Enthymeme

Tracing the Production of Knowledge Rhetoric is the art of discourse wherein a writer or speaker endeavors to inform or persuade his audience; it can present in a visual or symbolic form too as a subject of formal study or as a social practice. Ancient Greece and Rome highly appreciated the art of rhetoric; its most obvious definition came from the great Greek philosopher, Aristotle who deliberated it as a complement of both logic and politics and defined it as the ability to perceive the all…

Laptops: The Rise or Fall of Student Learning? Introduction- Many schools are switching to a more technological based way of teaching. A computer for every student is a goal that has been discussed for years among politicians and educators. Despite the numerous calls to meet this goal, most school systems in the US have fallen short. Indeed, some school systems have attempted and scrapped laptop programs as unmanageable. Even with the difficulties involved, laptops improve the education of…

COMS 100B – Examination One Lianne Woo Question One: Goals, Themes, and Requested Actions: Although salad may be seen as a healthy alternative, Tamar Haspel’s aim in “Why salad is overrated” is to report that lettuce is more harmful than beneficial, in ways that are unhealthy and wasteful. Haspel informs the audience that the resources needed to process the vegetables cost more than the vegetables itself; she also explains why lettuce is overvalued, giving details to the nutrition density,…

likable or pleasant sort of character such that he can easily persuade the audience and most importantly he must be able to put his hearers into the right frame of mind. Aristotle states that there are two vital tools to be employed in argumentation: enthymeme i.e., basically an argument that can be logically simplified to a syllogism) and examples (Rapp 20-22). He also included a list of nine types of fallacious reasoning, such as…

Enthymemes i. All prescription medication causes serious side effects (Premise 1) Benzodiazepines are a type of prescribed medication (Premise 2) Therefore, benzodiazepines causes’ side effects (Conclusion) ii. 80% of students report feeling “often stressed”…

While I sitting on the couch watching TV and grading, an advertisement for Uber popped across my TV. The advertisement was remarkable in a few ways. First rather than trying to encourage consumers to use their product, it was recruiting employees. Second, the campaign was built around the slogan “get your side hustle on.” I focus on two different ads for Uber. The first titled “It 's Time,” features a montage of clips of various individuals driving for Uber. The voice over tells the story of…

Dialectical Journal Entries—The Bonesetter’s Daughter by Amy Tan Passage: “Years before, she had dreamed of writing stories as a way to escape. She could revise her life and become someone else. She could be somewhere else. In her imagination she could change everything, herself, her mother, her past. But the idea of revising her life also frightened her, as if by imagination alone she were condemning what did not like about herself or others. Writing what you wished was the most dangerous…

In the early 1970s, Harvey Milk decided to campaign for the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. In 1977, Milk was finally elected, and became the first openly gay man to hold office in U.S. history. During his campaign he wanted his supporters to know that he supports, and would not undermine the less privileged. In doing so, he became an advocate for racial minorities, differently abled, and elderly Americans. The famous speech “You Can Not Live on Hope Alone” was presented to his audience…