Overheated Rhetorical Analysis

Why We Fight, a 2005 documentary that was directed by Eugene Jarecki synthesizes multiple sources and uses various rhetorical techniques to raise questions about America’s motivations for combat historically and in the present day. In George Orwell’s Shooting an Elephant, a british police officer experiences effects of Imperialism even as the oppressor in Burma during the time of British Imperialism. Although these two different work involves different situation, there is still an idea of imperialism that is running through. United States is acting as an imperialist country, trying to spread its policy throughout the world while Burma was going through British Imperialism. In the documentary, Why We Fight, Jarecki argues that the reason we

In “Bring Back Flogging”, Jeff Jacoby addresses the problems within America 's criminal justice system. He gives many reasons why imprisonment simply does not work, and suggests that corporal punishment should be used as an alternative. Published in the Boston Globe, a newspaper well known for being liberal, Jacoby provides a conservative view and directs his argument towards those who strongly support imprisonment and view corporal punishment to be highly barbaric and inhumane. However, in order to shed light on our current situation, Jacoby discusses the dangers that we face though our criminal justice system a nd shows concern that imprisonment is doing more harm than good. In effect, Jacoby looks to the past for solutions, and

When you see a solider in his or her uniform, you are proud that they are serving this country to protect our freedom, securing our country, and defending democracy worldwide. The solider can come from different branches of the Military. The one you might be familiar with is the U.S. Army. These soldiers are well respected and prepared to serve our country whenever and wherever needed, combat-ready at all times, and trained to counter any threat, anywhere. In 2007, the United States Army department published a recruitment ad for U.S.

The United States, as many believe, is the land of opportunity, however, when looking at individual states, towns, and cities, this popular slogan may seem false to some. Within each state, all schools, such as middle and high schools, may not receive or offer equity. In an effort to revel inequalities within school systems, I will discuss the differences between schools in my town, the apparent lack of public concern about schooling inequality, and what changes could be made in an effort to reduce schooling inequality.

The Editorial Board of The Sacramento Bee, in their opinion editorial, “California is Adult in the Room Amid Childishness Over Bathrooms” (16 February 2016), argues that going to the bathroom is a necessity, and thus, lawmakers should not pass laws that base the legal use of bathrooms on the gender from one’s birth. They support their claim by first exposing the faults in the opposite side's opinions, then providing information on California’s plan for bathrooms, then promoting California’s policy that takes safety and comfort into consideration, and finally posing the solution of replacing gender-biased signs on the bathrooms with “all-gender” signs. The Editorial Board’s purpose is to make people who support strict gender-based bathroom laws

In a world filled with war, violence, revenge, and opinions we are becoming a more divided society every day- an Us vs. Them society. With movements like Black Lives Matter it’s almost as though everyone has to pick a side and have an opinion on everything, every hot button topic. When two people don’t agree on something, one or both parties is going to try to convince the other that he/she is wrong and should agree with him/her. When one person does another wrong, he/she has to get revenge- he/she can’t let it go and forgive.

Corporates integrate themselves into the daily lives of their consumers by choosing social normalities solely for their selfish interest. Bartyzel in his article mentions how individual lives become normal without realization that those social changes are made by corporations for their own selfish benefits. She writes, “excessive repetition of Princess products, which encompassed everythingfrom pens to Band-Aids, had a significant effect on her daughter. It even informed how adults interacted with her child, offering ‘princess pancakes,’ pink balloons, and even a ‘princess chair’ at the dentist office” (Bartyzel 468). Pink color and princess dresses became normal thing and all girls are thought of having those similar interests. Another impact

In her Cyberliteracy chapter “Humor, Hoaxes, and Legends in Cyberspace,” Gurak suggests that digitally literate individuals can determine whether content accessed online is authentic or not using rhetorical analysis skills. Her work focuses primarily on discerning parody and chain emails in early, unidirectional web environments (Gurak, 2001). Determining the authenticity of health information and products online have become inherently more difficult with Web 2.0, particularly due to the collaborative and interactive nature of this type web environment. Additionally, acting on untrue advice can have serious and lasting impacts on an individual’s health. However, I argue that refined understanding and application of ethos (authority) and logos

To begin, the title that the author chose is very broad; therefore, it does not include the author’s approach to the essay topic. When creating a title, the author should consider their entire argument and include it to engage the reader. Next, the introductory paragraph is poorly structured because it does not contain a specific thesis statement. The author mentions the subtopics involving the relevance of Shakespeare to the modern world and Shakespeare’s outdated content towards the end of the introduction; however, there is no clearly stated thesis within the paragraph. The last sentence, which is commonly where the thesis statement is located, is in the form of a question rather than an opinion, which makes the structure of the thesis incorrect.

Oratory is about getting the job done as quickly as possible and not how efficiently or the best way to fulfill it. With Socrate’s discussion with Callicles, he determines what he is looking to fulfill and what oratory accomplishes, he declares, “I’d like to find out from the man what his craft can accomplish, and what it is that he both makes claims about and teaches” (Plato, 1987, p.2). Oratory has the power to persuade people into specific ways of thinking and producing information on what is being told. I see it as being a public speaker is essentially being an orator, not only is the orator expressing their beliefs to the public, but they are also persuading their viewers into believing they are skilled and how they should follow their

Many things in our world go unnoticed and the people do not know the reason it started or who started them. 99 percent invisible is a small radio show, that raises attention to the things that go unnoticed in the world that shape it. Aids awareness is one of them when an art project started by a group called visual aids that created red ribbons to raise awareness for this issue. 99 percent invisible brings light to the people behind the start of a powerful movement that has affected the world. This podcast is highly effective and well done, it gives all the information needed in a very audience-friendly manner.

The face of Climate Change is humanity, its self, and this is a fact that has become less easy to refute, you can’t separate humans from the equation. My grandmother the head of Bitterroot Valley recycling has been saying this for years and maybe it’s because of people like my grandmother, that I’ve become interested in the Paris Summit and in particular Pope Francis’s word on how Ecology is Human. Yes, everyone who believes in climate change knows that we humans are part of the problem, but it wasn’t until the July 2015 Paris summit on climate change has anyone ever said that climate change issues were more than just deforestation or polar caps melting. Pope Francis has taken a stand and claims that humans are ecology and therefore the real

Have you ever noticed that the problem in our world has been greed and ignorance since the beginning of history? Stephen Hawking, a theoretical physicist diagnosed with ALS, once stated, “We are in danger of destroying ourselves by our greed and stupidity. We cannot remain looking inwards at ourselves on this small and increasingly polluted and overcrowded planet.”, arguing that the world is being demolished because of selfishness and the belief of superiority that is bestowed upon the human race. Hawking’s argument supports realization of destruction, which relates to the pre-civil war era, “The Diary of Anne Frank”, and the LGBT+ community and allies because each group of people are being terrorized by other people who believe they are superior

In the paper Sharon M. Malley and Lynne B Silverstein wrote entitled Examining the Intersection of Arts Education and Special Education. The pair asked the question of how do we bridge the gap between the arts education and special education fields to insure that students with disabilities get the most effective education available to them? First the researchers gathered the other research on the subject too see what had already been collected by their peers. They found a lack in the type of research that showed just how much the adition of Arts education in the special education classroom could benefit the ESE student. Despite a great deal of pathos supporting their case these papers used to support their cause their meaning fell short.

Today we graduate from WRIT1000! Whilst we may have entered New Law Learning Studio unaware of the significance of ethos, pathos and logos, we leave with a newfound appreciation of the rhetorical situation.