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    her writing allows people to see these issues in a new light. Dupuy’s style, being characterized with ethical appeal, colloquial expressions and diction is expressed through wit and many rhetorical questions. Dupuy begins her own interpretation of Obama’s situation while in office, in her article “Black Presidents Matter” by first addressing that critics labeled Obama a radical. She appeals to the readers by describing Obama “as the most powerful man in the country”, and that “we still can’t accept

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    Inaugural Address are different, as Douglass uses irony, a strong appeal to pathos, and a generalization of his experience, while Lincoln uses religious allusions to unify, non accusatory diction, as to not assign blame for the war, and a generally optimistic tone to unify the country and look towards the future. They are similar as they both appeal to ethos to establish their own credibility, and pathos appeal to certain emotions. Lincoln chooses to make certain religious allusions in his speech

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    Logos can be developed by use of advanced, theoretical and the construction of logical arguments. The website displays the use of logos in the way it has provided data statistics. Tang (2014) states that, in a logic appeal, the use of research and statistics plays a major role. The author uses a wide range of statistics in trying to convince the audience. Moreover, within the page, there is a subcategory with statistical data regarding ADHD for the audience. Furthermore

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    who you are and reveal your biases, beliefs, values and assumptions. Logos refers to the message you are presenting; thoroughly logic, facts or truth. Here, the audience assesses the content and contexts of your communication. It also refers to the appeal to intelligence with well-constructed and

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    Democratic National Convention she gave an address in which she reflected on her time as first lady and urged the audience to give their support to Hillary Clinton. Michelle was effective in her speech through her appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos. Michelle Obama had an automatic appeal to ethos simply because of her identity. At the time of this speech she was the First Lady of the

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    Throughout the article, Krugman attempts to grab the attention of his audience and help them become mindful of how the limited movement between social classes will have an effect on their life. In order to do so, he implements rhetorical questions that appeal to pathos and ethos, while displaying a negative tone and fearful mood. Rhetorical questions are used throughout the article to introduce an important idea and make the readers evaluate their current social status. For example, the author creates

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    Logsdon agree that manned space travel should continue, but Shostak’s rhetoric is more effective because his argument is well organized and credible, he ties in his readers’ emotions efficiently, and he logically explains his beliefs. In Shostak’s article he portrays himself as a credible source, which makes his ethos appeal successful. Shostak makes many attempts to make his article trustworthy, some of which actually diminish his ethos. One way the writer seeks to obtain credibility is through

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    Cassius Speech Analysis

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    be for the good of Rome. Cassius also introduces his speech by persuading Brutus that he is honorable and can be trusted. Cassius tells Brutus that, “Honor is the subject of my story”(I.ii.99). This appeals to the speaker Cassius’ credibility and has an ethical appeal on Brutus, or ethos. This appeal is effective because it connects with something that Brutus values, honor. In Cassius’ speech to Brutus, he uses a comparison comparing Caesar to a Colossus saying, “Why, man, he doth bestride the narrow

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    In act III scene I Shakespeare’s exemplifies the stimulation of emotions and feelings through Hamlet’s words. The speech or soliloquy Hamlet gives in this scene is very much philosophical in a sense while maintaining an emotional side of the speech. Hamlet contemplates on suicide; it’s the thought that Hamlet gets that creates a sense of emotion in philosophy. The soliloquy that Hamlet states goes into the depth of philosophy “to be or not to be” (3.1, 57), these thoughts of Hamlet give a feeling

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    Disaster", Safire appealed to the readers emotions by talking about how they (Armstrong and Aldrin) would be "mourned by their families and friends..." if something tragic were to happen to them while in space. Safire states that "Others will follow, and surely find their way home", meaning that others would have tried the mission of trying to land on the moon again and they would make it safely back home down to Earth. Safire appeals to the readers sad emotions all throughout this speech by talking

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