Essays on Rhetorical Strategies

A rhetorical analysis can be termed as an art of persuasion that analyzes the different elements or strategies applied by an author for the purpose of communicating his or her massage to the existing audience and to persuade the readers. Honesty is an important virtue that forms part of the human life. Honesty is a moral value encouraged by many people in homes and organizations. It may not be easy for a person to tell the truth about something, but honesty is one of the building blocks in the creation and maintaining relationships. William Damon, in his essay, "The ...

A rhetorical analysis of language is not a summary or an interpretation of what the author meant. Rather, it is a treatise on how the author presents his or her material (Ramage, Bean and Johnson 16). At issue are the rhetorical features of the text-the author's purpose, the intended audience, what kinds of claims he makes, and the way he uses evidence (Ramage, Bean and Johnson 16). That evidence is used to show how an author attempts to persuade whatever audience he has chosen. The rhetorical plan is to analyze the text in terms of with the grain reading, ...

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Introduction Biotechnology is an innovative field where biological processes are applied for the provision of genetic manipulation for microorganisms for the production and commercialisation of antibiotics and hormones amongst others. Biotechnology is a process whereby scientists use various aspects of technology to modify genes and microorganisms of living things in order to attain specific goals in the organism in which it is done. The preliminary elements of this course has shown that biotechnology is carried out in both applied and pure research. In applied research, biotechnology is used for the provision of various solutions like medicines, treatment for incurable ...

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Fatal car accidents are going to disappear in few years because the zero-death car may be invented. In the article ”Volvo Works to Scale ‘Death-Proof’ Car Effort Using IT,” writer Bykim S. Nash indicates that the future plan of Volvo is making their all products that runs on the road never cause fatal car accidents, and how Volvo makes an effort to reach to the goal. Nash shows why this innovation is important and details of what Volvo is doing. Nash tries to tell the readers about a death-proof car with just giving some informations. He uses logos and ...

The Case against Banning the Word “Retard” by Christopher M. Fairman is an article, written with purpose of making a claim against language censorship and a claim for freedom of speech. Being a professor of law and having extended expertise in the question, the author offers the audience a fine example of rhetorical argumentation, expressiveness and persuasiveness. In the article, Fairman makes a clear thesis and supports it with balanced use of appeals of logos, ethos and pathos. Such a strategy makes the writing well-grounded, developed and relatable, which contributes to its rhetorical effectiveness and fulfils its purpose. First ...

In the developed countries people often concentrate their lives around money and success, as their basic needs for food, shelter and safety are already satisfied. People tend to complain about the salaries that are too small or insurance that does not cover all the essential expenses they have. People live their lives and do not know about the atrocities and tragedies that are happening in the world every minute. The situation in Africa is the one everyone should be aware of to help those who suffer every day. Invisible Children is a 2006 documentary created by three young filmmakers ...

Winston Churchill, in his "We Shall Fight on the Beaches" speech, and Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech still stand as monumental calls to action. Both men use rhetorical strategies that underscore their persuasive abilities, and both men speak authoritatively and convincingly. However, it is King whose gift of rhetorical craft and persuasive ability outdoes Churchill, because of his balanced approach to ethos, logos, and pathos. In both speeches, King and Churchill establish a strong foundation of ethos from the beginning. For example, Churchill is very specific about details from Great Britain's battles in Belgium against advancing Nazi ...

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Introduction In his article, John Derbyshire wrote about the challenge of improving the children’s academic performance. He documented that a few years ago, New York City Mayor took the Rand Corporation’s service in raising the students of public schools’ examination score by providing cash bonuses for those teachers who will have an improved class. As he continued with his article, Derbyshire used different styles in writing to persuade his readers. Based on his attempts to persuade his audiences, rhetorical strategies were used such as logos, ethos and pathos. However, there were clear manifestations of logical fallacies in ...

Today, many educators initiate the use of recommended strategies to equip students in the field of creative writing to avoid plagiarism. This is because plagiarism is viewed to be among the emerging problems in education. There is evidence that various learners are victims of plagiarism. To win this war, essays, and various academic works have been generated to influence students to realize the need to avoid plagiarism in their academic works. Scott Jaschik is among those people to have emphasized a creative way in writing for learners and students in post secondary level of education. Scott makes the use ...

In his article, Blue-Collar Brilliance, the principle argument that Mike Rose aims at putting across is that there exists various forms of intelligence other than just intellectual. Nonetheless, he explains that intelligence is closely related to formal education for instance the type of education one has acquired, and for how long. True to his teachings many people appear to be in agreement with the notion or the belief that, the types of jobs that requires less school normally requires less intelligence. In simple terms, Mike Rose believes that most of the people believe that blue-collar jobs are for the ...

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This paper examines the central text of Christianity, presented by Jesus in Matthew 22:34-40. It will critique three different versions of the text taken from different translations of the New Testament. This text is chosen because it provides an insight and overview of Christianity and Christian lifestyle and this allows the writer to demonstrate important elements and aspects of Christianity that guides the conduct of all followers of Christ. The scope of the analysis and critical review will include the examination of the text in the broader context of the gospel. The fundamental theme of the passage and ...

Film Studies: 6 Degrees Could Change the World

Rhetorical Strategies and Logical Appeals for Positive Action in Both Films Film Studies: 6 Degrees Could Change the World & The Day After Tomorrow Rhetorical Strategies and Logical Appeals for Positive Action in Both Films In 6 Degrees Could Change the World and The Day After Tomorrow, both films lay down sound and reasonable rhetorical strategies in order to convince the viewer of their principles and opinions. While the basis of any good documentary relies more on empirical evidence than its plea to the emotional spectrum of its audience, 6 Degrees Could Change the World uses both ...

Imagination

Mary Oliver published Waste Land: An Elegy in the September – October 2003 issue of Orion magazine. In 2004, soon after publishing Waste Land, she released her book collection, Long life: Essays and Other Writings. Oliver fixes the imagery of how the site used to be as she projects her imagination to explore other potentials. Jamaica Kincaid first published Sowers and Reapers in the New Yorker on January 22, 2001. Although Kincaid is a well known a novelist, she is also a staff writer for the New Yorker who produced many essays examining her personal experiences. In this essay she forces her readers ...

Every individual has a message that they want to convey to other people. Expressing the message is not enough. Everyone wants others to be persuaded by the thing they want to believe. To be able to relay the message effectively and to convince the intended audience to agree with the message, Pathos, Logos, and Ethos can be used. The title of the text to be analyzed is “The Ugly Truth”, however, its author is not presented in the video clip. The text was analyzed to show how Pathos, Logos, and Ethos are used to convince the reader to agree with ...

Maureen Dowd has established herself as one of the nation’s leading editorialists and commentators, and it is clear that she is an expert at applying the classic rhetorical strategies of ethos, pathos, and logos in her writing. Maureen Dowd’s essay “Our Own Warrior Princess” tells the story of her niece Jennifer’s experience as an organ donor. This text does more than just provide a narrative, though: the event gives Dowd the opportunity to consider her own feelings about organ donation, and after she’s done so, she encourages her readers to share her new point of view ...

Video Games

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The article “Breeding evil?”, from Economist.com, makes use of rhetorical strategies to question arguments about the use of video games (Economist.com). Video games, like other forms of emerging recreational technologies have been facing critically analytical reviews on their perceived and observable negative impact. Video games are among the most popular forms of entertainment with the young generation all over the current world. It has been observed that a greater majority of teenagers and young adults are spending considerable amounts of time playing video games on their various devices. This trend has attracted the attention and subsequent ire especially ...

Article: “There's No Benefit to Lowering the Drinking Age”

The article revolves around a rhetorical issue of minimum drinking age in an extensively persuasive discussion, which provides exclusive measures which may be undertaken to control the problem. Drinking among children below the minimum drinking age has been an extensive problem in the American society. The article has been made attractive by various things that the author has chosen to do. One of the things that he has used in his analysis is proper use of language and vocabularies. In persuasion, the target party must understand what the author says in his or her article. The language used in ...

MCDONALD'S TWITTER CAMPAIGN AND H&M'S POTENTIAL COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT

1. Introduction: Rhetoric strategies have evolved and so have rhetorical strategies over the digital media. This paper focuses on two cases which are the McDonald Case and the H$M case. These two cases are analyzed using the various Rhetorical strategies that are commonly used by authors. This includes the description strategy, compare and contract strategy, division strategy, argumentation, process analysis and the exemplification strategy. The content in each case provides a basis for this analysis, the first case is the McDonald campaign that backfired, this article narrates how a campaign by this company resulted into negative feedbacks and ...