Aristotle's Rhetorical Devices Essay

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a human being than the use of his limbs” (Aristotle, Rhetoric). In Aristotle’s book Rhetoric he elaborates on the three rhetorical devices; ethos, logos, and pathos. These devices are found frequently in Shakespeare’s writings, particularly in Julius Caesar. Rhetorical devices are tools of persuasive writing which influence readers through appeals such as credibility, logic, and emotion. To begin, Ethos is a rhetorical device which appeals to credibility or authority. Ethos is a Greek work…

A metaphor is a type of comparison. Many occurances of this rhetorical device can be found. “The accuracy of the shot is comparable to firing a missile from Cape Canaveral and dropping it in this stadium between the yard lines” Kennedy said in relation to the Mariner spacecraft. This is a good use of metaphors because Kennedy is comparing a piece of space technology to a missile being fired. The second rhetorical device is groups of three. Groups of are effective due to the fact that they…

persuasion. However, the rhetorical devices, pathos, logos, and ethos, are designed to interact with each other, not to stand alone. The appeals to emotion are rampant and isolated throughout the inaugural address. The isolated emotional appeals throughout Trump’s Inauguration Speech are problematic for the orator and Aristotle; furthermore, Aristotle would criticize Trump’s heavy reliance on pathos given the composition of Trump’s audience. In accordance to Aristotle’s rhetorical system,…

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-- of War Porn” by Jessica Ramirez, which also debuted in the Newsweek magazine in 2010. This essay examines combat footage of the Iraq and Afghanistan war, released via Internet. Both “Combat High” and “The Appeal – and Danger – of War Porn” use rhetorical…