state of Athens. With a significant comprehension of both accounts‚ we can generate a accurate depiction of the condition of Athens. In order to produce this understanding‚ I will first delve into the rhetoric of Pericles speech‚ then turn my attention to Thucydides account of of the plague that ravished Attica. As the first year of the war
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later reality television star and now US presidential candidate. We’ve all heard it before. But what really stands out to make The real estate mogul different from the presidents in history? Throughout his campaign he has produced a straightforward rhetoric often viewed as offensive and laid a platform where minorities may feel threatened. He has appealed vastly to the Common Man by making promises to bring back jobs shipped off to other countries and to cut business regulations. He’s promised to build
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LCpl Beck‚ Ashton Commandant’s Professional Reading Program Michael Shaara‚ The Killer Angels The Killer Angels: An Inside Look at the Battle of Gettysburg The Killer Angels written by Michael Shaara‚ is a historical fiction novel that describes in great detail the events that took place during the battle of Gettysburg. In the forward we are given an in depth view of each of the main characters and key figures of the battle. For instance‚ we are told that that General Robert Edward Lee is an
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Visual Rhetoric This picture was taken by Chuck Kennedy‚ the official White House photographer during the Obama administration. The picture was taken on September 11‚ 2014‚ the thirteenth anniversary of the terror attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City. It shows the President‚ Barack Obama‚ along with First Lady‚ Michelle Obama‚ and Vice President‚ Joe Biden‚ on the South Lawn of the White House partaking in a moment of silence with the entire White House staff. The photographer is very
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YEAR AGO this week‚ on 30 June 2010‚ Benigno Simeon Aquino III‚ known as “Noynoy‚” was sworn in as president of the Philippines. He came to power with a sense of destiny derived‚ above all‚ from his parents. His father‚ Benigno “Ninoy” Aquino‚ was gunned down on the tarmac of the Manila airport when he returned to the Philippines in August 1983 to lead the opposition against dictator Ferdinand Marcos. His mother‚ Corazon Cojuangco Aquino‚ became the iconic leader of a Yellow Revolution that captivated
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Abraham Lincoln’s The Perpetuation of Our Political Institutions (An Address Before the Young Men’s Lyceum of Springfield‚ Illinois) January 27‚ 1838 As a subject for the remarks of the evening‚ the perpetuation of our political institutions‚ is selected. In the great journal of things happening under the sun‚ we‚ the American People‚ find our account running‚ under date of the nineteenth century of the Christian era.--We find ourselves in the peaceful possession‚ of the fairest portion of
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For my Rhetoric In Practice Project‚ I decided to write a comic book which brings out the in-depth meaning in stories and thus helps readers or the audience comprehend the stories better. We know that all fairy tales have morals and lessons. But not every reader is able to grasp every moral from them. Some messages might be hidden and difficult to understand unless you read it a couple of time and exclaim‚ “Ohhhhh”. When I first read the prompt‚ I had thought about a lot of different genres to convey
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Land of the free? Americans enjoy more personal freedoms than any country in the world‚ but‚ since the attacks on the “World Trade Center” and the “Pentagon” on 9-11-2011‚ and the subsequent passing of the “Patriot Act”‚ the American way of life has been forever changed‚ and a lot of the personal‚ private freedoms Americans enjoy are gone. The text in the center of the art piece sets the tone. It forces the viewer to ask themselves the question. Are we really free? By taking a
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Who would have ever thought walking across a wire a certain distance from one point to the next would be considered illegal? Or psychotic? Most people tend to think it is a daring activity that is suspenseful and entertaining to watch‚ but the police think different. Police consider it trespassing and disorderly conduct and possibly an act of someone who is insane‚ at least that was the case for Philippe Petit in the 1974. Philippe Petit‚ a French man who is known to be quirky‚ adventurous‚ and charismatic
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