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    Statement of Rhetorical Analysis On February 22, 2016 author John Warner published an article on Just Visiting entitled “Kill the 5-Paragraph Essay.” Warner creatively talks about how rudimentary of a structure this type of essay holds. Writers are locked inside a cage of regulations and guidelines making them unable to write the essay as they please, but rather having to piece together regulated sentences and paragraphs because that’s what they have been told would score high on certain test questions

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    perspective in our everyday lives. However, at times these mistakes can be more costly. One such case is the Pistorius trial, where Oscar Pistorius committed the errors of contradiction, appeal to emotion, and unwarranted assumptions. In addition, his lawyer Barry Roux also committed the fallacy of appeal to emotions to completely mitigate his client of any responsibly. Moreover, the Judge Masipa in this case committed the error of unwarranted assumption by over sympathizing with Oscar Pistorius, which

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    acknowledge that some behavior may be problematic. This paper discusses the effective and ineffective strategies strategies for persuasive speaking specific to ethos and pathos; within in each of these strategies we examine how the creators appeal to either credibility and emotion towards their targeted audience of teenagers and whether or not it is successful. Straw City creatively takes the story of the Big Bad Wolf and alters it to convey to the audience that the wolf has been smoking cigarettes since

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    all made arguments in favor of separation of the American colonies from Great Britain; many of these appeals were persuasive for different reasons, whether that be logical, emotional, or pertaining to credibility and trust, which is to say logos, pathos, and ethos. First of all, we will examine Henry’s arguments during his speech at the Virginia Convention. Then, we will identify Paine’s appeals in a part of his essay, The Crisis n1. Lastly, we will evaluate Jefferson’s myriad of arguments in a part

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    Solove’s argumentative Appeal Daniel Solove writes in his article that the “nothing to hide” argument is a terrible argument, because privacy is important to everyone and everyone has something to hide. Solove writes that if you break the argument down to its core the argument means nothing. Solove addresses the argument for the “nothing to hide” belief by stating why some agree with the argument because the argument can be protection against acts of terror, then describing how the government knowing

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    The Art to Influence Advertisements in television, movie, drama, and every aspect of entertainment requires a series of action that appeals the audience, influences, or affects them. Various animal care centers and foster homes advertise an emotional appeal to influence the audience to visit or help the centers. Humors, sarcasms, and metaphors are the other techniques that helps the mass to influence or connect with the product. Most of the advertisement, movies and even political campaigns use a

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    In her Feminine Mystique essay, “The Importance of Work”, writer Betty Friedan talks about how the identity crisis of American women beginning about a century ago. More and more of the work that was used by human abilities in which they could find self-realization that was taken from women. The identity crisis for women did not begin in America until the fire, strength, and ability of the pioneer women were no longer needed. Women today whom feel that they have no goal, purpose, or future will commit

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    Two ads both featuring the topic of gun control in America. One ad clearly calls for gun control, while the other advocated for the autonomy of gun users. Both of the ads appeal to one’s emotions as well as comes from credible sources, as both are organizations. Only one of the ads features logic, however the logic is overshadowed by purposeful manipulation of the information used. While the second ad may not contain logical information, in the end this ad is more effective. The first ad shows an

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    author discusses the changes that would be necessary in order for women to find a real work-life balance. Although Slaughter 's target audience is primarily women who seek high powered positions, the article contains ample information that should appeal to both men who seek to balance the needs of a growing family with their work responsibilities, as well as workplace policy makers who could help usher in the necessary changes. Her goal in sharing her experiences is to argue that women can succeed

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    her primary claim, excessively dependent upon emotion-driven attacks on those who disagree with her, and frequently fails to present her augment in a approach that makes her creditable. Guthrie primary claim for racism

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