Pittsburgh Ballet Theatre Rhetorical Analysis

How many times have you dropped those swimming classes? When was last time you put off in getting that enrollment for the gym? “Unlimited” ads campaign by Nike, appeals to its audience by showing people who even having certain difficulties, go after what they want and push their limits as much as they can, which is not a little. The ads feature a grown Sister competing in a triathlon, a transgender who runs with the National men’s team and a climber with no extremities. Nike didn’t choose these actors for its ads by accident, they are source of inspiration for all those athletes that always put the best of themselves in whichever the activity that passionate them is. People who would be the main target for this campaign.

Nathaniel Hawthorne, in his bold novel, The Scarlet Letter tackles a variety of themes that include: sin, guilt, redemption, postfeminism, and organized religion's abuse of power. Hawthorne spoke in a somber and grim tone, designed to arouse a sense of suspense for his readers. The audience in which he was addressing would have been conservative Christians and women suffragettes, all of whom reflected the ideologies during this time period. By instilling clever diction, Hawthorne exposes hypocrisy in Puritanism and objects against the religion's superfluous punishments; which force individuals to endure unnecessary and extreme suffering.

A memoir is our modern version of a fairy-tale, it is a biography written from personal knowledge or special account. In The Glass Castle, Jeannette Walls recalls her childhood memories with her family. From Rex Walls, her father, allowing her into the cheetah den to his last moments with her before she moved to New York. The Glass Castle was truly effective from the beginning to the very end of the book. Jeanette writes The Glass Castle to show to older teens that no matter how bad your childhood is or was, it doesn't mean that your future will be bad also, since you can grow out of it if you can really try.

The type of rhetorical text that I decided to analyze is a television ad. This ad is an anti-smoking ad titled “Last Dance”. This commercial features a family consisting of a mother, father, and son. It shows a family who has come to accept the tragic circumstances of not quitting smoking. In this case,

Flyers are perhaps the most commonly used form of media to let a community know about upcoming events. Even in this day and age of technology and online globalization, it’s nearly impossible to walk around the block without stumbling upon a flyer advertising guitar lessons, someone look for a lost cat, or a bright neon poster with “YARD SALE” written with poor penmanship. Flyers are popular because they can convey an adequate amount of information in a brief amount of time. The purpose of a flyer is to pique the audiences’ interest as well as encourage participation. With this in mind, how well does the flyer promoting a two-week writing challenge for Advance at UNM work in promoting its event?

Professional anonymous writer from Procon writes in this article (Refusing to Stand for the National Anthem) argues both the pros and cons about kneeling for the national anthem. This author supports there argument by comparing the pros and cons of the issue.This writer uses logos,ethos and a professional tone to help convey his argument about why some people support athletes kneeling and why others oppose athletes kneeling during the National Anthem.

“We can leave the mountain anytime we want but those with ALS are prisoners in their own body”-Alex Williams. People with ALS start losing their ability to move as the disease goes through their body. In the Book Tuesdays with Morrie by Mitch Albom Morrie Schwartz has ALS and he tries to give away all of his wisdom before he dies. Morrie teaches people to live life through showing love to family, not hiding or being scared of aging and accepting that Death is natural.

Improving undesirable working conditions for women and eliminating child labor was an impassioned issue for female reformers during the time of industrialization in the United States. Florence Kelley, a united states social worker and reformer, opposes the appalling work environment children as young as six would toil through and relays her speech to the National Woman Suffrage Association to propel her audience to demand changes that are necessary to stop countless hours of hard-work the youth struggle to complete. Kelley adopts a fervid tone in order to convince the audience that political action is needed to adjust the laws that allows child labor to continue in many states with her use of pathos and rhetorical questions meant to stir action

In The Glass Castle, Dad uses argument to get things he wants from his family. Many times he argues with Jeannette to get extra money for his alcohol.

Romney’s ad talks about how his leadership will be once he becomes a president of the United States. The ad starts with the questions to persuade an audience, “What will be different about Romney Presidency?”. Romney intends to show enthusiasm toward the decided Republican voters and to sway the decisions of those that are undecided.

​In his derogatory passage, Igor Stravinsky discusses the common views and reputation of orchestra conductors; he argues that conductors are not musical gods but rather destroyers of musical compositions and the glory that they are meant to receive. Because Stravinsky is a composer himself, he has firsthand experience with the relationship between composer and conductor and has dealt with conductors that have conducted his compositions. Stravinsky’s purpose in writing this passage is to convince the reader of the false perspective they possess of conductors. He wants to correct these pretenses and expose the façade of conducting in order for the reader to disassociate the conductor with being the star of the performance and help them focus

Social consciousness in the media and journalism is commonly thought of as the ability to acknowledge that an event has occurred, then address it vaguely in order to parade a false sense of progression. However, columnist and Pulitzer winner, Leonard Pitts Jr. embraces the analysis and discussion of issues that the public does not understand or refuses to recognize, such as racial prejudice, gay rights, and environmental deterioration. In each of his pieces, Pitts provides versatility with his rationale as well as an immense regard for the magnitude of communal perception and prejudices. In support of his more liberal ideals, he makes a point of using compelling argumentative techniques, which convinces his audience to examine the articles

While Avramenko enjoyed the riches of spreading his part of the culture in America, someone else sought out the same goal as Avramenko: Alexander Koshetz, a Ukrainian conductor, and composer. He had graduated from the Kiev Theological Academy in 1901 and was asked to lead the Ukrainian National Chorus into America. He accepted and showed Ukrainian culture, much like Avramenko, except his ambitions lay in showcasing religious music rather than folk dance. When Avramenko still danced in Europe, Koshetz decided to go to one of his performances. He proclaimed in his diary, “The ballet was marvelous: it was simply impossible to believe that such an exacting and artistic work could be created out of our dance! Koshetz appeared fascinated by Avramenko’s

For a program in which none of the splendid female principals that make NYCB performances rewarding to attend participated, Sunday afternoon's spring season finale--Concerto Barocco; Agon; The Four Temperaments--proved eminently engaging. No matter how magnificent the ballets on a program may be, having appealing dancers in the cast is essential of course in order to bring them to life. Happily, although no one should be promoted to principal (or soloist) status at the drop of a hat, NYCB currently has several such dancers in its lower ranks.

When I was eight years old, I enrolled in my first of countless dance classes at Buffa’s Dance Studio. Eight years later, the studio director offered me a job. This opportunity soon developed into far more than the typical employment available to teenagers. Working side by side the studio owner, I spent copious hours reorganizing the studio, teaching classes, and developing innumerable spreadsheets to allow for easy tracking of the myriad details: annual registration of 500+ dancers, orders for thousands of costumes and the production of six recitals, complete with lighting, sound, and special effects. In addition to working for the studio, I assisted in the yearly production of “The Nutcracker” performances, staged through their non-profit organization, Burke Civic Ballet. The first several months of the year were dedicated to hours spent at weekly rehearsals, as well as hundreds of hours planning fundraising events, organizing parent volunteers, and developing a thirty-page program to be used at the weekend’s performance.