You will always find some type of genre, rhetorical situation, and a specific audience in books, ads, promotions etc. anything that it's written or said. Genre is where the authors writing, ideas, and their communication takes shape. Rhetorical situation is when the author uses specific language to persuade, motivate, or inform his audience. Audience is the intended or imagined readers or recipients of the writing or communication. One example of genre is the way the author expresses himself into the words to clarify the situation of the story. An example of rhetoric are commercials and ads that pop up on social media and promote new things for viewers to try and buy. The audience is who the author is trying to reach out to. For example audience
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As he goes into reading he wants others to learn along with him because Alexie thinks that no one should be set with low expectations. Alexie mentions that by reading people can save themselves.
Alexie uses rhetorical strategies to communicate with the readers. Pathos and ethos were a big part of “Superman and me.” Pathos took place when Alexie motivated himself in not being part of another “...Indian children who were expected to be stupid”(293) and ethos took place when Alexie finally learned how to read and wants to teach other children. Logo is also used in the story but very little. Logo is used when Alexie begins to analyze his whole life in terms of …show more content…
You can see the ambition Alexie has and how hard he tries to break the low expectations along with the stereotypes. Another example is when He states, “A smart Indian is a dangerous person, widely feared and ridiculed by Indians and non-Indians alike”(293). Here you can also understand how the children are afraid to show smartness in front of non-Indians. Ethos happen when he states “ I am smart. I am arrogant, I am lucky”( 293) because Alexie expresses strong motivation in lifting himself up from low standards. Another one would be when he says, “I cannot recall a single time that a guest teacher visited the reservation…[so now,]... I visit schools and teach creative writing to Indian kids”(416). The author shows how Alexie provides opportunities he never had when he was young. By proving creative writing he is leading the kids into a better future where they can “...[save] their lives”(416). These ethos just lead into how successful Alexie became by his own motivation and now that he has reach his goal of success he wants to help others and motivated them into also being successful in any life without non-Indian expectations. Logo is when he says “ I began to think of everything in terms of paragraphs” (293). Here you can tell that he took the knowledge he had received from reading into parts of his everyday life.
As he goes into reading he wants others to learn along with him because Alexie thinks that no one should be set with low expectations. Alexie mentions that by reading people can save themselves.
Alexie uses rhetorical strategies to communicate with the readers. Pathos and ethos were a big part of “Superman and me.” Pathos took place when Alexie motivated himself in not being part of another “...Indian children who were expected to be stupid”(293) and ethos took place when Alexie finally learned how to read and wants to teach other children. Logo is also used in the story but very little. Logo is used when Alexie begins to analyze his whole life in terms of …show more content…
You can see the ambition Alexie has and how hard he tries to break the low expectations along with the stereotypes. Another example is when He states, “A smart Indian is a dangerous person, widely feared and ridiculed by Indians and non-Indians alike”(293). Here you can also understand how the children are afraid to show smartness in front of non-Indians. Ethos happen when he states “ I am smart. I am arrogant, I am lucky”( 293) because Alexie expresses strong motivation in lifting himself up from low standards. Another one would be when he says, “I cannot recall a single time that a guest teacher visited the reservation…[so now,]... I visit schools and teach creative writing to Indian kids”(416). The author shows how Alexie provides opportunities he never had when he was young. By proving creative writing he is leading the kids into a better future where they can “...[save] their lives”(416). These ethos just lead into how successful Alexie became by his own motivation and now that he has reach his goal of success he wants to help others and motivated them into also being successful in any life without non-Indian expectations. Logo is when he says “ I began to think of everything in terms of paragraphs” (293). Here you can tell that he took the knowledge he had received from reading into parts of his everyday life.