...Reflective Self-Analysis My portfolio demonstrates my understanding of persuasive writing. My idea of persuasive writing is that a good essay will affect the reader in some way shape or form. I believe combining effective uses of logos, pathos, and egos along with structure are very important. My persuasive writing reflects the way I think about argumentation in general. I can see how easy it can be to write a paper arguing a point, but not doing it in the correct manner. For example, if a writer just argues his point without giving any strong evidence and offers no counter-argument the paper will not be effective in persuading the reader. While my writing demonstrates strengths in organization and thesis development, I will continue to work to improve proofreading skills and sentence structure. What’s helped my writing this semester is that I feel confident about work. My writing demonstrates my strength in organization. A lot of this strength originates from class activities and notes. The class that had the biggest effect on me was when we learned about rhetorical analysis structure on page one of my handwritten evidence. In my notes I specifically write down the structure along with extra notes under some categories so I fully understand how to attack the assignment. This led to me getting a perfect ten score under the argumentative structure part on the grading rubric on my rhetorical analysis essay, which is titled “Exposing Education.” Since that learning moment...
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...an academic writing course. On further investigation however, the term rhetoric is confused with the term sophistry which actually does mean “persuasion aimed only at the appearance of truth” (Crider 4). Rhetoric, on the other hand, is a valuable and worthy art of truthful persuasion that uses contexts and strategies to convince others to agree with the author’s...
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...You have been working on short writing assignments and exercises that practice the three individual parts of a rhetorical analysis—identification of the rhetorical situation, close analysis of the parts of the work, and a critical evaluation of the author’s moves and effectiveness. Now you will be putting it all together. You will write a rhetorical analysis on one of the speeches found on this website: http://www.americanrhetoric.com/top100speechesall.html You will identify the rhetorical situation, do a close analysis of a principle or strategy being used, and draw a conclusion on how well the author has accomplished his or her objective. Make sure you do NOT use the same speech as your peers. Assignment: Choose one of the articles. Write...
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...the rhetoric of a speech. As we know where rhetoric is concerned we should inevitably deal with literature. In other words rhetoric is like a joint which connect literature with politics and establish a method of analyzing political speeches called polio-linguistic approach. Thus we can consider political discourses as pieces of literature. Literary techniques especially rhetorical devices serve as one of the most distinctive features of the greatest and most influential speeches of all time. There is no shortage of rhetorical devices used in these speeches, but we can prioritize them by count of repetitions in political discourses. In this study first I have represented the necessity of using these types of persuasive skills in political discourses, the methods within which politicians take advantages of these skills and the different sides of a successful speech. Then after a glance through different rhetorical devices, excerpts from four of the greatest speeches in history are provided with the rhetorical devices indicated in them. Finally a quite deep examination of the most important of these rhetorical devices is presented and the conclusion is made through comparing these samples. The primary purpose of every presenter or rhetorician is to grab people`s attention. After that he/ she needs to convey people`s thoughts and beliefs in his/her to desirable direction. This is a hard job and needs a big deal of effort and commitment. In...
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...whether Anne Feldman’s article, “STEAM Rising: Why we need to put the arts into STEM education,” was effective, ineffective, or both. I came to the conclusion that she was effective. I believe I did an effective job at analyzing Feldman’s article by analyzing her sources she uses as evidence and breaking down how she uses a personal anecdote to use in order to use the rhetorical appeals to persuade her audience. At first when this paper was assigned to me I was terrified by the idea of starting it but as I moved along in the process it became apparent to me that writing is not a scary process. After struggling I became attached and writing became quite pleasant, but stressing none the less. The toughest part about this essay was definitely begging it and ending it. The easiest was writing the third body paragraph since it includes a personal experience. Since I am biased towards my grade I would reward my self with an A and although someone else might not think it is I wont go lower because part of my lifestyle is to never put my self down. In this essay I focused on capitalization. In the future I hope to improve on my grammar. I look forward to see my writing improve this year! STEAM vs. STEM “STEAM Rising: Why we need to put the arts into STEM education,” authored by Anne Feldman, an article whose purpose is to push the audience, those invested in the hard sciences and educators, to integrate the arts into the academic disciplines of science, technology, engineering, and...
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...Robert Williamson EN1420 ANALYSIS 1.1 The reader or audience for the text ideally must care enough to read or otherwise take in the text and pay attention. A rhetorical situation invites audience responses and results. Most authors have a targeted reading audience in mind. An audience might change their views as a conclusion and will mediate change or act in a new way. The author creates an argument to convince a particular audience. The text is the argument. Whether it is written, visual, or spoken, the text will have characteristics you can analyze. The end or conclusion either summarizes by restating important points or concludes by emphasizing the most important point, whatever it is that the author wants you to accept, remember, believe or agree. A Bare Bones Guide to Persuasive Writing The audience of this article is interested in the art of persuasive writing as told by the author Rod Baird. The Author’s purpose is to show how the art of persuasion is more like the art of debate. The reasoning for this is because one can begin by stating their opinion and then show evidence to support it. The author goes as far to point out eight helpful techniques that will help you come up with an effective argument in your persuasive writing. Personal appeal, tone, precision, concession, rebuttal, logic, authority and rhetorical question are the eight techniques. The article gives an example of a persuasive writing that came in the form of a letter to a school...
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...CHAP TER Rhetorical Modes 1. NARRATION L E A R N I N G O B J E C T I V E S 10 1. Identify the purpose and structure of narrative writing. 2. Recognize how to write a narrative essay. Rhetorical modes simply mean the ways in which we can effectively communicate through language. This chapter covers nine common rhetorical modes. As you read about these nine modes, keep in mind that the rhetorical mode a writer chooses depends on his or her purpose for writing. Sometimes writers incorporate a variety of modes in one essay. In covering the nine rhetorical modes, this chapter also emphasizes these as a set of tools that will allow you greater flexibility and effectiveness in communicating with your audience and expressing your ideas. rhetorical modes The ways in which we effectively communicate through language. 1.1 The Purpose of Narrative Writing Narration means the art of storytelling, and the purpose of narrative writing is to tell stories. Any time you tell a story to a friend or family member about an event or incident in your day, you engage in a form of narration. In addition, a narrative can be factual or fictional. A factual story is one that is based on, and tries to be faithful to, actual events as they unfolded in real life. A fictional story is a made-up, or imagined, story; the writer of a fictional story can create characters and events as he or she sees fit. However, the big distinction between factual and fictional narratives is based on a writer’s purpose...
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...Obama's victory speech rhetorical analysis. The democrat Barack Obama held a famous victory speech after being elected for president on November, 4th 2012 in his home town Chicago, Illinois. If we starting of by introducing the pentagon model, we know that a speech usually is centred around an intention of the speaker and is depending on the interrelationship between the listeners, the topic, the writer, the language and the circumstances. The topic of this speech is the political campaign, the election, the American population and having high hopes in the future America. The listeners is mostly Obama's supporters as it was being held in Chicago in a building full of democrats, but also for the entire United States and the world in general, considering that America has so much influence on the world. President Obama starts off by being grateful and appreciating the audience. He says thanks three times, which is to calm down the audience but also to highlight his thanks. Afterwards he voices his opinion on how America has been moving forward” It moves forward because you reaffirmed the spirit that has triumphed over war and depression, the spirit that has lifted this country from the depths of despair to the great heights of hope, the belief that while each of us will pursue our own individual dreams, we are an American family, and we rise or fall together as one nation and as one people.” This sentence shows his patos. Obama develops the cohesion by speaking about the...
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...One example of texts that provide types of argument throughout chapter one are the tweets that bring attention to the issues in Saudi Arabia in January 2011. The song lyrics from “#Jan25” also went viral making a statement and an argument for the people in Saudi Arabia. Doctors without Borders is also used to show the arguments of Pathos and Ethos. “Lord of the Flies” is a text that is showing an argument and making a statement through the theme that a society without laws and law enforcement will inevitably fail. This is shown through the society the boys on the island create, initially they have their innocence and live in harmony but without rules their society soon falls and the children's innocence turns to evil. Another book with an underlying argument is “Animal Farm”. This book is giving a warning about the fallacy of the idea of communism and that an uninformed working class will always easily fall into manipulation. Lastly another example is a children's text and now movie “The Lorax”. This text shows that without regard for our environment and without taking care of it, we will end up living in a dump. This is shown through the Lorax’s warning to The Onceler to not cut down the trees, and once he does the environment around them is...
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...Rhetorical Analysis Matthew Matney 10/5/14 Leslee Johnson How often do we look at drawn art; billboards, bumper stickers, comics in the paper, adverts, the list goes on and on. Now think about how many of these things are trying to influence you, one way or another. Every single one. Commercials trying to get you to buy this or that, most are just garbage products getting dressed up by the marketing department. How many of those actually support a worthy cause? Most are trying to get you to buy this or that; I recently stumbled upon an unknown artist who has gotten me to think about how my actions are hurting this planet and its inhabitants. Since I know nothing about this artist or why they made this art I can only assume that they drew this for other people to see, possibly to be printed in a magazine or tabloid. Taking a closer look at the...
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...Strategies are guidelines consisting of planned actions and program components. Public relations practitioners have to analyze situations and 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...
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...* ------------------------------------------------- Course Information: Course Description: Exposition and argument, emphasizing critical thinking in response to electronic and print texts. Focus on exploring, developing, and communicating ideas in a voice appropriate to the audience. Students strengthen skills through pre-writing, drafting, revising, and editing. In-class and out-of-class essays required. Prerequisite: A grade of "C" or better in ENGL 098 taken at 5 credits or recommending score on the writing skills placement test for ENGL 101. | Credits: 5Item #: 2806Class Hours/Locations: 9:00-9:50JSH 248 | ------------------------------------------------- Instructor Information: 0 1 Instructor: Sharla Yates, MA in Writing 2 Office Hours: by appointment only 3 Phone: 503-750-9552 (Last Resort) | 4 E-mail address: syates@clark.edu (Best) 5 Mailstop: FHL 222 6 Office Location: FHL 112 | * ------------------------------------------------- Text & Materials Needed: Required Text: * Hacker, Diana, Ed. Rules for Writers. Boston: Bedford, 2008. * Everything’s an Argument 5th edition. Boston: Bedford 2010. Required Supplies/Materials: You will need daily access to a computer and a printer, both must function properly. You will need access to the Internet. You will receive all assignments, announcements, grades, additional reading materials, videos, handouts and due dates on...
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...consists of drawings, sketches, and memories that document the bombing of Hiroshima by its survivors. While the collection claims that the drawings are being left "for posterity," Berger finds something more important at work here (qtd in Berger 576). Instead he argues that it is through personal narrative (and art) that latter generations can truly comprehend the horror of this action (and others like it). He likens the images to "hell" and labels the action as one of terrorism--one that can never be justified no matter what political side one supports or what aims one hopes to accomplish. Response: Based on the types of readings I have assigned for this class, I don't think it should be any surprise that I believe in the power of the personal narrative. So, on this point, I completely agree with Berger. Reading the number of those who died in the Holocaust, or lost their loved ones in Pearl Harbor, or fell with the Towers on 9/11 has a power on its own. But it is too easy to become immune to numbers. A personal narrative prevents an audience from de-humanizing an issue, and hopefully focus on what is truly important. Rhetorical Analysis: Berger makes two rhetorical choices that are especially effective. The first is that he interweaves excerpts of personal narratives into his own essay. While these narratives support his point, he does not refer to them orexplicate them in any way. Instead he lets them speak for themselves. Since his point is that the personal narrative brings...
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...May, 2004 Rhetoric strategy in Artistic Writing Pathos, logos, and ethos is clearly a tool and an instrument of writing that appeal to the seat of emotion, reason and ethnic. The strategy pays dividends to the extent that it calls to these three aspects of life to address issues. Scholars and majority writers in their scholarly and oratorical works have relied so much on the use of the rhetorical style of writing to construct pathos logos and ethos. “Letter from Birmingham Jail," by Martin Luther King Jr (Francisco, 23) is a profound example of this style at play. The three ideologies independently can survive any intellectual argument; they don’t have to work in tandem. This paper seeks to decipher the effect of using the rhetorical strategy to address racial injustice, and diverse religious ideology. Martin Luther employs the use of pathos and logos to create such a strong emotional appeal. To some extent, all human beings are caught in the inescapable network of mutuality. Martin Luther contends that whatever affects one person directly affect another indirectly. Martin Luther King Jr. in a sense achieves a deep sense of pathos by appealing to the logos. The emotional stylistic appeals clearly put the issues on steroids by drawing from particular aspects that cut across geographical location. The racial injustice is a threat to justice everywhere, including and not limited to Asia and Africa. Historically the world was on the verge...
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...One of the hallmarks of ecofeminism is the idea of connection between the treatment of nature and treatment of women. Many feminists have argued that the goals of these two are mutually reinforcing; ultimately they involve the development of worldviews and practices that are not based on male-biased models of domination. ‘Raping of the land’ and ‘taming nature’ are expressions relatively common and the same language is often used in connection with women. As Rosemary Ruether wrote in her book, New Woman/NewEarth: Women must see that there can be no liberation for them and no solution to the ecological crisis within a society whose fundamental model of relationships continues to be one of domination. They must unite the demands of the women's...
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