Rhetorical Analysis: The Menendez Murders

Decent Essays
Viewers on Tuesday will be rewarded with new episodes of some of America's best TV on the planet. The evening with include Law & Order True Crime: The Menendez Murders, Fresh off the Boat NCIS: New Orleans and even Below Deck. In fact, it’s another night of TV where you either load up the DVR for recording to catch all of the best shows, or you will be up into the wee hours of the night to see everything.

Jimmy Kimmel’s plea

Talking about the wee hours, last night on late night the talk show hosts discussed the massive event in Las Vegas. It would have been awkward not to acknowledge the event, especially since so many lives were lost tragically. However, Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel offered up dialogs that really made people think about
…show more content…
A former Las Vegas resident, Kimmel gave a passionate speech about common sense and what he feels is necessary to keep people safe. The video of the serious monologue has been seen by millions of people and it’s currently trending on the number one spot on YouTube.

Agent McGee adjusts on NCIS

On Tuesday night the viewers of NCIS are going to watch one of their favorite NCIS agents in action. The teaser this week has Agent McGee struggling with the aftermath of his hostage captivity. Comparing it to Agent Gibbs, it’s an interesting dilemma that the character must work out before moving on. Add the baby on the way and the dynamics of being a father and a good agent could be weighed out in front of the cameras.

Black-ish season premiere

One show I’m excited to see return is Black-ish. Yeah, it’s back (on a new night) and full of spunk. As a huge (and I mean H-U-G-E) Anthony Anderson fan, this is a not to miss series. His cast also offers up some quality TV so it’s a win-win for anyone watching. The tease around this season premier episode is fans will either love it or hate it. Since nobody has seen it yet, we will have to confer later after the

Related Documents

  • Decent Essays

    The book “Until Proven Innocent” by Stuart Taylor Jr. and KC Johnson is a book littered with details about the egregious and controversial case involving Duke University’s lacrosse team and two hired strippers. One of them, in particular, getting a lot of attention: Crystal Gail Mangum an African-American exotic dancer. The media did everything to cover the story, but it all prompted into a chain of terrible events that eventually morphed into an authentic ordeal. I will argue that there were several flaws from the media covering the Duke lacrosse rape case, such flaws proved to affect public opinion because of factual errors and misusage of appropriate language. But if journalists would have stuck to the SPJ (Society of Professional Journalists)…

    • 146 Words
    • 1 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Chains Thesis Paper In Chains, by Laurie Halse Anderson, the author is trying to convey the message that everyone has to work for freedom. This is represented by both the personal story of Isabelle struggling with being a slave, and the historical aspect of America fighting the Revolutionary War. “Ruth and me are free, Pastor. Miss Finch freed us in her will.”…

    • 506 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    ‘American Horror Story’ Season 6, News Update: Premiere Date Announced, Special Logo Released For quite a while, there was no buzz regarding the upcoming season 6 of ‘American Horror Story’. And it looked like there might be nothing for some more time. However, good news has arrived. The official premiere date of season 6 has been announced and it will air on 14 September, 2016 on FX cable network.…

    • 359 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Superior Essays

    Murder! Butterflies! Big Jim shooting televisions and yelling at a dog! Weird alien-like cocoons! An alternate reality!…

    • 1783 Words
    • 8 Pages
    Superior Essays
  • Great Essays

    Prison Population: The growing business “They speak about school system being used to feed young people into youth detention, jails, and prisons where those bodies are suddenly worth a fortune. People say that the criminal justice system does not work” (Bonnie Kerness). America has captured and controlled the population by putting our people in prisons while private prison companies like Corrections Corporations of America and The GEO group celebrate the fact that they gain more money as the rate of incarcerated raises and according to Online paralegal degree, “2.3 million people living behind bars in the United States, ”. Moreover this affects mainly people who are economically disadvantaged. According to the book “Race to Incarcerate” by Marc Mauer, Mauer argues that America has used prison to punish the people and a racial disparity in our justice system is happening.…

    • 2271 Words
    • 10 Pages
    Great Essays
  • Improved Essays

    During Lin-Manuel Miranda’s acceptance speech at the Tonys focuses directly on his audience as well as the world around him. The Orland Pulse shooting recent to this event reveals many emotions throughout the country. As Miranda presents his acceptance as a sonne using the shooting content and life’s messy organization to drag in everyone watching, along with speed and tone while delivering this speech. The use of verbal commands, PVLEGS, and ACOVA develops the speech for all.…

    • 485 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    President Barack Obama presents a speech at a prayer vigil to give his remarks to the victims of the Sandy Hook shooting. Obama’s purpose is to comfort American citizens and to ensure them that even though they are suffering, they owe future generations a safer society. He adopts a solemn and inspiring tone to influence the feelings of his mature audience of mostly American parents, expresses the extent of this tragedy and commends those who acted with bravery. Immediately, Obama addresses the audience and sets the tone for his speech. Aware his audience includes grieving parents, Obama begins with a word of encouragement from Scripture to console them and to encourage them to look ahead.…

    • 1288 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Speech Analysis: President Ronald Reagan's Address on the Space Shuttle “Challenger” Ever had a day already planned out and then something happens that throws everything array? On the evening of January twenty-eighth in 1986, President Ronald Reagan's main goal of the speech was to mourn and remember the lives lost. Ronald Reagan delivered the speech because he was the President and also because he was fit to present this speech to the public because he's not personally invested in the lives that were lost or the failed mission but he still can understand the significance of the loss while not getting emotionally distraught. Even though this was a national broadcast speech, consideration of the audience is important in making a connection with all audience members and his tone sets the stage of the speech. Firstly, the audience was very broad, as he spoke to all the people of America.…

    • 696 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Hurricane Imma Satire

    • 617 Words
    • 3 Pages

    The Fall television premiere season isn’t in full swing yet, but that might be a good thing. On Friday night the TV viewers of the world might have the tube on, but it’s not because of the new programing. The big story right now is the weather. Hurricane Irma is slated to hit the USA with a serious impact. Fifty years ago when a hurricane hit America there wasn’t much warning for the public.…

    • 617 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Decent Essays

    Speaker Analysis of Human Trafficking Rhonda Hendrickson, the director of the YWCA in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania visited Shippensburg University November 16th and gave a presentation about human trafficking. Ms. Hendrickson stated that although it is not seem to be a large problem in the United States, human tracking is now considered to be one of the fasted growing criminal industries. This is not only true in the United States, but for the entire world. The only illegal practice that has a bigger profit in today’s world is drug trafficking. Human trafficking produces approximately thirty-two bullion dollars in an annual revenue and this number is still increasing with the increase of popularity of human trafficking.…

    • 873 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Decent Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Rhetorical Analysis

    • 535 Words
    • 3 Pages

    Project SELF interests caught my attention since sophomore year. In May of 2017, an unexpected news from my father came out of blue. My father was fired from his job. I was speechless because I worried about the future. Although, I realized my father worked at the tender age of seventeen, and moved twice to the United States twice in order to give his family the best life possible.…

    • 535 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    The 8th Quentin Tarantino film is coming. Even in pre production, there was an unprecedented amount of hype for The Hateful Eight. The script leaked and a film fans from all around the world flocked to get an early glimpse of what Tarantino’s 8th feature has in stall for us all but then- it was called off. QT abandoned the film and said he would publish it because he had “Plenty more where that came from”.…

    • 1955 Words
    • 8 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Don’t get me wrong, I enjoy watching “Orange Is the New Black”, “Gilmore Girls” and “The Office” just as much as any other Netflix user. But if you need some search bar inspiration that’s a little bit off the beaten path, then this list of movies and TV shows is for you. “Schitt’s Creek” (2015) Although this series is new to Netflix, its third season premiered last month on Pop TV. I must say that I have been watching this show since its first season premiered in the United States.…

    • 557 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Rhetorical Analysis

    • 711 Words
    • 3 Pages

    Reading through the article it is easy to tell that the author is explaining how people can associate happiness more from experiences, rather than tangible items. The essay follows the author as he discusses this idea with professors and researchers in the field of psychology, and presents this through the rhetorical devices of logos and pathos. He provides examples to support his claims, and shows that he is a credible source. Along with this he can draw the reader in as he explains why people have more happiness after an experience as appose to an object purchase. Throughout this article, the author is able to relay his ideas to his readers because of his accurate usage of the rhetorical devices.…

    • 711 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Improved Essays
  • Improved Essays

    Coretta Scott King uses many rhetorical devices to convince others to support her claims in her speech, “The Death Penalty is a Step Back.” She takes advantage of the persuasive techniques known as pathos, logos, and ethos. King uses pathos, messages intended to trigger an emotional response from listeners, to raise feelings of inspiration to fight against the death penalty. She achieves this by using powerful vocabulary. “An evil deed is not redeemed by an evil deed of retaliation.”…

    • 328 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Improved Essays