A Rhetorical Analysis Of This Is Water By David Foster Wallace

In the text “Once More to the Lake” author E.B. White focuses on appealing to fathers or even possibly parents in general. The text is eloquently written to ultimately reiterate that change is constant and at some point in life all people will eventually die. His primary goal of this text is to enjoy the moments in one’s life before life is over. A nostalgic tone is used throughout when comparing his childhood memories to the current memories he is making with his own son. White is effective in illustrating his purpose by using techniques such as logos, ethos, pathos, and imagery to encourage his audience to be aware that their own lives are inevitably growing older each day.

Alex Tull Mrs. Glick English 10, Period 6 4/10/24 In Cold Blood Essay Prompt #2. “ K. B. I. Agent Harold Nye busied himself scribbling in a shorthand notebook—a notebook already well filled with the results of a long day spent probing the accusations of Floyd Wells” (Capote 167). In Cold Blood, author Truman Capote uses an engaging writing style to flush out the murder of the Clutter family in Holcomb, Kansas, in 1959. Capote follows the killers, Richard (Dick) Hickock and Perry Smith, after the murders, leading up to their eventual detainment and execution.

Truman Capote, author of “In Cold Blood,” builds the setting of the small town of Holcomb, Kansas. His purpose is to emphasize that the town of Holcomb is a small town where no one comes and no one leaves. He includes these details to show the contrast between the town before and after the murders of the Clutter family to the reader.

Another rhetorical strategy that Wallace incorporated in his essay is appeal to logos. As mentioned in paragraph 2, Wallace did not purposely use stories to bore his audience, but to support his claim which illustrates the way how they perceive certain situations According to both stories, the fish and eskimos, the audience logically deduced that the characters in both scenarios were wrong based on their lack of reasoning. The fish in Wallace’s story asks, “What the hell is water?” (Wallace 1) and the atheist inaccurately assumes that God does not exist because God was not there at the despairing moment to rescue him; instead, he had to rely on “a couple of Eskimos.” (Wallace 2) In both cases, the audience comprehends Wallace’s conceptual

Capote manages to effectively create a complete impression of the character of Perry Smith by showing his remorse and how he confides in Dick. By Capote allowing the readers to see Perrys weak and vulnerable side, it gave off the impression that he too, no matter the deed, had feelings. Capote uses sympathy as a tone when Perry confides to Dick. He creates the illusion that Perry's life was difficult. By adding the “murder” story into it, it also gives off the parallel of him being lethal. Capote’s value of character is shown through Perry by enlightening how he feels towards his past actions. He creates a sympathetic tone towards Perry. Capote uses short sentences to emphasis the dramatic and terrible conditions that Perry was put through

In an essay published in the 1940’s, an author attempted to delve deep into who renowned celebrity Ellen Terry really was. Through rhetorical devices, the writer analyzes the many facets in which Terry far exceeded others. Terry’s character is developed throughout the piece as somewhat of a jack of all trades being able to master so many skills. Through anaphoras, metaphors and rhetorical questions, along with many other more subtle rhetorical devices, Terry is built up as a figure unlike any before her. The author of the essay begins to embed the idea of Terry’s multifaceted skills into the minds of the readers through her use of anaphoras.

Thaddeus Stevens gave a speech on September 6th, 1865 in which he advocated that the treatment of the captured southern states make use of the “extreme rights of war - ’to execute, to imprison, to confiscate.’ “ (Furman). Stevens sought to have the confederate states that were seized to establish governments that would be “republican in form and principles” (Furman) to better work with existing union government.

Brown: The Last Discovery of America, written by Richard Rodriguez, tells the fascinating story of Rodriguez’s struggle to find an identity. It capitalizes on the idea and future of Brown as a whole. Brown is not race or blood, it’s culture, but also a place for people who have lost their culture. To help stimulate readers Rodriguez appeals to all types of rhetoric, but the predominant feature throughout the book is pathos. This appeal to emotions helps the reader to pity (confusing) not only Rodriguez, but the others affected as well. This strategy is vastly effective because Rodriguez utilizes pathos to create persuasive arguments which are made even more effective by his unique style of writing in short, choppy sentences and casual tone.

Paragraph 1- NASA is using all the money they have to keep what they have right now up and running, but if we sell the older spacecrafts and satellites the private companies can keep them running and being worked on while NASA builds bigger and better things. In Brian Berger's article “With NASA Budget Cuts Looming, SETI Eyes Private Funding”, he says, “NASA's astrobiology budget, the source of most of that grant money, is facing a steep decline. Under NASA's 2007 budget proposal, currently before Congress, the U.S. space agency would spend $32.5 billion on astrobiology in the year ahead--half of what it spent on astrobiology in 2005.” (Berger, pg 1). A survey was conducted between February 4, 2013, and February 6, 2013, by random people, the results were 75 percent believe that NASA’s budget should be doubled to 1 percent of the federal budget to fund initiatives including a mission to Mars.

In Claude McKay's poem "America," the author employs rhetorical devices to create a strong emotional impact, particularly through the use of metaphors and parallelism. Metaphors serve as powerful tools to evoke pathos in the audience. McKay's choice of metaphors, such as "tiger's tooth" and "bread of bitterness," effectively conveys the negative aspects of America, eliciting emotions of pain, suffering, and oppression. These metaphors connect with the audience on an emotional level, evoking empathy and sympathy for the speaker's experience. Additionally, the skilled use of parallelism enhances the emotional resonance of the poem.

Vann, who is a staff writer at The Atlantic, covers politics and policy. Over a decade long career, he has covered issues such as; policy, race, health care, and politics. The Atlantic is a well-known magazine, it is critically acclaimed for its writing and coverage. The audience of this essay was anyone who read the magazine, and anyone who wants to learn of the intertwined of The Civil Rights movement and the fight for healthcare for all in America. Mr. Newkirk tries to convince his audience that the fight for healthcare in this country is like the struggles faced by those who were fight for civil rights. He brings up the ‘plight’ Civil Rights leaders encountered to pass bills such as; Medicaid and Medicare. Additionally, he discussed how,

In his essay Consider the Lobster, it’s apparent what David Foster Wallace is trying to tell his audience: we should really think about the lobster’s point of view before cooking and eating it. Wallace uses multiple rhetorical strategies to get his point across, including pathos and ethos. His essay is very good in how it gets its point across, and how it forces even the largest lobster consumers to truly contemplate how the lobster might react being boiled alive. It brings up many controversial topics of animal rights that many people tend to avoid, especially people who are major carnivores. Wallace’s use of rhetorical strategies really gets the reader thinking, and thoroughly captures the argument of many vegetarians against the consumption of animals. Wallace captures the use of pathos in his essay and uses it in a way that is incredibly convincing to the reader. For example, he compares the Maine Lobster Festival to how a Nebraska Beef Festival could be, stating, “at which part of the festivities is watching trucks pull up and the live cattle get driven down the ramp and slaughtered right there…” (Wallace 700). Playing off of people’s natural tendency to feel bad for the cattle, he shows that the killing of lobster is, in reality, no different than the killing of cattle, but we treat it much differently. We tend to think that lobsters are different because they are less human than cows are, and, maybe to make us feel better about our senseless killing of an animal,

Norman Mailer uses diction, syntax, imagery, and tone in the passage to have an effect on the reader. Diction affects the reader because we see it in his perspective by his choice of words. The author uses syntax to construct well-formed sentences by the placement of his words. Imagery produced a major effect on the reader by making us feel like we are at the fight. The use of tone effects the way we feel about the fight; in this case we feel sympathetic for Paret. Without diction and syntax this passage would be confusing and dull.

I thoroughly enjoyed reading your informative discussion post this week. Regarding the mission of William Carey, you wrote, "Although he was known as a Christian scholar, his compassion for humanity turned him into a proponent of social reform.  Having a love for those for whom he was called, he took on the attitude of Christ." As Christian leaders, I hope and pray that all of our missions are direct and profound such as Dr. Carey. He was called upon by God as so many of is, however we do not take the time out to become a living vessel for God, the Almighty.  Through Christ and my gathering strength from the Holy Spirit, I shall continue to live for a better tomorrow, thus all of God's people no matter their religion, tradition, creed,

Throughout In Cold Blood Capote goes through the lives of the killers, Dick and Perry. Both convicts released from jail and at first glance seem to have a lot in common, but as the book continues the reader can see that the two characters are in fact very different. To characterize the killers Capote frequently uses flashbacks into their pasts, giving the reader a sense of what their lives were like and why they became who they are. Capote also utilizes detailed descriptions of the men’s appearances, quirks, and habits to characterize the murderers.