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Geller is also successful in her use of Logos; her appeal to logic by building on the emotions geared towards 9/11. she successfully incorporates this by making a subtle but effective statement; 9/11 is a result of this Islamic ideology. by including the image of the twin towers falling, without the audience noticing it they already make a connection of having negative views towards the attack itself, Geller doesn’t make any direct statements but incorporates this by printing a verse from the Quran hinting the support by the holy book of extremist acts such as the attack itself, although her attempt is subtle and not direct its effective in the way that the statement is clear.
Geller also incorporates the use of Ethos however this ill-attempt

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