Anecdote

Nicholas Carr “Is Google Making Us Stupid” suggest through cause and effect and anecdotes that the internet is making the human brain less effective. The author has a strong opinion that technologies such as the internet are negative for the brain capacity. He uses cause and effect to convey the idea that the internet is altering our abilities in a way that we can no longer master the intellectual skills that we used to control. When the author explains how different his reading became with the…

Some people have been lucky enough to experience the privilege of being educated. Whether or not one has been educated, he or she knows education is an important life aspect because it allows people to learn valuable life lessons and skills. Everyone has their own views on which teaching style is the best, including Mr. Steve Wyrick. In an argumentative essay entitled, “Red-Pen Rhetoric: Looking at the Response to Student Writing in Freshman College Composition Courses,” graduate student and…

the podcast, That’s Deep Bro, philosophical questions are explored by the host, Christina Pazsitzky, in her comedic style. She employs personal anecdotes, colloquialisms, and satire to adequately drive her arguments and create an entertaining podcast. At the start of each podcast, Pazsitzky tells a story from her personal life. She uses personal anecdotes to connect her life to the philosophical question she intends to unpack and answer. In “Self Hatred and the Bullsh*t of the Self Esteem…

using personal anecdote, and appealing to ethos to persuade the audience to speak out. Baker was chosen to speak at the March on Washington because her experience of freedom in France and the racism in the U.S. On the other hand, Kennedy had to address an incident that recently happened in that time period. Baker talks about her experience meaning she appeals to ethos, and personal anecdote, but Kennedy appeals to ethos only and both appeals to call to action. Baker uses personal anecdote to…

strength and presence of mind to seize them”, claims Gladwell. Although he makes several noteworthy points within this novel, the idea that success and opportunity are tightly interwoven serves as his most pivotal argument. The use of such devices as anecdotes and statistics help Gladwell construct…

order to support his argument for this audience of policy makers and legislators, McGray builds credibility through the use of anecdotes that surprise and shock his audience, hyperboles to overemphasize his points, and a well-elaborated call to action to encourage his intended audience. McGray effectively employs…

for the surges of uprisings we’ve been experiencing. The core of his argument is that internet activism, while having reinvented social activism, is inefficient in regards to challenging the status quo, and I concur. 
 The article begins with an anecdote, which Malcolm Gladwell consistently returns to discuss. He recounts the beginning of a revolutionary protest, at the Greensboro lunch counter, in the 1960’s; four African American students begin a sit-in,…

purpose successfully by using anecdotes throughout the essays, in many places throughout, all holding relevance to the differing mindsets of the sexes. She also utilizes syntax and diction to further emphasize her point. The thesis that is purported is, despite the differences that are astoundingly immense that separates the sexes, they will continue to attempt to mingle about, with these differing roles and standards serving as obstacles. Quindlen uses an anecdote in the introduction of her…

devices such as pathos, ethos, personification, and anecdotes to emphasize the family’s struggle and to convince Edward to help the family. Eliza uses pathos to display the suffering the debt has brought her in order to make her father-in-law feel sympathy for the family. Her experiences establish ethos, she uses them to justify why she is deserving of the help. In addition, she uses personification to express her distress, as well as anecdotes to be able to make Edward recall the…

the author, Leonard Pitts addresses what should be an unnecessary global issue that involves people who are playing the mobile game "Pokémon GO" on sacred grounds. Within the piece, he uses tone changes and anecdotes to appeal to ethos, logos and pathos. Pitts’s article consists of anecdotes and various tones to improve the effectiveness of his argument. Pitts strengthens his argument by using distinguishing tones that appeal to his credibility and the reader's emotions. The piece begins with…