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    Cited: Angelou‚ Maya. “The Angel of the Candy Counter.” Dreams and Inward Journeys: A Rhetoric and Reader for Writers. 6th ed. Ed. Marjorie Ford and Jon Ford. New York: Pearson‚ 2007. 145-50

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    On The Rhetoric of Emerson’s “Self-Reliance”. Ralph Waldo Emerson grew up in the town of Concord‚ Massachusetts with humble beginnings‚ but eventually managed to get into Harvard University and later went on to become an iconic and well-known American writer‚ essayist‚ and novelist. After reading a poem by a famous painter‚ he was inspired to write his well-known essay “Self-Reliance” in which he argues to the reader to trust themselves and to not conform to the standards of others. Through the

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    Mishaal Malik Mrs. Phillips English 11 AP Per. 1 09 January 2015 Rhetoric‚ a True Art Form Often times orators and authors embed their works with certain devices that help further convince and convey to the readers their ideas and aspirations. Famous orators‚ including Patrick Henry‚ Jonathan Edwards‚ and Susan B. Anthony‚ employed many rhetorical devices in order to make their speeches more effective and memorable. The reputable speeches “Speech to the Virginia Convention” by Patrick Henry‚ “Sinners

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    Al Gore “Inconvenient Truth” In An Inconvenient Truth‚ Albert Gore presents us with a thought-provoking speech by employing three persuasive appeals. He make use of the elements of ethos‚ logos‚ and pathos in order to better achieve the goal of notifying the severity of global warming as well as awakening people’s environmental consciousness. As a reminder from our text book Pathos is an emotional appeal. Ethos is an ethical appeal. Logos is a logical appeal. An example of pathos is simply

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    “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” Summary and Analysis From http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/37806/a_look_at_sinners_in_the_hands_of_an_pg2.html?cat=38 The Puritans of early America were constantly reminded of the consequences of sinning. One such dynamic pastor of the time was Jonathan Edwards whose mission was to convert and convince his congregation of sinners. He did this through his powerful sermons. In "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God‚" Edwards uses several rhetorical

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    was powerful especially when she stated that “Taxation without representation is tyranny.” What makes his argument effective was his ability to convince people that it was infinitely wiser and safer to form a constitution of their own. Catt uses rhetoric arguments as well as Paine. For example‚ Catt says: “Do you realize that in no other country in the world with democratic tendencies is suffrage so completely denied as in a considerable number of our own states?” Paine example was: “Ye that tells

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    In the campaign speech for Charles Foster; the speaker presents strong‚ sound‚ effective arguments and counterarguments‚ with the use of rhetoric devices and fallacy‚ to help get his point across more effectively. The speaker stated his arguments clearly and backed them up with strong‚ sound evidence. In the speakers counterarguments’‚ the speaker addressed‚ what he believed the audience might say or question‚ in a productive manner. The speaker was biased through out his speech. Examples of

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    of SeaWorld. While Blackfish employs all three forms of rhetoric to accomplish this mission‚ it predominantly attracts the emotion of its audience using a combination of stock footage and interviews. One approach that the documentary has to lucratively charm the emotions‚ or pathos‚ of its viewers is by presenting interviews that are vastly intense to watch. Introduced in a

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    The writings I’ve worked on for the Research Problem have helped me towards achieving course learning outcome number 1: “Produce writing that demonstrates your ability to identify‚ describe‚ and analyze various occasions for writing‚ genres‚ conventions‚ and audiences in your discipline or profession from a rhetorical perspective.” From Merriam‚ I learned the ideal way to record any interview. This method includes a combination of utilizing tape-like hardware and writing down notes‚ which allows

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    without rhetors rhetorical situations wouldn’t exist. Consignee on the other hand both agrees and disagrees with both vats and bitzer. he believes that the art of rhetoric should involve integrity (supporting Vatz)- the ability of a rhetor to respond and apply a standard set of strategies effectively to any situation‚ he also believes that rhetoric should involve "receptivity"(supporting Bitzer)- the ability to respond to the conditions and demands of the individual situations. (Davie. p 105) Bitzer identified

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