A Rhetorical Analysis Of Ironic Nature

To start off with, at the beginning of Lou's article, he gives us a rhetoric introduction to connect the separation of people and nature. He gives several examples of how technology has gone into certain aspects of nature that we never would’ve imagined. He also intentionally gives those examples to set up an argument that can not be disputed. Examples such as, the changing of butterfly wing colors through technology, advertised stamps in the wet sand at public beaches and corporations logos being maintained at local parks. Beginning an article with a rhetoric introduction gives the readers a story to associate with the problem. Giving background information through a rhetoric introduction makes the reader feel sympathy for or remorse for their …show more content…
Finally, at the end of the introduction, Lou makes a bold, rhetoric statement leading into his argument. He states, "The sheer popularity" of simulating nature or using nature as ad space "demands that we acknowledge, even respect, their cultural importance," suggests Richtel. Culturally important, yes. But the logical extension of synthetic nature is the irrelevance of "true" nature— the certainty that it's not even worth looking at.” Using such a bold rhetoric statement to wrap up his introduction snaps the reader into the mindset that there is a problem. It inses the reader to make them want to reader more and learn about the problem in hopes of fixing it in some way, as it pertains to their everyday lives. Clearly. Lou’s use of rhetoric introduction set the stage for him to be able to effectively get his message …show more content…
He describes an adult explaining to a child of today how they used to have to travel. He explains how they got to look out the window of the back seat of a car and learn about the world and nature. They got to learn how the city fits in with nature and got to appreciate the beauty of the horizon. He explains how the children of today are missing out on that experience and that the cause of that separation of people and nature is technology. Lou’s use of rhetoric imagery is very effective. It helps the reader to imagine what that kind of situation would have been like. Rhetoric imagery is also a exceptional literary device to use because it can help Lou get his message across to the reader, without it seeming like it is all coming from him. Through rhetoric imagery, he is able to relate the topic of humans being separated from nature to each of us individually. also Obviously, Luo’s use of rhetoric imagery is also very effective at getting his point across in the last paragraph as