...Jay Heinrich writes an informative and persuasive book, thank you for arguing to imply what Aristotle, Lincoln and Homer Simpson can teach us about the art of persuasion. Heinrich’s purpose was to persuade readers on the different ways to argue using rhetoric and how to use the different argument tools such as ethos, logos and pathos to argue. Heinrich first began with a changed life when John Quincy Adams introduced him to rhetoric. After being introduced to rhetoric Heinrich saw rhetoric as a function of argument without anger. In terms of rhetorical strategy he defines seduction as manipulation which leads to consensus. According to Heinrich, a good tool for determining the outcome of an argument, is to not try to outscore your opponent, but try to instead get your way. In order to succeed that particular tool, you must have a personal goal in what you would want...
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...topic, but before everything the people went on riots to express their position on this topic. Every person has their own point of view on how police do their jobs and whether it is morally right or wrong.An author by the name Tina Rosenberg does not effectively appeal emotion to the audience on the subject of deatch caused by plice arrests. She states that many black people are involved in these accidents without provocating police officers, pathos is only seen when talking about the unfair treatment toward african americans which is not entirely demonstrated throughout the article. However Tina gives her analysis of her view on this trending and growing problem on whether police...
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...English 15 sec 209 Rhetorical Situation Handout: “Rhetoric is the art of observing in any given situation the available means of persuasion.” --Aristotle Some terms to become familiar with over next few classes * Opportunity for Change The problem—the thing that tugs you into the conversation, inspires you to respond, to speak, write, etc.. The attitude, action, or opinion you want to change. * Purpose Ask yourself: What can I accomplish with rhetoric? How can I use words to respond effectively to this opportunity? * Rhetorical Audience Those persons who are capable of being influenced by your addition to the discourse, of being changed or influenced to bring about change. Questions to consider: Who is your audience? What are they like? What opinions do they hold? What are their feelings about this opportunity to resolve a problem, to make a change? How will they react to your message? * Fitting Response 1. Addresses the opportunity for change 2. Is appropriate in content, tone, and timing 3. Is delivered in an appropriate medium 4. Reaches, satisfies, and maybe even changes the actions, opinions, or attitudes of the intended audience * Considerations for Composing a Fitting Response Available means of persuasion: The physical material used for delivering the information, the place from which the writer creates and sends the information . . .And (most importantly in this case) the elements of the presentation itself—persuasive...
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...COMMUNICATION THEORY A review of Stephen Mailloux’s (1995, ed) discussion of “Sophistry and Rhetorical pragmatism” (pp1-30) and West and Turner’s (2010, pp.312-327) discussion of “Rhetoric”. This essay is a review of Stephen Mailloux’s discussion of Sophistry and Rhetorical pragmatism (Mailloux, 1995) and West and Turner’s discussion of Rhetoric (West & Turner, 2010). The writings in question discuss the origins and evolution of Rhetoric, with Mailloux introduce a historical and philosophical criticism of “sophistic Rhetoric as applied in the modern American context” (for example, neopragmatism and poststructuralism), and evaluated in the rest of the book, whilst West and Turner enlighten the reader about the heurism and globalism of Aristotle’s Rhetorical theory with a focus on the discipline of public speaking. Mailloux introduces sophistic Rhetoric as founded on the pragmatic doctrine that “Man is the measure of all things: of things which are, that they are, and of things which are not, that they are not”, a phrase attributed to the Sophist Protagoras (Patrick, 2006). Others Sophists of note include Gorgias, Prodicus, Hippias and Thrasymachus – quoted in Plato’s Republic as saying “… ‘Just’ or ‘right’ means nothing but what is to the interest of the stronger party” (Plato & Lane, 2007)). West and Turner’s account of the Rhetoric show that the first teachers of Rhetoric were the "Sophists”, who were nomadic teachers of public speaking that were respected for their intellect...
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...In my rhetorical analysis of the CoverGirl advertisement I analysis three rhetorical tools that are strongly conveyed to me. The advertisement uses these rhetorical tools to further persuaded audiences to buy the CoverGirl product and even stick with the brand. In this analysis I will cover the rhetorical appeals that try to convince viewers that the product is superior, the use of myth and how it is used to strengthen the persuasiveness of the advertisement, and the rhetorical situation of the advertisement. Let us move onto rhetorical appeal Rhetorical appeal is a very good way to structure any persuasive document and when used correctly it can service its purpose well. Let’s analysis how this persuasive advertisement uses rhetorical appeal. Pathos in this advertisement is very straight forward; it wants the view to be curious but also excited with a hint of wonder or in other words it wants “to raise emotions” (Aristotle, n.d. p. 146) within a viewer. The use of Taylor Swift along with the mention of more bang for your buck, since this cream can beat ones that cost $180, would draw on a viewer’s emotion and cause them to be persuaded because their idol is advertising a product that she, Taylor Swift, is using daily to perfect her skin and it isn’t an expensive designer brand. Next we will focus on logos and its use in this advertisement. Logos is the “logical appeals [that] stress the reasonableness” (Aristotle, n.d p. 146). This advertisement relies heavily on...
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...University of Phoenix Material Rhetorical Modes Matrix Rhetorical modes are various methods for effectively communicating through language and writing. Complete the following chart to identify the purpose and structure of the various rhetorical modes used in academic writing. Provide at least two tips for writing each type of rhetorical device. | |Purpose |Structure |Tips | |Rhetorical mode |Explain when or why each |Explain what organizational method works |Provide two tips for writing | | |rhetorical mode is used. |best with each rhetorical mode. |in each rhetorical mode. | |Narration |The purpose of narrative writing |Using Chronological Order. The order in |Writing a Factual Story- based| | |is to tell stories. When you tell |which events unfold, from first to last. |on, and tries to be faithful | | |a story to a friend or family | |in, actual events as they | | |member about an event or incident.| |unfold in real life. | | | | |Writing a Fictional Story- a | | | | ...
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...University of Phoenix Material Rhetorical Modes Quiz Complete the following chart to identify the purpose and structure of the various rhetorical modes used in academic writing. Provide at least two tips for writing each type of rhetorical device. |Rhetorical mode |Purpose |Structure |Tips | | | | | | | |Explain when or why each rhetorical |Explain what organizational method works best |Provide two tips for writing in each | | |mode is used. |with each rhetorical mode. |rhetorical mode. | |Narration |Narration tells the story of what |For narration, chronological order makes the |It’s best to start with deciding if | | |happened. Specifically the events that|most sense which is a method of organization. |you want to write fictional or a | | |occurred and who was involved. |This method allows for the organization of |factual story. You should then create| | | |life events whether real or fictional. |a plot summary that...
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...RHETORICAL ANALYSIS ON AN ADVERTISEMENT Name Institution Date The aim of every advertisement is to reach out to as many people as possible and relay the intended information to them. The hallmark of its effectiveness is only measurable through determination of its levels of persuasion. It is not very easy to appeal to a given mass and have the ability to change their beliefs, behaviors, intentions, motivations and attitudes. To do so, there are a number of factors, that different and distinct, that must be brought together intricately to create a complex appeal mechanism. To achieve the intended purpose within the set limits, an advertisement or campaign must employ the different modes of persuasion that are ethical strategies used for rhetorical appeal. These strategies are categorized rhetoric devices that classify the appeal that an advertisement might have on the audience. They are; pathos, logos and ethos. Pathos is an appeal on the emotions of an audience. It is responsible for eliciting sympathy and empathy from the target audience. Logos is the logical appeal that an advertisement might have on the audience. It is the aspect that deals with facts and figures. Ethos is particularly concerned with the authority the proposers of a given campaign have on the given field. The qualifications that a creator or an advertiser may have with regard to the content of their advertisement will definitely influence the audience’s ability to relate with the advert. In 2007, a UK...
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...Rhetorical Analysis No matter what fields you are in, we as academic writers will be familiar with rhetorical choices. Rhetorical choices play an important role in writing. They’re the “key ingredients” in a paper in order to capture readers’ attention and achieve writers’ purposes. When I was in Human Resource Organization Behaviors 101 class, professor Thomas Shirley assigned an ethics case for each group. I joined a group of five people and we got together for several group meetings. Finally, I was assigned to compose the “Ethical Analysis” section. Toward to the paper deadline, we produced the paper called “Starbucks: Friend or Foe.” The purpose of the assignment was to argue that whether the company’s decision was ethical when Starbucks fired employees for supporting unions and applied the four-component model of ethical decision making to this case. Discourse community is an essential factor when composing a paper. According to “Students Writing Handbook”, discourse community is a unique communication tool which people use to communicate with their readers within their fields (30). Since the paper was written for a required upper division major core course, the discourse community is all business majors. The genre was a general business paper with three sections: case summary, ethical analysis, and recommendations. We are college students are trained to become more professional in our careers. As a result, my group paper’s intended audiences were only Professor Thomas Shirley...
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...University of Phoenix Material Rhetorical Modes Quiz Complete the following chart to identify the purpose and structure of the various rhetorical modes used in academic writing. Provide at least two tips for writing each type of rhetorical device. Rhetorical mode Purpose Explain when or why each rhetorical mode is used. Structure Explain what organizational method works best with each rhetorical mode. Tips Provide two tips for writing in each rhetorical mode. Narration Tells the story of what happened, the specific events that happened, and the people who were involved Illustration Explains a general statement by means of one or more specific examples Description Describes something – a person, a place, or an object Classification gathers items, ideas, or information into types, kinds, or categories according to a single basis of division Process analysis Describes how to do something, how a particular event occurs, or how something works Definition Explains what a word, idea, or topic means Comparison and contrast Helps the reader understand one person, place, or thing in relation to another Cause and effect Examines why something happened or what its consequences were or will be Persuasion Involves the development of the writer's own argument Copyright © 2011 by Flat World Knowledge. All rights reserved. Adapted with permission. Select one of the topics below and determine at least one rhetorical mode that would be appropriate...
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...Associate Program Material Appendix C Rhetorical Modes Matrix Rhetorical modes are methods for effectively communicating through language and writing. Complete the following chart to identify the purpose and structure of the various rhetorical modes used in academic writing. Provide at least 2 tips for writing each type of rhetorical device. |Rhetorical Mode |Purpose – Explain when or why |Structure – Explain what organizational |Provide 2 tips for writing in | | |each rhetorical mode is used. |method works best with each rhetorical mode. |each rhetorical mode. | |Narration |The art of storytelling |Fictional or factual |The unfolding of events the | | | | |beginning middle and end | | |Demonstration | |Controlled ideas or order of | |Illustration | |Shows supporting points with evidence |importance | |Description |Descriptions is appealing to the| |Using senses and use of | | |five sense |The sense of sight ,sound, smell, touch and |arrangement based on | | | |taste ...
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...Associate Program Material Appendix C Rhetorical Modes Matrix Rhetorical modes are methods for effectively communicating through language and writing. Complete the following chart to identify the purpose and structure of the various rhetorical modes used in academic writing. Provide at least 2 tips for writing each type of rhetorical device. |Rhetorical Mode |Purpose – Explain when or why |Structure – Explain what organizational |Provide 2 tips for writing in | | |each rhetorical mode is used. |method works best with each rhetorical mode. |each rhetorical mode. | |Narration |Is to tell a story, an event or |The organizational method that will work best| The 2 tips for narration is | | |series of events |is chronological order. |to decide if the story is | | | | |factual or fictional and use | | | | |transitional words or phrases.| | |Is to show a point to the reader|Organize the evidence in terms of importance,|Vary the phrases of | |Illustration |and uses evidence to support it |either from least important to most important|illustration you use. | | | |and vice versa ...
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...Kenneth Burke on Dramatism and Rhetorical Theory I find it regrettable that social scientists automatically ignore Aristotle's Rhetoric. I don't say Aristotle has given us the last word on these matters. But I submit that his actual treatment of topics is fundamentally correct. You could add new topics and develop accordingly. But what you got 2,000 years ago was the kind of approach that can be built on in principle. (Burke 1967:327). While researching many of Kenneth Burke’s books and essays I found that Burke's writings on rhetorical theory demonstrate his passionate concern with artistic communication within social life. His work provides a broad, useful approach for understanding various ways theorists have constructed in the development of their theories of how people use language within social contexts. The theory of Dramatism, constructed by Kenneth Burke, is one of the most radical and complex theories in communication studies. Kenneth Burke struggled for many years to build, reconstruct, and define the aspects of his theory. The use of different articles that either focus on certain aspects of Dramatism and rhetorical theory provide examples of how they can be applied, to simply make more sense of Burke’s concepts and in turn, assert its legitimacy as a very important interpretive theory. Undoubtedly, Dramatism has sparked much debate about rhetorical criticism. It is also undeniable that the heart of Burke’s research and the theory of Dramatism in general is...
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...Rhetorical Analysis of The Perils of Indifference by Elie Wiesel As part of the Millennium Lecture Series hosted by the White House, notable author, Noble Peace Prize Winner, and Holocaust survivor Elie Wiesel delivered the speech The Perils of Indifference on April 12, 1999. He delivered this speech in order to inspire the American people to take action in times of human suffering, injustice, and violence, in order to prevent events like the Holocaust from happening again in the future. Through the use of the modes of persuasion, his rhetorical situation, and word choice, Wiesel successfully appeals to his audience of President Clinton and his wife, the members of Congress, Ambassador Holbrooke, his “excellencies” and the rest of the American public. Wiesel’s main point in his speech is that of indifference and what can come about because of it. In order to successfully define indifference to the audience and persuade them to never be indifferent in the future, Wiesel defines its etymology, as “no difference” and uses numerous comparisons on what may cause indifference, as “a strange and unnatural state in which the lines blur” in circumstances like light and dark and good and evil. To prove that indifference is both a sin and a punishment, Wiesel appeals to logos and ethos, stating that he is aware of how tempting it may be to be indifferent and that it can be easier to avoid something rather than take action against it. He believes that indifference benefits the aggressor...
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...conceptualize appropriate strategies to better the organization’s public relations position in the eyes of its stakeholders. In order to identify the appropriate strategy to use, public relations practitioners fall back on the four key theories of public relations – discourse, rhetorical, ethical and critical. These theories help in defining the public relations plan and strategy by assisting in evaluating, examining, planning and performing public relations activities such as gaining publicity, providing entertainment, disseminating information and developing national public information campaigns. Depending on the outcome the organization hopes to achieve and its current circumstances, professionals would seek to apply the most appropriate theory applicable to their situation. Rhetorical theory Rhetoric is defined as the art of effective or persuasive speaking or writing. (Online Oxford Dictionaries, 2012) Rhetorical theory, examines the various methods in which language, signs or symbols are carefully selected and organized by the practitioner to produce persuasive and meaningful messages in order to better the organization’s position in the eyes of its publics. (Toth, 1992) The practitioner uses persuasion to soften hostile opinions during crisis management; reinforce latent opinions and positive attitudes and behaviors as well as maintain such favorable...
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