With a ferocious intensity and unwilting determination both Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump go head-to-head in a series of catastrophic arguments over which candidate would make America a better country. During the debate, the atmosphere was tense and the audience held no trace of humor, but instead very serious questions that the audience thought were relevant to determining which candidate that they should vote for. Throughout the centuries, American citizens have relied on the presidential debates to determine which presidential candidate would be best suited for the role of the the leader of the free world. Although some citizens may say that the presidential debate may be more biased to one candidate and the citizens of America would
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Though all of the strategies were displayed, Pathos was used more often. Pathos is statements or actions designed to create an emotional response. In the first minute of the debate, a member of the audience directs a question towards Hillary Clinton. Automatically, Hillary Clinton directs her full attention to the women. The camera is directed on Clinton in a way to show the array of emotions crossing over face. Among these emotions is sincerity and concern, Clinton makes eye contact with the women, while doing her best to answer the question honestly and effectively. Pathos is utilized in an entirely different light, while Trump is speaking. When he was asked to answer the same question as Hillary, he looked at the camera rather than the women, so that he could talk to the whole of America and not just one person. The other way that pathos is used, is the tensions that are constantly among these two candidates. They are consistently tense and in some cases it is hard for them to move on to the next question, because they are so into their argument. However, Pathos is not the only Rhetorical Strategy that is presented into …show more content…
For one, the red herring fallacy was the most common fallacy that these two candidates displayed in their arguments. The red herring fallacy is a fallacy that utilizes other appealing information to draw away the audiences attention, in order to distract them from the main argument. The audience continually asks the candidate a question and the candidates deflects the question with ease. In the debate, an audience member asks, “Do you feel you are modelling appropriate and positive behavior for today’s youth? (CBSNewsOnline)” This question is essential to the understanding of what the candidates do, when they are asked a serious question. Clinton goes on to tell the women what a great question this was and then instead of answering her question head on, she directs the audience elsewhere by stating what makes america good. Unfortunately, Clinton is not the only one who does this, Trump repeatedly does this and he even has an extreme case of this, when the news reporter asked him if he had ever sexually assaulted a women. Trump manages to direct the conversation towards terrorism, which is an important topic among America that people feel strongly about, so he is essentially just appealing to their side of fear or hate. Next, the second most common fallacy committed in the debate was loaded question. The loaded question
Though all of the strategies were displayed, Pathos was used more often. Pathos is statements or actions designed to create an emotional response. In the first minute of the debate, a member of the audience directs a question towards Hillary Clinton. Automatically, Hillary Clinton directs her full attention to the women. The camera is directed on Clinton in a way to show the array of emotions crossing over face. Among these emotions is sincerity and concern, Clinton makes eye contact with the women, while doing her best to answer the question honestly and effectively. Pathos is utilized in an entirely different light, while Trump is speaking. When he was asked to answer the same question as Hillary, he looked at the camera rather than the women, so that he could talk to the whole of America and not just one person. The other way that pathos is used, is the tensions that are constantly among these two candidates. They are consistently tense and in some cases it is hard for them to move on to the next question, because they are so into their argument. However, Pathos is not the only Rhetorical Strategy that is presented into …show more content…
For one, the red herring fallacy was the most common fallacy that these two candidates displayed in their arguments. The red herring fallacy is a fallacy that utilizes other appealing information to draw away the audiences attention, in order to distract them from the main argument. The audience continually asks the candidate a question and the candidates deflects the question with ease. In the debate, an audience member asks, “Do you feel you are modelling appropriate and positive behavior for today’s youth? (CBSNewsOnline)” This question is essential to the understanding of what the candidates do, when they are asked a serious question. Clinton goes on to tell the women what a great question this was and then instead of answering her question head on, she directs the audience elsewhere by stating what makes america good. Unfortunately, Clinton is not the only one who does this, Trump repeatedly does this and he even has an extreme case of this, when the news reporter asked him if he had ever sexually assaulted a women. Trump manages to direct the conversation towards terrorism, which is an important topic among America that people feel strongly about, so he is essentially just appealing to their side of fear or hate. Next, the second most common fallacy committed in the debate was loaded question. The loaded question