Appeal

After the first few quiet weeks in the Student Government Association, I decided to write my balcony assignment for the first week of student group appeals. Although I am a part of the Student Government, I am only involved in legislative meetings for my weekly committee update so taking a back seat and really observing interactions isn’t new for me. Often times however I just phase out the dialogue to get other work done. For this meeting I really wanted to tune in and see how a long meeting…

rhetoric comes into play. Rhetoric is the idea of using words to persuade and sway an audience. Rhetoric gives off appeals to earn approval from the audience. These appeals further the process of persuading a person to come to the place of business. Within these appeals are three specific ones; The pathetic (pathos), ethical (ethos), logical (logos).…

writing. The author adds in her own personal experience which will appeal more to the readers. Not only does she added her own life story but she uses great examples of logic emotion and establishing her credibility. In her writing she urges those of us who tend to be taciturn to share our important truths with others now, because we are all in this existence for a finite period of time (Lorde, 43). This example is a strong appeal to the readers logic. People always think it will never happen to…

around giving a speech. Lucas states “There is no question that emotional appeals can be abused by unscrupulous speakers for detestable causes. But emotional appeals can also be wielded by honorable speakers for noble causes.” (Lucas, 2012 pg. 345). Lucas reminds the readers that the ethical line will not always be clearly seen, so speakers must be extremely careful. The ethical line can be especially tricky in emotional appeals. This is because different countries have different views on…

I chose two out of class essays, “A Powerful Tool: Emotional Appeal” and “Animal Testing Is Still Necessary,” to submit because these topics relate to social hotspots, so audiences will be attracted by these articles. Also, it’s easy to develop explicit claims for both of the topics. There is a lot of evidence that enhance the credibility of the articles to support the claims I assert. More importantly, the use of counter arguments in the essays shows consideration of both sides. Not just a…

Aristotle is credited with creating the defining foundations of all arguments even to this day, with his logos (logical appeal), pathos (emotional appeal), and ethos (ethical appeal), Aristotle created the most basic formula for every spoken and written argument after them, found in every successful argument. Maya Angelou is one of the most well-known and well regarded African-American writers in American history and played a role in the greatly important Civil Rights Movement and was very good…

More so, Coach Gene’s real agenda was to win more than anything else. Because this was not the case for Arthur, Coach Gene could have kept Arthur at St. Josephs if he found him a sponsor similar to what he did for William. The filmmaker showed the appeal to logic with providing information to find logically flawed answer from the school and Coach…

from it. Upton Sinclair is quoted as saying “I aimed at the public’s heart and by accident I hit it in the stomach,” because his novel did not get the reception he was looking for. The Jungle was first published in a Socialist magazine called “The Appeal to Reason” in 1905. It was later published as a standalone novel in 1906. The Jungle follows the life of Jurgis Rudkus and his family after they have immigrated from Lithuania to Chicago. The novel portrays the lives of immigrants and what…

loans because there are many benefits that students should experience while they’re still in school. In Hopkins’ article, she explains four benefits of taking out loans to get a higher education and uses rhetoric appeals to support her points, but the article still lacks of logical appeal even though she successfully shows good ethos and pathos to the reader. The thesis of Hopkins article Student Loans Pack Surprising Benefits is the benefits…

After attending the court of appeals case at The Belo Mansion, I felt more educated on how the courts work. It was very informational to watch the two attorneys argue for two people that are deceased. Both of the attorneys stated their arguments well and they used facts and data to back up their side. The best attorney was the one representing the Fredric “Tex” Asche Jr.’s children because he was straight forward and he seemed to know a lot about the case. What I did not like about the attorney…