In more cases than one a photo can speak louder than words. This why photos are constantly used in magazine articles, bulletin boards and posters. I picture is more likely to catch a person 's attention rather than a piece of writing. A person is also more likely to remember a photo they have seen rather than a piece in writing. These photos are also commonly used when it comes to rhetoric and a person can I rhetorically analyze why the specific photo was used and how it was used. In this sense a person can identify why the picture is appealing to the audience and who the audience is. According to Owl Purdue.com,”A visual document communicates primarily through images or the interaction of image and text. Just as writers choose their words of such visual documents think no differently,” (Page 1). An example of these rhetorical analysis photos is the 2015 Baltimore Riots Time magazine cover. This photo was taken by a 26 year old photographer named Devin Allen from west Baltimore. He had been photographing models and had tried his hand at street photography, he drew his inspiration from photographers such as Gordon Parks and artists like Andy Warhol. Once protest took over his city in the aftermath of Freddie Gray’s death, the young photographer took to Instagram and found himself propelled on the global stage. His photographs of the demonstrations grabbed the headlines they were featured on the BBC and CNN, and shared by thousands of twitter and Instagram users. The picture
America does have its own conflicts between its citizens. One group of people who have been struggling for the past hundreds of years are still struggling for acceptance to this day. Black people are still dealing with violence and hatred in the country they were born in. They use their right of free speech to publish their stories. While both Goldberg and the Alt-Right political group both make significant arguments about the "Black Lives Matter" movement, Goldberg's balanced usage of logos, ethos, and pathos makes his argument more effectively.
In the 2002 documentary Bowling for Columbine, American political activist and filmmaker Michael Moore sets out to explore the primary causes of the 1999 Columbine Highschool massacre, as well as the roots of gun violence in the United States in his trademark provocative yet satirical manner. Bowling for Columbine takes a deep and often disconcerting investigation into the motives of two Colorado student shooters, responsible for the deaths of over 12 people at Columbine High School on April 20, 1999, and examines other gun-related issues as well. From obtaining free guns at a bank, to reviewing America’s violent history, and interviewing a variety of people, Moore demonstrates that the conventional answers of violent national history and entertainment, as well as poverty are inadequate of causing this violence, for other nations share the same factors without the same levels of carnage. In order to arrive at a possible explanation, Moore takes on a deeper inspection of America’s culture of fear, and violence in a nation with widespread gun ownership. Ultimately, the documentary implies that the high incidence of gun deaths in America is caused by the deadly combination of cultural paranoia and easy accessible firearms that is, to some extent, effectively established through rhetorical techniques of ethos, logos, and pathos.
In this universe, there are many versions of one thing. An outsider looking in at the city of New York may ponder on the lack of manners and inherent coldness a New Yorker may possess. A person that is born there will not linger on such aspects. No individual lives in the same world as another one does. In “Here Is New York,” writer E.B. White defines roughly three New Yorks in which are able to exist simultaneously. His use of the different rhetorical appeals draws an in depth understanding of the coexistence of three worlds that are united by their shared sentiments.
My Rhetorical Analysis is on a issue that was covered in the local newspaper in the Fayetteville News&Observer (Across the country, school districts are quietly arming teachers for the next shooting). Now me myself am not a teacher but just looking at the news of school shootings it is a cause for concerns, people our to be more specific our children. This should cause us to want to seek solutions to this seemingly worsening problem. My children are grown but I have 21 grandchildren that are or will be entering the education system, I can’t say that I am comfortable with a teacher with a gun unless they have the proper training and back ground checks necessary by local state and federal law enforcement. Teacher have a differcult enough job
People Magazine’s audience comprises of mostly women, and the articles and advertisements within the magazine prove this. Such types of passages consist primarily of gossip, however, there are some informational reads in the magazine. One advertisement in the September 18 issue of this year is a safety message from Tide. While the advertisement is a safety message, it is obviously still trying to sell the product: Tide PODS. The target audience of this advertisement is more specific than People Magazine; instead of only targeting women, Tide narrows its audience down to parents. Tide's advertisement uses some pathos, but it heavily draws its appeals from ethos.
Rhetorical devices are elements embedded in a piece of work that allow the viewer to fully interpret and engage with the content presented. Rhetorical elements can be used universally through various mediums. In this essay I will be analyzing a photograph, specifically addressing the images logos, pathos, and Telos. The photograph frames your not so typical geriatric couple complete with skateboards and their flying birds. The caption of the photo is “This couple sticking it to the man”. This ironic photo packs a strong central message of living young wild and free. The unknown photographer develops the central message through the use of rhetorical deceives.
I believe civil disobedience is the refusal to obey certain laws, usually without violence, but only if it’s to make a point. In Thoreau’s essay about civil disobedience, there were points made which I agreed with, but there were things that I disagreed with. Some points he made that I agreed with was that if someone wants something to change, they should do something and do it wholeheartedly. An additional point he made which I agreed with was to depend and think for one’s self. While he’s made points which I agreed with, there’s one I didn’t which was when he said that the military was programmed to do whatever the government says.
The New Yorker is a celebrated magazine that is known for its reporting, essays, and political commentary. Its exemplary status is also attributed to its cartoons and illustrative covers, which are often satirical reinterpretations of current affairs. The demographic of the people who read the New Yorker provides a clue as to the whom the advertisement’s target audience is. They tend to be on the liberal spectrum, mostly college educated people in their early 30s to late 50s.
However in politics people use ad campaigns of still photos all the time. Also photography can be ethical when it is used to help students learn about a topic like I did in biology, or help people in more privileged lands learn what is happening in other parts of the world such as third world countries. For example every year at our school we celebrate a day called women’s day in which people are educated on the struggles of women in patriarchal societies, much like the U.S. In many of the presentations given, presenters use photographs to show injustices such as sexual trafficking, rape victims, or sexist ads in order to spread awareness and help individuals to understand that there needs to be a change in society. On social media websites, people also post photographs about what is going on in society today whether it be politics, poverty, etc., which help those online to understand what is happening around them in the
Henry David Thoreau uses Aristotle’s appeals in his essay “Civil Disobedience” to convey his beliefs and to convince others to think how he does. He wants people to realize how truly flawed the American system of government is, he does this by showing how he has been personally wronged by the government and how he knows the government can take control of you.
The Garfield writing and reading attitude survey is a great assessment when a teacher is trying to figure out a student’s attitude towards recreational and academic reading or writing. The writing attitude survey conveyed mixed feelings toward writing for school and getting to write more on things of his interest. His full scale raw score was a 65, which places him in the 27th percentile rank of a midyear 3rd grade student. Analyzing his data he circled six happiest Garfield’s, and ten very upset Garfield’s. This leaving the other twelve answers as slightly smiling or mildly upset. I interpreted these results, as Bryan does not love to write, but he also does not hate it, therefore Bryan has a mutual outlook on writing. The reading attitude
The article titled "The man with the snow job" appears in the Opinion Pages, The New York Times. Author, Gail Collins, opens her article with the question: “Who is to blame for this weather?” which hooks readers’ attention and makes them curious about what they are going to read. In her writing, Collins talks about the current snowstorm in the United States and how it is used for everyone’s advantage. She also points out how government officials such as Arnold Schwarzenegger, Al Gore, George W. Bush, and Barack Obama use the occasion of snowfall for their own purposes. The author borrows images of global warming effects to discuss some controversial problems in the society these days. She applies the following elements to establish the
Henry David Thoreau’s argument in civil disobedience makes the government more accountable, laws are made to justify the truth, but Thoreau believed that violence is not an answer to solve problems. Often Americans use the government as a solution to many of the problems the United States has but really the Americans are the problem using the government to take control over violence and use the government as violence based solutions. “Absolutely speaking, the more money, the less virtue; for money comes between a man and his objects, and obtains them for him; it was certainly no great virtue to obtain it.” (Thoreau). By simply disobeying the government's unjust attitude and policies this creates a movement as well as non violence, therefore it will eventually have a trickling effect and turn a single drop
The fear that something unpredictable can happen at any time has been injected into our society. Whether it be a terrorist attack or a school shooting, it’s practically impossible for anyone to see these incidents occur. Due to these situations, the media and corporations have our society almost paranoid. In Michael Moore’s documentary, Bowling for Columbine, we can see that our society isn’t one that is usually violent or dark, but it’s the fear the drives the American history of Gun issues and shootings.
The New York Times is a daily newspaper, that is published in New York City, since 1851. The newspaper has won 117 Pulitzer Prizes, and is the second largest in circulation. On November 11, 2015, The New York Times posted an editorial called “A Criminal Record and a Fair Shot at a Job.” Many places when you apply for a position ask if you have ever been convicted of a crime. In 19 states and 100 cities this is forbidden until after the applicants have proven their qualifications. Last week, President Obama ordered federal agencies to stop questioning people about previous arrests and convictions at the beginning of the application process. The editorial argued that the President shouldn’t stop there and that he should spread the executive order to