Rhetorical Analysis Of Drive By

When hearing” Oblivion” for the first time the audience’s first interpretation may be vastly different than what the upbeat and playful rhythm may lead the listener to believe. “Oblivion”, a song written and performed by Claire Boucher a.k.a. “Grimes”, is a song with electronic beats, synth-pop tones, and almost inaudible, child-like vocals. Yet, when reading the lyrics the audience can uncover the darker meaning behind the “playful” song. The lyrics suggest a state of cluelessness or unawareness of one’s surroundings, as well as revealing Boucher’s experience with a sexual assault and the effects of the assault. Through the use of imagery, repetition, and the overall tone of the song the audience can view a traumatic event through the lyrics in “Oblivion”.

Ethos is an appeal to ethics, which gives the author credibility to persuade their attended audience. For instance, both Lukianoff and Haidt give a little insight about who they are, “Greg Lukianoff is a constitutional lawyer and the president and CEO of the Foundation for Individual Rights in Education, which defends free speech and academic freedom on campus, and has advocated for students and faculty involved in many of the incidents this article describes; Jonathan Haidt is a social psychologist who studies the American culture wars.” (Lukianoff and Haidt). Using this rhetorical strategy to start their argument off was a strong approach to persuading their attended audience because it provides credibility to the readers to prove to them that the authors know what they’re talking about and it makes the argument much more effective. Another example of ethos that the authors provide is, “Today, what we call the Socratic method is a way of teaching that fosters critical thinking, in part by encouraging students to question their own unexamined beliefs, as well as the received wisdom of those around them… But vindictive protectiveness teaches students to think in a very different way… A campus culture devoted to policing speech and punishing speakers is likely to engender patterns of thought that are surprisingly similar to those long identified by cognitive behavioral therapists as causes

Another example of her usage of ethos is within her demonstrations of the emotions she felt towards these stereotypes, so the audience can understand what she’s going through. She greatly addresses this when referring to her childhood and family dynamics. She

First, explain the rhetoric used by the creator of the Pontiac Ad. Cite specific examples from the readings and ad as you explain

Texting and driving are activities that separately are indispensable in everyday life, but together represent one of the greatest dangers society faces on a daily basis, from the moment the car starts and transits to the desired destination. It is so easy to look at the phone while driving! Everyone justifies themselves, “it’s just a second”, but everyone also knows, that only takes a second to have a fatal accident. This is why there is the need to raise public awareness and campaigning as in the Public Service Announcement, “Don’t text and drive”, produced and air on TV by News Channel 6 ABC, where the Pathos appeal in the most powerful rhetorical device used in the PSA and Logos and Ethos are also visible, but they are inferred rather than directly enlisted.

In the first video, “Drunk History: Claudette Colvin and Rosa Parks”, we observe the use of all three of aristotle’s rhetorical strategies: pathos, logos and ethos. According to Austin, logos is “appealing to logic and reasoning... [and is] an essential part of supporting an argument” (652). Logos is also established through the method of storytelling, with each transitioning to another and a clear method of organization of the information presented. Initially, I had argued that the video did not use ethos and in fact, opposed it. I came to this conclusion due to the drunken state of the narrators, which immediately discredited ethos for me, as ethos is an appeal to credibility. Austin stated that ethos refers to how an audience perceives

According to Alan G. Gross and Arthur E. Walzer, ethos is a type of ethical appeal establishing the speaker’s credibility or character and expertise as persuasive techniques (…). Throughout, Evicted Matthew Desmond employs ethos to gain and reinforce his knowledge and expertise on the subject, to prove his reliability as a

The author truley uses all rhetorical weapons at her disposal, though mor eimpressively (in some cases) are the vessels in which they are carried. Obviously pathos, and to be more emotionaly specific, sypathy is going to be a vital component in the conveying of a purpose that is to garner adult support of our nations students. But, what is found most impresive is th eway in which the author presents this early in the film using the soundtrack as a vessel through wich to carry pathos. The same song is used at the begining of the film as well as the end. The lyrics repeat, "Nobody knows me at all" This along with images of children who look overworked are shown to evoke feelings of sympathy and pit. Also signifigant is the decision to include this song at th ebegining to set the tone, but again at the end druign the call to action. This is done smartly to show that simply having watched the documentory

Final Paper Everyone has experienced the agony of driving on a road with people who drive awful. In Dave Barry’s satirical essay named “Driving while stupid”, he explains that every city has bad drivers; However, Miami has the worst drivers in the country! The writer Dave Barry uses many methods for his writing; some include the use of hyperbole, satire, examples, and compare and contrasting.

To begin, some of the things that can be associated with ethos had something to do with the Bible. As the video is playing, there are many different references towards things that happened in the Bible, more specifically at the end of the video. There are short glimpses of a whale at the end of the video that gives Kesha the courage to stand on the ship wreckage that she was laying on (00:03:58-00:04:53). This scene from the video relates to a scripture in the Bible that states “Now the LORD had prepared a great fish to swallow up Jonah. And Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights” (Jonah Chapter 1 KJV (King James Version) 17). This is an example of ethos because in her monologue she asks God what the lesson was in this whole situation “What is the lesson” (00:00:41). Of course, if anyone knows the story of Jonah you know that he was swallowed by a whale due, the Lord attempting to teach him a lesson by allowing the whale to swallow him. Kesha was asking God for validation that this situation happened, and wanted to know if there was a lesson in store from this just as God was trying to teach Jonah a lesson by allowing him to be swallowed by the whale.

Ethos is used to refer to the speaker’s character as it appears to the audience. He uses Ethos to describe Philipee Starck as he never reads any magazine or watch TV, and never goes to cocktail parties or anything related to that. Instead, what Starck usually does is that every weekend he takes a break from the world by turning off all electronics from Friday night to Monday

Ethos, in the form of characters, uses the characters to relate to the desired audience. The characters in the video ”Swagger Wagon” are a married couple, familiar with current styles and trends in lifestyles, including music. The characters also have busy lives that require a lot of driving from place to place, and are in the age range of mid-twenties to early forties. The mother of the family says “I’m better with the money so I handle the bills,” which is a very good example of ethos because most families can relate to the mother handling them money, not all, but most. Not only does the mother talk about the bills, in the beginning of the video the father says “Where are my mothers and fathers at?,” which is calling out the audience of mothers and fathers, making the video characters related to the target audience. Anyone watching the video can obviously see that the “characters,” or “actors,” are in their mid-twenties to early forties. Ethos uses the characters or actors so much that it easily persuades the audience to buy this minivan even if society views minivans as

Legrand’s slowly winding vocal melodies are the fulcrum of the song, though, and she gives one of her best vocal performances to date. “Where you go, she casts no shadow / Still you know she's near,” she sings in the verse, before slipping into a cathartic, semi-wordless cry of “lie.” These moments, where Legrand abandons the English language in favor of a more stirring mode of communication, are among the best of the album. In other places, Legrand uses her vocals as a parallel to the music - under the mesmerizing arpeggiations of “Space Song”, she sings “fall... back... in... to... place”. On both “PPP” and “Beyond Love”, Legrand takes one step out of her self-imposed box of ambiguity - the former sees a devoted spouse terrified of their marriage failing, while the latter is a rumination on the merits of a place ‘beyond love’ (”I really wanna know / I really do breathe”). Legrand’s lyrics still sound amazing when juxtaposed with the music - however, she further develops a sense for storytelling on this

Ethos is used by Leruste in the way he displays his education and work history. By not only telling the viewer that he has worked for AFA Press Group, but also providing proof through the pictures of the people he met, and newspaper clippings of articles he wrote, Leruste shows that what he is saying is true. It is appropriate to provide evidence this way as it creates a trust between the viewer and Leruste. Leruste also uses ethos just by having his CV in video form. The viewer can see him and can tell that he is enthusiastic about applying for the position, it would be harder for this to be seen on paper. Another example of how ethos is used is when Leruste transitions from talking about his interests to why he should be hired. One second he is goofing off having a good time and then the next he is dressed more professionally in a more professional environment. Everything about him changes yet it is still obvious that in both shots he is being himself. He is able to carry over his persona through the shots, and by extension in day to day life. By using ethos Leruste is able to prove that he can be trusted, both professionally and as a

The author uses the appeal to ethos to establish trust and convince the audience to take an action and hear them out. For instance, the audiences appeal to ethos was that this video was professionally made so the audience builds a trust with those who produced and made it. The background music has a storyline were both happy, that way