A Rhetorical Analysis Of Food

Relevant literature usually addresses real-life situations, bringing light to serious issues. Most of the time, an author will write in hopes to influence others to believe a certain way. Authors must strategize to master the art of persuasion. There are multiple appeals a writer may use in order to get their point across to the audience. The Jungle and Fast Food Nation use ethos, pathos, and logos in efforts to gain support towards their purpose of improving the work conditions and quality of life for immigrants.

Pathos, logos, and ethos are used throughout In Defense of Food to strength arguments on eating more healthy. Pollan contributes to his arguments by showing Americans what the Western diet has done to their health. These three devices help to provide support to enhance his arguments on finding a more healthy diet.

With the location and the community near the ad out of the way, the rhetorical appeals can better be explained. Those being logos, ethos, and pathos. To begin with, logos, or logic, tries to appeal to the intellect and mind of the target audience that they are trying to reach. In the case of this specific ad, the logic of this ad seems quite direct. In that if you prefer to eat chicken, you should visit Chick-fil-A, instead of the alternatives. Which in the case of this ad, it is almost a blunt statement. Since it directly tells the viewer to, eat more chicken. The next rhetorical appeal would be ethos, or appealing to ethics. Which tries to convince you that the author behind the ad is credible and an authority on the topic in question. In

Laura Esquivel uses all of her strategies to make small moments in Like Water for Chocolate have meaning and emotion in relation to her characters. In the book, the month of July is where Tita, the protagonist, is staying with a doctor named John and she refuses to speak. That is until Chencha comes to see her. Esquivel uses repetition and imagery in a few paragraphs to enhance that moment, Chencha’s arrival, and to make it meaningful. With her use of repetition and imagery, Esquivel is able to convey her tone, create a mood and support her purpose in the matter of one page.

For this essay I chose to investigate rhetorical means of dog food advertisements. During this investigation I will point out what it is exactly that advertisers are using in order to sell their product. I chose a Blue Bufflo ad, a Pedigree ad, a vintage Ken-L-Ration ad, and another shorter Pedigree ad.

In Jessica Lundgren’s essay, “Eating Fresh” in America: Subway Restaurant’s Nutritional Rhetoric, has stated many different strategies Subway uses in their commercials to persuade consumers that they are choosing the healthier choice when getting food at their fast food restaurants. Americans today are worried about what they can do to lose weight and maintain a good diet. Lundgren did a great job mentioning the five aspects to Subway’s nutritional claims that they follow which includes: the making of nutritional claims, a visual rhetoric that makes the restaurant’s “healthy” food options appear to be numerous and exciting, the comparison of the Subway product with the products of other, less “healthy” fast food restaurants, the clear indication

A man should never go through an animal for its nutrients, when that animal receive all of its nutrients from plants. One man such, author Wendell Berry, wrote " The Pleasures of Eating," published in 2017, and he argues that every individual should be educated in what happens to their food before it becomes food. Many people are oblivious to what harmful things animals are put through in order to one day become our meal. Berry's intended audience is every single human being who eats meat, and even those who do not. I know this because Berry mentions the importance of individuals understanding where their meat comes from and why they should not let animals be treated this way. Berry assumes that individuals would not like to be treated that way, so why should animals be treated this way. Berry's purpose in this piece is to inform all humans of what inhumane things are done to animals in order to provide as one of our temporary fills. Berry's writing is somewhat credible and valuable because he is currently a farmer and currently a writer, he gives personal viewpoints and few examples, and he provides emotional statements about animal cruelty.

In the essay, Supermarket Pastoral by Michael Pollan the idea of shopping at Whole Foods and organic foods. While shopping at Whole Foods, Michael was able to understand the context behind the term “organic” and what the terms “humanely raised” and “free range” mean. The rhetorical situation is food items such as, “range fed sirloin steak” that states “it was formerly part of a steer that spent its days ‘living in beautiful places’ ranging from ‘plant-diverse-filled flats’”. Another example is eggs “from cage-free vegetarian hens, milk from cows that live ‘free from unnecessary fear and distress,’ wild caught salmon by Native Americans in Yakutat, Alaska, and heirloom tomatoes from Capay Farm, ‘one of the early pioneers of the organic movement.

How Junk Food Can End Obesity by David H. Freedman and How a National Food Policy Could Save Lives by Mark Bittman, Michael Pollan, Ricardo Salvador, and Olivier De Schutter are very similar in the things that they talk about. These articles both had one goal in mind when they were written and that was the goal to end obesity. Then the articles also differ in ways as well. The article How Junk Food Can End Obesity mentions the fact that we should not stop eating fast food and just change the recipe, still make it taste the same. The second article How a National Food Policy Could Save Lives talks about how we should change our diet completely because it doesn’t

“The Cato Institute’s” Policy analyst, Radley Balko, in his article “What You Eat Is Your Business,” talks about the idea of obesity and whose fault it is. Balko’s purpose is to convey the idea that obesity is the individual’s responsibility, not the government’s or anyone else’s for that matter. Ultimately, Balko’s “What You Eat Is Your Business” has a strong hold on ethos, pathos, and logos, making for a successful and persuasive article.

In the essay “Turkeys in the Kitchen” (), Dave Barry, nationally known humorist implies that “men are still basically scum when it comes to helping out in the kitchen” (72), and how they are incapable of doing a simple task. Barry illustrates his point by using a hypothetical scenario to prove his point, "Let's a woman is in the kitchen...the, the man feeling guilty...offers to help. The woman says something like: "Well, you can cut the turnip" (73-74) later he shows how men stumble around until they are excused. Using an example from a hypothetical scenario (making dinner), he exaggerates how men are not that useful when helping in the kitchen in order to demonstrate how men are still considered scum when it comes to kitchen work; Barry

This poster does not sit right with me. Its overreaching fallacy and disturbing use of shock factor makes me want to eat a cheeseburger more than it makes me want to become a vegetarian. The intended audience may have been reached, but it was certainly not in the way that the anonymous author of the poster intended. The rhetoric was poorly utilized, and because of this, the poster is inefficient and ineffective.

The claim that Ventura makes is that many beauty products are made to grab our attention and contain ingredients that can be extremely harmful to our health. She uses specific examples and experiences of other people to show exactly how these chemicals in beauty products can harm our health and the possible allergic reactions one can have. She focuses her support in specific details on the ingredients contained in the products we buy and the direct effects they have on us. She made many points that convinced me that some ingredients in the products we buy, how dangerous of a reaction you can have, and how there are many products that we buy that really aren't as natural as companies say they are. She cites that the authors of No More Dirty

Hello, Whinira. Reading about this truly makes me sick to my stomach--the things we do to achieve our desires. We definitely have a problem with taking things at face value and not committing ourselves to doing what is right--not only for the environment, but for ourselves and our families as well! I only wish my family had raised me as a vegetarian and taught me about the repercussions our actions have on the environment, but alas, I now have the internet and college to teach me about almost anything. I have committed myself to becoming vegetarian and hope I can convince my family do so as well or at least, change some of their habits. If it is not too much of me to ask, have you done anything to change the eating habits of your family? I

Presenting and writing about information that people do not understand or have interest in can be particularly challenging. As a writer, your goal is to push the reader to grasp the material that you are writing about while also making sure the reader is enjoying reading and learning about whatever you are writing about. However, achieving this balance in writing is not as easy as it may seem. When writing about a topic that people may not be well versed in, it is natural to include an abundance of facts in their work relating to and explaining the topic. In doing so, you may unintentionally bore or confuse the reader if he/she does not have an interest in what they are reading. Fortunately, there are strategies in which you can accomplish the aforementioned goal of making sure that the reader is learning from and enjoying your writing. In Michael Pollan’s essay, “Nutritionism Defined”, there are instances in which he does a great job of presenting information that may not be very interesting to read about and there are also instances in which he could have done a better job of capturing the interest of those reading his essay.