Visual rhetoric

As the famed philosopher, Plato once said, “Rhetoric is the art of ruling the minds of men.” While each piece of literature may not cause the readers to praise it, each piece does have rhetorical context, playing a huge role in its meaning. This rhetorical context must match the writing to be successful, as seen with “The Barbie Birthday” and “Let Women Fight.” “The Barbie Birthday,” by Alison Townsend, informs the reader of the thought process children have when growing up with Barbie, as well…

Have you ever had the passion for creativity? Have you wanted to create movies, videos, or be a famous Youtuber? In an advertisement produced by Samsung titled “The Rest of Us,” Samsung highlights the features of their new phone and products that can be used in film-making and production. In the advertisement, it uses Casey Neistat, a famous YouTuber with over six-million subscribers, to deliver a powerful monologue about creativity. He is known for being a top filmmaker on YouTube, producing…

Patrick Henry’s Urgency and Patriotism Patrick Henry is a patriotic politician who strongly feels that America should become defensive against the British in the events leading up to what develops into the American Revolution. In this particular oration, “Speech in the Virginia Convention,” Henry speaks with the intent of creating a sense of urgency and encouraging patriotism among the American people. Pathos, powerful diction, and repetition enable Henry to successfully convince a majority to…

In 1990, author Wendell Berry released an essay titled “The Pleasures of Eating”. The essay focused on the responsibilities of eating, which includes self-awareness regarding what one’s consuming. Berry discusses how to eat responsibly throughout his piece, often citing the hidden dangers of the food industry, which includes the unjustifiable treatment of animals. Berry uses the rhetorical appeals in relation to these matters which allows him to connect and convey his message more strongly…

What man said such powerful words that they are still talked about today? Patrick Henry was a man who was not afraid to speak out about his thoughts and beliefs. He was well known for his passionate speeches, one of the most famous ones being the “Speech in the Virginia Convention”. In his speech, he repeatedly tried to convince the delegates to separate from Britain through the use of ethos, pathos, and logos. Patrick Henry used ethos in his speech by incorporating it in his introduction where…

After close examination it is clear to see that Antony's use of Ethos, Pathos, and logos is far more persuasive than Brutus argument. Anthony's words strike the word of Brutos. At the beginning of Brutus's speech, he instantly uses ethos by telling the people to remember his honor, which is effective and catches the audience's attention. He remind the audience of his wisdom so they will more easily believe him. Brutus states," Believe me for mine honor, and have respect to mine honor that you…

The informative speech I gave on Wednesday about “GM Foods” did not go better than I expected that I could have done because I felt time pressure to organize a verbal outline as closer to written outline. On the topic “GM Foods”, my rhetoric was mainly to inform audiences about negative impact of GM foods on human health. The most difficult part of this informative speech for me is the topic selection. Going through the struggle of finding the topic of large public/audiences interest which can…

Week 2: Discussion 1 After considering the information in this week’s instructor guidance and readings, I understand ethos, pathos, and logos to be..... as a student of Ashford University I have access to many resources like the scholarly source from ashfords library which gives me the ethos to my argument with creditable and trustworthy information for my readers...The pathos is the audience I need to persuade with the true facts and non-biased opinions on the constructed…

Texts 1 and 2 represent the contrasting viewpoints of the different bloggers on the no makeup movement. This difference is due to the conflicts in the beliefs and value system of the individuals. Text 3 is the manifesto of the no makeup movement, written by Alicia Keys, the starter of the movement. Text 4 is an infographic done by a cosmetic store, whose purpose is to sell more makeup products. This conflicts with the nature of the no makeup movement. This is because texts serve different…

Elizabeth Rodriguez Professor Marcelo CAS 113A 19 September, 2015 Transnationalism Identity is who you are. Who you identify yourself as. They are many different ways on defining identity and it all has to do within the situation. In this case I define it as, knowing who you are or what something is. Another word that also should be defined is Transnationalism. Transnationalism is going beyond national boundaries and interests. In two class readings that we covered, “Central American…