Applebaum's Use Of Emotional Analysis, By Tamar Demby

Tamar Demby develops her position by stating that Applebaum relies too much on emotional appeal, doesn't back up her claims and doesn't support her ethos. Demby gives examples of everything she mentioned that didn't make Applebaum article and more effective. After mentioning this, Demby moves onto give examples of the writer's use of ethos by saying that she is only “journalist rather than a nuclear physicist or someone with credentials”. Next the student explains that the writer lacked a “fact based case” because instead, she alarmed the readers without facts behind the claims. Then Da=emby gives more specific examples about how the article appeals too much on emotion and not facts. I agree with the student's essay because they do state facts that support their claims about the article. A lot of the time Applebaum relied too much on scaring the audience since they also might have been …show more content…
The speaker of this political cartoon is the cartoonist Herblock. The audience is anybody who is a fan of Herblock's, political cartoons, cartoons in general, anybody who reads the Washington Post, or anybody who reads any newspaper. The subject is how the world seems to be ignoring problems that are affecting people everyday. The cartoon appeals to ethos because it is made by “the famous cartoonist” Herblock on the Washington Post which is a reliable newspaper. The cartoon appeals to pathos because it shows how people are watching the mission when they should be focused on solving the problems that they already have, “war”, “poverty”, and :prejudice”. The cartoon appeals to logos because everyone is watching the mission instead of the real problems. The article is effective because it makes the audience realize the truth in a cartoon which makes it more