Persuasive Textual Analysis Exert

Accompanying this ad is a photo of a small male child in a seated position with his hands over his eyes. The boy is wearing a pinstriped shirt and socks in gray and black on a landing with a gray bannister and a light shining down on him. Inclusion of this picture with the words placed on the ad is attempting to gain a greater emotional response from the audience. The background of a brighter white light shining down symbolizes the need to shed light on the situation. The child seating on a landing on the stairwell could signal to the audience that we have reached a tipping point and need to act to improve the situation and not fall further down the steps.

“Hey guys! This is the last communication you shall receive from me. I now walk out to live amongst the wild. Take care, it was great knowing you” (Qtd. In Krakauer 69). After graduating from Emory University, Christopher McCandless abandoned everything, gave his entire savings account to charity, and then hitchhiked to Alaska to live in the wild. In the novel, Into the Wild, Was McCandless justified in shunning society? McCandless was justified in shunning society because he simply wanted to find himself and be independent without any distractions from his friends or family.

Credibility material: This is a touchy subject for many animal lovers across the United States.

"Helping Student Use Textual Source Persuasively" by Maragret Kantz, is a research about the mistakes most of us students make when researching for a paper. "We need a theory-based explanation,one grounded in the findings of the published research on the nature and reasons for our students ' problems with writing persuasive researched papers. To understand how to teach students to write such papers, we also need a better understanding of the demands of synthesis tasks." Like most students like to state the facts given to us by published articles and not finding out the "true" facts of the research. In her research she introduced Shirley. A highly educated sophomore. She comes from an educated family with great reading and writing skills. Shirley wrote a research paper on the Battle of Agincourt. While she did her research and only wrote about the so called fact/truth, she did not receive the academic grade she thought she would since her facts were there. She then presented her concern with her friend Alice. While Shirley defended her sources Alice states "You 're dealing with facts, so there aren 't too many choices. If you want to say something original you either have to talk about the sources or talk about the material..." This would keep Shirley narrative structure of her research paper but also give her an "argument and purpose". There are three causes Kantz states "1) Many students like Shirley misunderstand sources because they read them as stories. 2) Many students

In the article “Helping Students Use Textual Sources Persuasively,” Kantz explained to students as they write, how to use current texts to build a new original one. She argues that many undergraduate students cannot perform this idea correctly, because as they write they never had the opportunity to get taught to examine and synthesize a piece of writing correctly. Students need to understand how to view facts as claims, or view writing as a serial of creative ideas and drafts that drive to a final distinctive piece of work. In this article Kantz described how students think as they are writing, she used personal experiences, introduces “rhetorical situation,” and used

The novels Forgive Me, Leonard Peacock, authored by Matthew Quick and November 9, authored by Colleen Hoover, share similar themes and ideas despite their very different styles. Forgiveness is one common theme presented in the texts, shown through similar techniques of foregrounding through flashbacks, as well as other contrasting techniques. The theme of betrayal is shown through anecdote and emotive language in the novels. The importance of relationships is illustrated by Quick and Hoover, as each protagonist experiences an empty, isolated life. Quick and Hoover explore these issues in contrasting ways.*

imagery to create a theme of conformity in society. Huxley uses these literary devices in his

I agree that Hochswender was persuasive in the part of the argument that he claims that he is not a bad person for driving an SUV. Although, I do not believe that he was persuasive with other parts of the argument, he is convincing on this aspect. While viewing the article from a point of view where Hochswender is aiming to convince his readers that SUV drivers are not bad, he makes two extremely logical (logos) points. Those points are that road navigation within his area being easier while driving an SUV and that the ideas behind the television commercials and the “Pulp Fiction” movie linking SUVs and terrorism are illogical. I agree that he is using ethics (ethos) as he explains the contributions that he makes to society.

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In the Ted Talk “We should aim for perfection- and stop fearing failure”, Jon Bowers outlines his argument for perfection. He begins by giving an example of a “small error” that ended up costing Amazon over $160 million dollars. He then lists more examples draws them forward to present his idea of perfection. The examples show how one tiny error can have an enormous impact and he turns to the audience asking “why we cannot achieve perfection?”. He draws the listeners in by giving personal experience in striving for perfection. “Look, a hundred people die everyday due to vehicular crashes. Think about that for a second. That's like the equivalent of four commercial airliners crashing every week, yet we still can't convince ourselves to pay perfect attention behind the wheel. So I teach my drivers to value perfection”. Jon is an educator for professional delivery drivers and has to ensure that they are prepared to handle any and every situation possible.

The different textures and gray scale lead me to interpret that this may symbolize an internal struggle of some sort. The multiple directions of the textures give a sense of disturbance and almost a messy feel. Not being able to clearly see the woman's face also adds to the somberness and mystery. Perhaps her face is hidden to keep it vauge, to not draw too much focus on eyes or eyebrows or even the forehead, but to keep the eyes on the nose and lips and their surrounding chaos of lines and textures. The use of white in this image makes it feel very open and keeps the focus on the girl in the

I’ve chosen the form of a persuasive essay that would be published in a school library targeting early adulthood. The reason why I have chosen this form of writing is because I’m able to use a formal language. This is to include real life examples that allows me to express the topic even more so it makes it easier for the audience to understand. I’ve chosen early adulthood as the audience because I feel like they can relative this piece more than younger children because they are more exposed to changes in identity and may find it harder to belong to certain groups as they grow up.

I say just to annoy him he wakes up and throws a pillow at my face I do it again just to see what happens he yells you'll be sorry. I don't care I have my shower five minutes later i'm ready to go.

This advertisement for The Grove is trying to evoke emotions and to link those emotions to their product. One look at this ad and immediately the “awww….” Factor is engaged. They do a very good job linking their product to good times and the first feelings associated with this first time of living away from home that brings out the independence in all young adults. When you look at the ad even closer you see the colors at the bottom, drawing your eye in at the logo of The

At first glance the advertisement seemed so simple and to the point, but the image has an emotional pull that people still cannot resist. We see a beautiful woman basking in the glow of the night’s sky. In the background we see the castle, which represents her