The Achievement Habit Rhetorical Analysis

In “Bring Back Flogging”, Jeff Jacoby addresses the problems within America 's criminal justice system. He gives many reasons why imprisonment simply does not work, and suggests that corporal punishment should be used as an alternative. Published in the Boston Globe, a newspaper well known for being liberal, Jacoby provides a conservative view and directs his argument towards those who strongly support imprisonment and view corporal punishment to be highly barbaric and inhumane. However, in order to shed light on our current situation, Jacoby discusses the dangers that we face though our criminal justice system a nd shows concern that imprisonment is doing more harm than good. In effect, Jacoby looks to the past for solutions, and

In May of 1998, Kipland Kinkel brought a gun to his school. Over the course of two days this escalated from: being sent home, to murdering his father and mother, to murdering 2 students and wounding 26, earning a lifetime sentence of 111 years and 8 months in prison. In the court case being examined, the presiding judge addresses the original case, defendants ground for appeal, and the justification for the State’s decision to deny the appeal. Judge Haselton effectively uses ethos, logos, and pathos to support the Higher Court’s decision to deny the appeal because the original sentence was constitutional and just.

Motivation is a main point in which I am interested and in order to understand more about the topic I have based my review in 2 different sources: Forbes article “Motivation Mystery: How to Keep Employees Productive” and Daniel Pink Ted Talk “The Puzzle of Motivation”.

Until I started this rhetorical analysis paper I wasn’t aware that the things I display in my room say things about me. I never thought about how they make me look as a person or what my audience would assume about me based on these items. When I started analyzing, all these questions started popping up. I was finally able to step back and see myself how others might see me. When asked by my teacher to pick 3 items that describe myself from my bedroom I didn’t have any trouble picking them out. When it came down to it, I 'd always choose the same 3 items: A wall of family pictures, a Pride flag and a mirror with notes and pictures all over it.

The primary election for the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians is to be held Thursday, September 3, 2015. This momentous occasion happens every four years. The elected chief and officials, such as council members, can run for office for as long as they see fit, for there is no term limit. Our past chief, Michell Hicks, was in office three consecutive terms for a total of twelve years. This year Hicks has decided to step down and the new candidates for chief are Patrick Lambert and Gene “Tunney” Crowe. These new candidates must be able to fill the role of a generous and successful leader to those of the Cherokee nation. The platforms of both Lambert and Crowe are used to persuade the public to vote in their favor and are extremely versed in the

What central idea does Emerson establish through the analogies in the first two paragraphs? What images does he contrast to convey this idea?

There are many different types of genres in the writing world. For this assignment, I will construct an analysis to evaluate the different rhetorical moves used by Mr. Benjamin Anastas. In his essay, “The Foul Reign of ‘Self-Reliance,’” from the New York Times magazine, the audience varies from a widespread, broad prospective of viewers, from past and future generations. The New York Times Magazines is issued approximately to about 100,000 people majority being college graduates. His purpose for the essay is to argue against Emerson and express his thoughts in writing by informing and persuading people that they should start being less selfish and more

In response to Geoffrey Shepherd's article “It’s clear the US should not have bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki”. Shepard tries to pull us into his claim by using pathos, logos, and ethos. He uses estimates of 500,000 Japanese soldiers died from the atomic bomb. Then Geoffrey begins to state that we had an alternative spot to drop the bombs, the alternate spot we could’ve dropped the bomb would have been Tokyo Bay. It was idle and estimated that less lives would’ve been taken and would showed more of a threat to the Japanese leaders.

The author states that fuel cell engines have several advantages over internal combustion engines and will replace them and provides three reasons. In contrast, the professor states that the reading argument is optimistic about the fuel cell engine and it won't replace the internal comustion engines and she opposes each of the author's reasons.

Roth worked as a mechanical engineer before he was inspired to start teaching a class at Stanford. He was tired of people taking about what they wanted, but not doing the actions. In his class, he made his students do a personal, deeply personal, project. “Now, for the first time, Roth brings his mantra of “doing is everything” to his inspirational and a valuable new book, The Achievement Habit, Stop Wishing, Start Doing, and Take Command of Your Life" (Theachievementhabit.com). Roth uses examples and situations from his life, also encounters he has had with his students and states situations they have also been through. Roth uses logos, (using logic) pathos, (emotional responses) and ethos, (character ethics).

The motivation of the writer is what spurred them to begin writing whatever it is that they are writing. Whether that be a deadline and a teacher’s assignment, or to inform a specific audience about a specific topic, the atmosphere of the writing (Facebook post versus letter) must be motivated by something (making request through letter, telling facts about yourself on Facebook.) This is where primary goals come in: based on your audience and motivation/intent to write, these goals may vary between informing and educating to persuading and demanding. Rhetorical effects are what the reader/audience was caused to feel/think based on how the author wrote their piece. For example, if the author of a pro-democratic comic wanted to persuade viewers

The second chapter of Bernard Roth’s The Achievement Habit makes some very bold claims about the excuses we make for not accomplishing certain tasks. In this chapter he states that the reasons that we come up for why we did or did not do something are simply justifications to others that make us seem reasonable and not simply lazy. According to Roth, our reasons are a way to hide the fact that a task was not a high enough priority in our lives to put warrant more attention. Bernard Roth’s argument is highly effective because of its ethical, emotional, and logical appeal.

The speech I am analyzing was given by Jon Bowers, a UPS driving and delivery trainer, in Atlanta Georgia in July 2017. Bowers was giving a motivational speech on why we should aim for perfection and not fear failure. He was giving this speech to an audience of listeners at a TED convention. The audience appears to be composed of a wide variety of age groups from multiple different backgrounds. The audience likely already had interest in the subject matter as they chose to attend speech knowing what it was about. The audience is rather large and likely contains several hundred people. The target audience is unclear as the topic is so broad that it can apply to basically anyone.

In the book The Achievement Habit: Stop Wishing, Start Doing and Take Command of Your Life, Bernard Roth, professor at Stanford University, shows his experience teaching college students how to be successful. In Chapter one, “Nothing is what you think is it,” his main ideas suggest that it is possible and necessary to change bad habits and develop new attitudes in order to achieve one's dreams. Roth expertly uses the rhetorical devices of ethos, pathos, and logos to clearly establish, explain, and defend his argument that nothing is what it seems.

To begin on a hopeful note, instruction framework in India is aggressive and trains understudies thoroughly to withstand savage rivalry on an overall scale. We should recognize that our researchers are at standard if not better than a large portion of the understudies abroad. Indians are an energy to figure with because of their sheer ability and productivity, and this can be credited to their thorough preparing at school and higher education.