As stated by Silva Rhetoricae, +“Rhetoric is the study of effective speaking and writing (discourse), and the art of persuasion and many other things”. There are many types of rhetorical devices such as: pathos, logos, ethos, hyperbole, simile, repetition, and et cetera. Rhetoric is used to persuade, to motivate, and to call things to action. The Address to Congress on Women’s Suffrage (text one) uses several rhetorical devices compared to “Chapter 14” from The Jungle (text two). The passage, What is Rhetoric? (text three) also does not use as many rhetorical devices as the Address to Congress on Women’s Suffrage. Text one used the most rhetoric and was the most effective; text two and three were the least effective and did not use the most
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Catt’s claim is women’s suffrage is inevitable and she thinks the government should pass the right to vote for women. An example of a rhetorical device used to convey this claim was ethos. The text says, “Women suffrage is coming--you know it. Will you, Honorable Senators and Members of the House of Representatives, help or hinder it (paragraph 20).” This is an appeal to one’s character or credibility because it’s a question that she wants them to think about to themselves; she is trying to persuade them to pass the right to vote. The representatives will either help the women or hinder the woman’s suffrage; the question she asked makes her look credible. Another rhetorical device used in this text is logos. Specifically the text says, “ ‘We are fighting for the things which we have always carried nearest to our hearts: for democracy, for the right of those who submit to authority to have a voice in their own government (third paragraph).’ “ This is an example of logos because it’s logical, meaning it makes sense and it’s a true statement. Women were fighting for the right to vote and she is trying to persuade to congress that it is very important to them. Catt used many examples of rhetoric to build her claim; the other texts didn’t use rhetoric as …show more content…
In this passage, there weren’t really any spottable rhetorical devices used but pathos. Pathos was used a lot to make the readers/public not want to eat meat anymore. The factories were disgusting and unsanitary which was not a good environment for the meat to be around. Meat would fall on the floor where the dirt and sawdust was and where workers spit huge amounts of germs (Sinclair paragraph three). Upton Sinclair had many points to address in this part of the chapter book; it was a bit confusing to see what he was talking about. In a few parts of the chapter he talks food going bad or spoiled. Specifically, “And yet, in spite of this, there would be hams found spoiled, some of them with an odor so bad that a man could hardly bear to be in the room with them (Sinclair paragraph 2).” Upton Sinclair was kind of all over the place and his rhetorical devices didn’t make the passage tie in
Catt’s claim is women’s suffrage is inevitable and she thinks the government should pass the right to vote for women. An example of a rhetorical device used to convey this claim was ethos. The text says, “Women suffrage is coming--you know it. Will you, Honorable Senators and Members of the House of Representatives, help or hinder it (paragraph 20).” This is an appeal to one’s character or credibility because it’s a question that she wants them to think about to themselves; she is trying to persuade them to pass the right to vote. The representatives will either help the women or hinder the woman’s suffrage; the question she asked makes her look credible. Another rhetorical device used in this text is logos. Specifically the text says, “ ‘We are fighting for the things which we have always carried nearest to our hearts: for democracy, for the right of those who submit to authority to have a voice in their own government (third paragraph).’ “ This is an example of logos because it’s logical, meaning it makes sense and it’s a true statement. Women were fighting for the right to vote and she is trying to persuade to congress that it is very important to them. Catt used many examples of rhetoric to build her claim; the other texts didn’t use rhetoric as …show more content…
In this passage, there weren’t really any spottable rhetorical devices used but pathos. Pathos was used a lot to make the readers/public not want to eat meat anymore. The factories were disgusting and unsanitary which was not a good environment for the meat to be around. Meat would fall on the floor where the dirt and sawdust was and where workers spit huge amounts of germs (Sinclair paragraph three). Upton Sinclair had many points to address in this part of the chapter book; it was a bit confusing to see what he was talking about. In a few parts of the chapter he talks food going bad or spoiled. Specifically, “And yet, in spite of this, there would be hams found spoiled, some of them with an odor so bad that a man could hardly bear to be in the room with them (Sinclair paragraph 2).” Upton Sinclair was kind of all over the place and his rhetorical devices didn’t make the passage tie in