Rhetorical Devices

Using pathos is the most influential appeal. Lyndon B. Johnson played with the audience’s emotions to support his cause. “A century has passed, more than a hundred years, since equality was promised. And yet the Negro is not equal.” This statement helps the whites contemplate about how rough African Americans lived. One hundred years crept by with a promise that had not been fulfilled. Supplying the truth then hitting the audience with emotions automatically convinces people to think the same way. Another great patho used was, “There is no Negro problem. There is no Southern problem. There is no Northern problem. There is only an American problem.” Using an anaphora, this statement groups everyone into the same category, American. The repetition of, “there is,” catches the audience’s attention. Consequently, making the whites listen and start to contemplate the idea that blacks are equal to

At the time of Lyndon B. Johnson’s speech in 1965, “The American Promise”, conflict over civil rights has been brewing for over a hundred years. A large group of people planned on marching from Selma, Alabama to Montgomery, but fights broke out and it quickly escalated into violence. Given shortly after the happenings in Selma, President Johnson spoke before the Congress on the importance of passing the Voting Rights Act of 1965. As a man in a position of power, the desperation of the situation is prominent to him, yet he calmly presses the manner in order to persuade them of his view. President Johnson uses rhetorical devices, such as allusion and connotative diction, to create an ethical and emotional appeal toward his audience during that time of civil unrest.

Ethos, Pathos, and Logos are all ways of persuasion used in anything spoken or written by someone with a purpose. The address to Congress on Women's Suffrage uses each of these ways of rhetoric within the excerpt. In the second paragraph, Ethos is used by referring to the Declaration of Independence. Logos is used by using historical evidence such as the Revolution and Abraham Lincoln. Pathos is also expressed by using adjectives to describe our country with emotion.

Joe Ramos Professor Briana Procunier English 102 28 February 2024 Chat GPT in Literature As the world progresses AI has developed along with it. Hence, students use AI in school whether that be for cheating or as an aid for learning. On one hand, professors are afraid that students are abusing this tool and AI is doing all of the thinking for them when writing essays. On the other hand, Christopher Grobe creates an effective argument on why Chat GPT is acceptable in writing assignments because AI cannot replicate the depth or complexity of human thought in writing. He does this through the use of ethos, logos, and pathos in the article “Why I’m Not Scared of Chat GPT.”

On March 15, 1965, Former U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson delivered a speech to the U.S. Congress to communicate about the current problems in the nation. For many years, racism had been a major issue in the state and it needed to be resolved. To resolve this concern of racism and injustice, Johnson addressed the issues in “The American Promise.” Within this speech, Johnson held many phrases and words that evoke emotions with the use of rhetorical techniques such as allusions and concessions. In his speech, Johnson uses allusions that help relate the current issues to past events to help the listeners understand what he is implying better.

In 1963, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. wrote Letter from Birmingham Jail that went on to become one of the most controversial and important pieces of work during the Civil Rights Movement. Like many other well written rhetorics, King alludes and uses Aristotle’s three main appeals: logos, pathos, and ethos. How does King uses these appeals in his rhetoric? King effectively uses these appeals to evoke his audience’s emotion to feel remorseful for the extremity that African Americans went through and dealt with.

In every piece of writing, or even speeches, the writer always takes advantage of rhetorical strategies to achieve their overall purpose for creating the piece. Rhetorical devices are defined as the “art of language” simply for the fact that they can transform any ordinary, plain piece into something unique and beautiful. There are various approaches to using rhetorical devices. Some of the strategies the speaker capitalized on in his piece is hyperbole and allusion. He also used certain diction, pathos, and ethos in order to steer his audience in the direction he wants them to go.

In this passage Bogard begins by talking about his experiences and memories of the dark. He then proceeds to tells us how we react to light. Now in a way we all understand. After this he continues by giving us examples about how light or rather the lack of darkness in not good for us.

It was a bright sunny afternoon; there wasn't a cloud in the sky (sentence pattern 1). I had the windows rolled down and my music turned up. I had just finished my sandwich and could still taste the peanut butter. I was doing anything to make the work day go by. My phone rings in my pocket i answer,” Hey Ashton it’s dana you have one more delivery today then you can head out.”

The first rhetorical device that I used in this essay was a simile when I compared my procrastination cycle to a broken record on a loop. The purpose of this was to show that I was stuck in a loop this year and was becoming a problem and the only to escape this kind of cycle was to stop it from keep going. And as for the next device, it was ethos/logos because I mention that a good portion of seniors seems to catch senioritis which is a hazard to a student finishing off their year strong. This is an example of ethos/logos because this shows that there is a record of students that seem to catch this and that I’m relating to the other seniors that seem to worry of the same obstacle of their last year. A third device that was used in this essay

One rhetorical device used in the poem is pathos. The whole poem is written in the first person to emphasize the speaker’s feelings and help the reader understand the moving effect of the poem. Another rhetorical device used in the poem is word choice. This can be seen in stanza one of the poem when the speaker uses the word “salvage” to describe how “they” took her wedding ring. The use of the word “salvage” has a negative connotation and is meant to indicate how “they” cared more about the value of a wedding ring than the value of her life.

Throughout our daily lives we experience a plethora of rhetorical situations, during which we are encouraged to make rhetorical decisions to help convey a distinct message, or even to further our own opinions. Therefore, whether an individual is discussing politics with a peer, or just casually conversing with a family member, rhetorical devices are often used, knowingly or unknowingly, by a rhetor. This multimedia text serves to show how rhetorical devices are used in relation to a specific everyday situation. The situation that I chose for this project was a meeting that I had with one of my high school volleyball coaches concerning my play time in matches. I chose this rhetorical situation because it accurately reflected how rhetorical devices are applicable to daily life considering that to support my claim that I deserved more playing time, I used a multitude of rhetorical devices to attempt to convince my coach.

Lyndon B. Johnson makes use of enthralling anaphora in order to emphasize the gratuitous nature of discrimination and to call on all Americans to acknowledge and accept racial diversity. In the third paragraph of his speech, Johnson states that “there is no cause for pride in what has happened in Selma. There is no cause for self satisfaction in the long denial of equal rights of millions of Americans.” This emphasizes to Americans that there truly is no need for racial prejudice of any kind within in the nation. It implies that the nation truly has “no cause” for discrimination and inequalities, which accentuates Johnson’s point that everyone should be open minded and accepting of ALL people. Johnson later uses the same rhetorical technique when discussing how, “there is no Negro problem. There is no Southern problem. There is no Northern problem. There is only an American problem.” The anaphora in this situation serves to address the fact that blame cannot be placed solely upon one group of people, but all

Throughout my essay, I make use of a few rhetorical and literary devices to make my arguments more profound and interesting to the readers. On the second paragraph I state, “with enough persistence and dedication, those harsh obstacles will fly by like a breeze” which is an example of an analogy. This analogy is present as a simile in which it explains that after working hard to overcome an obstacle, when another comes along, I will be able to get over it as if I were walking through a breeze. This sets a better image to the reader on the situation. The fourth paragraph uses an allusion when referring to “Hogwarts” which is a fictional wizardry school from the book “Harry Potter”. The buildings in the school look as if they were an ancient

This essay is going to be about the episode of Black Mirror that we just watched. In this episode, we saw that they were using a new type of technology that helped them find their forever match. Personally, I would not want to go through something like that. That would put constant strain on a relationship, especially when there is now a timer involved.