The entire editorial board at the New York times decided to cooperate on an op-ed piece covered on Donald Trump concerning his post election actions and decisions. The Op-Ed was titled “What President Trump Doesn’t Get About America” and was published on the New York Times on January 20, 2017. The rhetorical situation behind the piece is the after-effects of Mr. Trump's official inauguration which took place on the same date the Op-Ed was published. The author's purpose and intended audience is to inform and persuade the American people that America was and will be fine even with some of the so-called harsh executive decisions of Trump. The three rhetorical appeals are wisely utilized. A strong sense of credibility in ethos is automatically
Ethos was the most prevalent rhetorical appeal as a result of the styles it was presented in. This appeal is used to persuade the audience that you are a credible source which can influence how your audience thinks about the topic; therefore, mentioning credible sources helped aid in the author’s persuasion: “Just this summer the Supreme Court of Nevada upheld the admissibility of rap lyrics as evidence in a first-degree murder case” (Nielson and Kubrin). Mentioning the Supreme Court, makes readers more opt to believe the writer’s view due to the fact that these officials have a strong background with the law. Moreover, the fact that explicit rap lyrics were used as evidence by high level officials can also persuade the audience that this is
This further validates what I have been posting for about a month now. Since Trump has refused to work with leaders of his own party to reduce the rhetoric in most of his speeches. Nearly every week Trump insults large groups of people and has even attacked Republican Governors with very dated statistics that in cases were caused by their predecessors. What many party leaders know is that unless Trump changes at least a bit, they'll nearly practically hand the White House back to the Democrats. Trump refuses to listen thinking that he knows best. At what point does he face reality and see that support from many Republican voters is declining.
In President Bush’s Address to the Nation Speech the day after September 11 (9/11) in 2001, President Bush wants to inform the country of this tragic event and what was going to happen for the country. President Bush uses rhetorical devices to captures the audience’s attention and to reach this purpose. President Bush mainly use pathos, logos, anaphoras, and personifications to achieve his purpose.
In January 2001, George W. Bush greeted America for the first time as president. This was a peaceful time in the country, more or less. 2001 was before war swept the nation and prayers for our men and women in uniform became the norm. Emerging from the 1990s world was now dazzled by new technology. In a time before Facebook and terrabyte capable Apple products we were thrilled to be playing on a Playstation while listening to our favorite songs on a first generation iPod. George W. Bush came into presidency the same time Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire hit the shelves. It seems like a world ago but many of his decisions as president still affect us to this day. His primary argument in his inaugural address concern the children of America and how we will work to give them better schools, improved health insurance, and a stronger country to grow up in. His secondary argument centers around using the power of faith and belief in a higher power to become a more unified country. Bush supports his arguments using a strong pathos core supported by ethos.
“... we will make America strong again. We will make America wealthy again. We will make America proud again. We will make America safe again. And yes, together we will make America great again.” He also uses an abstract diction. “The forgotten men and women of our country will be forgotten no longer.” Many American citizens conclude that the progresses made in the country are not remembered or celebrated. “We will bring back our jobs. We will bring back our borders. We will bring back our wealth. And we will bring back our dreams.” As President Trump is pointing out the previous conditions of the United States, he utilizes this type of diction to bring comfort and peace to the heart of the nation. Along with that, as he explains the conditions that the citizens are facing, he assures them that there would be an end to those conditions previously faced. “We will reinforce old alliances and form new ones and unite the civilized world against radical Islamic terrorism, which we will eradicate from the face of the
Donald Trump recently gave a speech discussing rising Radical Islamic Terrorism, immigration from the Middle East, and a need for a rise in national security while Manchester, New Hampshire on June 13th 2016. He centers his whole speech around discussing how bad a President his opponent, Hillary Clinton, would be in difficult times. Trump graduated from the Wharton School of Finance in 1968 with a bachelor 's degree in economics, and has become a very successful businessman. He’s the Republican nominee for this upcoming presidential election, and is a very controversial candidate and person. He has come under fire for many of his views that he discusses in his June 13th speech. While Trump does make some agreeably points, he renders his speech ineffective because of his heavy reliance on Clinton’s opinion to form his own. If Trump were to become President, his stance on important issues would need to be reached with careful consideration, and not just based on doing the opposite of his opponents.
Donald Trump’s Inaugural Speech has an upbeat and victorious setting, with a very proud context throughout. All of these things are to be expected, of course, as the man was in the process of becoming the 45th president of the United States after what felt like an election season that would never end. The primary message in President Trump’s speech was that the country was about to change. He claimed that the country was about to go back to the people, rather than stay with the politicians. Donald Trump offers this as an argument, and as we learned in class, we make arguments to inspire change.
Inauguration day marks a new beginning. Every four years, Americans officially welcome a new president. Each president has to address the plans, goals and ideas for the future. Therefore, the inaugural speech is meant to be an emotional and hopeful ceremony for all Americans. The inaugural speech sets the tone for the president’s first weeks in the white house. Ideally this speech will encourage those who voted to believe and trust that the right leader is in the office. On January 20, 2017 Donald Trump gave his inaugural speech and through the use of hyperboles, repetitions, and metaphors he aimed to unify the nation and give hope for the future.
If our goal as a country is to "Make America Great Again" then Donald Trump is someone we need to keep out of the White House. Mr. Trump, also known as Drumpf, is America’s leading republican presidential candidate who happens to be billionaire real estate mogul and a television personality. Donald Trump is a racist, sexist, belligerent, bullheaded big-mouth. Despite that, he’s leading the GOP field, his polling is fueled entirely by an army of supporters who like him for all the wrong reasons. Donald Trump would, without question, be the absolute worst president America has had to endure.
President Trump, two words that were once mocked together are now the reality that brings fear and abhorrence to many. As the recent election shows Trump will be our next president. To many this is a blessing, to others it is a curse that January twentieth with be a day of ruination. Despite your stance, America has spoken and life will move forward. America unsure if it will be great again will have to take the punches, good or bad, as they come. Americans known for their brassy personalities will continue to express their doubts about Trump throughout his career and now is no exception. In “Donald Trump’s Sad, Lonely Life” by David Brooks, the use of harsh concrete and picturesque language along with ad hominems and false analogies, lead
persuasive for the audience to get the answer. It uses ethos to appoint the statements
A little over a week ago, January 20th, marked the 45th president’s inauguration. On this day, many people celebrated and in fact was in full support of HIM, Donald Trump. To some, his “accomplishments” have been successful and will indeed make America “Great Again.” For the rest, the saner, his controversial actions have disgusted not only the people of America, but the people of the world.
Aristotle has an idea that there are three rhetorical appeals people can use to persuade someone else – ethos, pathos and logos. Each of them is very useful and the persuasion will be most effective when three of them are all used. Amy Tan used all in “Mother Tongue.”
Ethos, pathos, and logos! They are the three persuasive appeals that a writer utilizes to effectively convince an audience. These persuasive appeals can be found in Malala’s Yousafzai speech, The Sealand Lady’s speech, and in Mr. Turk’s video “Look Up”.
The main point about this article is that people who hate Donald Trump should at least give him credit for what he has done right. According to Thomas, most Trump-Haters tend to look at Trump's awful personality, rather than the “result.” Thomas uses rhetorical devices to grab the reader's attention to the article. He wants to make the people who hate Trump to understand that not all that he has done is terrible, and that he should be given credit for the ‘results.’ The author uses many logical reasonings to explain why the haters of Donald Trump should give him credit for what he has done.