Andrea Lunsford's Rhetorical Analysis: Winter Park

“rhetorical discourse comes into existence as a response to a situation…the situation controls the rhetorical response…rhetoric is a mode of altering reality…by the creation of discourse which changes reality through the mediation of thought and action…Let us regard rhetorical situation as a natural context of persons, events, objects, relations, and an exigence which strongly invites utterance” (Philosophy & Rhetoric, Volume 1, 1 –

Truman Capote uses several methods to create a superb representation of characters throughout In Cold Blood. Capote masters creating a full impression of Perry Smith. The author uses point of view, imagery, flashback, repetition, irony, tone, and symbolism to help the reader have a 3D perspective of Perry Smith. The author reveals Perry’s background, memories, and conversation with Dick. This allows the reader to see Perry in a new light; the reader gets to see Perry’s side of the story.

The purpose for Truman Capote's writing of his book, In Cold Blood was to take literary definitions to a whole new level. He used them in ways that people were able to relate to them personally. He did this by using several different types of literary devices. Nancy's diary for instance, is used to symbolize the impossible future that will never happen for her. The purpose of Nancy's diary is for her to collect all of the things that she had gone through each day, so that someday, when things were looking up for her, she would be able to go back and read all of the hard times that she had once gone through. This never happens, as we know, due to her death. But coincidentally, the last entry that Nancy ever makes, sadly, is about how she had yet another boring, uneventful day, but she also involuntarily wrote about how when you have no life, and no hope, that even the last night of your life, no future is boring. Capote's clever thought out analogy for Nancy's consisted of something that many adults are able to

Lastly, Pathos is the appeal to emotion. Pathos will use the emotion the persuader is appealing to and exploit that to convince the audience of their point of view. Pathos has been used heavily in politics recently, mostly appealing to the people’s emotion of anger and embarrassment in congress to persuade the audience that the opposing party is the one to vote for. The assumption of common sense is also used in pathos. In order to appeal to one’s emotions, the audience must share the same knowledge you’re basing your argument off

To start off, logos is the Aristotle term for the appeal to reason and it focuses attention on the massage often using data to support its claim. Logos is the rhetorical devices that is most

Although Capote puts forth great effort to humanize Perry, he ascends that triumph by using it as his foundation to wage war on the conventional ideals created by well to do Americans; they are therefore condemned along with their lifelong tenets for their exclusion of the imaginative, but restless spirits. Before Capote can opine such a bold statement, he must form this childlike wonder within Perry through the use of multiple parentheticals. In turn, he creates a very choppy, broken up syntax. As Perry pesters Dick about the grand opportunities he sees for them in Mexico he has a great uncontained excitement: “This is authentic.

An example of this comes from the middle of the book during the trial scene. In Atticus's’ argument that Tom Robinson is innocent he provides the jury with information that should ultimately prove him right by saying, "(...)There is circumstantial evidence to indicate that Mayella Ewell was beaten savagely by someone who led almost exclusively with his left... and Tom Robinson now sits before you, having taken the oath with the only good hand he possesses - his right hand" (Lee 204), which is sound logic that should exonerate Tom Robinson. This solid evidence should prove to the court that Tom is innocent, but considering that the people of the jury have a racial bias (they are quick to favor the opinion of the white Mayella Ewell and her father Bob Ewell), that will keep them from making the most logical decision. Even so, the technique of logos helps with Atticus’s credibility and also makes the reader feel sorry for Tom because, despite the clear data, the jury still finds him guilty. Another moment that comes from the same section of text is during Atticus’s closing argument where he explains to the jury why Tom Robinson is innocent. As he addresses his audience he says, “The state has not produced one iota of medical evidence to the effect that the crime Tom Robinson is charged with ever took place. It has relied instead upon

In Neil Postman’s novel, Amusing Ourselves to Death, he argues that rationality in America has become dictated by television. Through the use of ethos, pathos, and logos, Postman demonstrates that his claim is valid and reliable. These are three forms of persuasion that are used to influence others to agree with a particular point of view. Ethos, or ethical appeal, is used to build an author’s image. Ethos establishes a sense of credibility and good character for the author (Henning). Pathos, or emotional appeal, involves engaging “an audience's sense of identity, their self-interest, their emotions” (Henning). If done correctly, the power of emotions can allow the reader to be swayed to agree with the author. Logos, or logical appeal,

For example, McEwen stated,” A voluntary water-release program agreed to by farmers and environmentalist has been going on for nearly a decade on the King River.” McEwen includes logos by including Kings River. Kings River is a major part on California Rivers. McEwen is using facts on this quote by including the program and the King River. The reader will agree with the author's viewpoint because it was a statistic on this statement. Another example of logos, is when McEwen stated,” To hear the limousine liberals tell it, passage of the half-baked restoration bill was a great moment in California history” McEwen used logos in this quote about the limousine liberals. The limousine liberals care more than salmon than people. They want more salmon than less salmon. The reader will agree with the author's viewpoint because they will agree with the liberals. This rhetorical device is superior that the other article because this article gives lots of fact and the other article does

Logos is “the evidence and proofs that the speech develops fit together into patterns of reasoning that thoughtful listeners find acceptable, convincing, and compelling.” (Osborn & Turner, 2015,

In the movie “Dead Poets Society” they showed examples that appeal using logos.To start,they said “words and ideas can change the world”. This is shown when everyone finds out about the Dead Poets Society .The principal and the parents thought it was insane, but the students thought it was so cool because the idea that the members in the Dead Poets Society were so different than everyone else the adults were terrified because they didn’t know what to do.The idea of them being different than the other students was unacceptable to the adults so they changed the rules and the fired Mr.keating so that they couldn’t be different.To conclude,one idea can change a lot for themselves or the people around them.

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.

Discourse analysis as described by Paltridge is “An approach to the analysis of language that looks at patterns of language across texts as well as the social and cultural contexts in which the text occurs” (Paltridge, 2012: 1). As a discourse analyst, I will explore and interpret by deconstructing selected texts in a specific way that challenges its meaning. To understand what the text is

And to further persuade the audience, the author uses logos, which is the persuasive appeal that includes facts. For instance, in the article, it states, “Between 2000 and 2014, per capita bottled-water consumption more than doubled to 34.02 gallons from 16.74 gallons… “(Esterl). What that piece of evidence from the article means is that the bottled water consumption has more than doubled in the past 14-17 years which isn’t good for the environment. This piece of evidence uses logos because the author used statistics and facts to persuade the audience.

To begin with, the principal unit of analysis for critical discourse analysis is the language. With various uses and functions, such as academic discourse, media discourse, political discourse, and marketing discourse, it creates diverse power and influences people and the society. From a discourse analytical and sociopolitical point of view, it is tempting to study the relations between