In Barbara Ehrenreich’s narrative, “Serving in Florida”, she discusses several hypocritical managers. These managers are very hypocritical by not doing any meaningful work themselves, but only serve to micromanage employees and give them menial tasks when they make mistakes or appear to be not working. One example of this is her boss Stu at Hearthside: When, on a particularly dead afternoon, Stu finds me glancing at a USA Today a customer has left behind, he assigns me to vacuum the entire floor
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Prompt 1 All stories have a beginning, a middle, and an end. Yann Martel’s Life of Pi is no different. However, some argue that the first part, which deals with Pi’s coming of age and homeland, could be disregarded entirely to make a stronger novel. In viewing the completed work, it is clear that every component, no matter how obscure or bizarre, is absolutely critical to the success of the novel. All elements of the writing, from Pi’s religion to his fascination with sloths, are vital, for they
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Frederick Douglass, a well-known self-taught former slave, gave a speech about the Fourth of July on July 5, 1852 that challenged the institution of slavery and revealed the hypocrisy of the Fourth of July to slaves. Douglass uses ethos, pathos, and logos throughout his speech in order to convince his audience that there is no conceivable reason for slavery to exist. His audience were rich white citizens, including the president. Douglass first uses ethos by introducing himself to his audience and
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The Clearwater Divorce Attorney, Dean Tsourakis’ website practices the use of an ample amount of rhetorical devices to portray their objectives, goals, and services. The website is able to grasp the consumer’s attention by means of persuasion of logos, pathos, and ethos. This website correlates with the poem “Leaving the Motel” by persuading people like the characters in the poem to seek divorce help. The website pulls you in with promises of protection of your children and assets, if you hire them
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Defense Tactics Malcolm X was not viewed as a peacemaker. In his Liberation by Any Means Necessary speech, he states that “1964 will be America’s hottest year; a year of much racial violence and much racial bloodshed. But it won’t be blood that’s going to flow from only one side. The new generation of black people that have grown up in this country ...are already forming an opinion, that if there is to be bleeding, it should be reciprocal” There Malcolm is saying that he predicts that there will
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specific paths that any new or aspiring prince must take in order to be a successful juxtaposition leader. Since he naturally provides numerous historical examples for both successful and unsuccessful approaches, their is perhaps the most effective rhetorical strategy on display in this text. As such, it is only logical that we examine the most successful example of a prince, that being Ferdinand of Aragon, so as to illuminate Machiavelli’s argument in greater detail. The most striking element of Ferdinand’s
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Millions of people all over the world are unhappy with their jobs. Since 1995, CareerBuilder has helped many of these workers find better, more enjoyable employment. The company did not become the largest online job site in the US by chance, however. In fact, much of their success is due to clever commercials that are intended to target “unemployed, underemployed and unhappily employed workers.” One advertisement in particular, titled “Monkey Business”, primarily uses pathos to keep viewers engaged
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Joshua Gutzmer Mr. Phinizy English 10 November 12, 2014 Synthesis Essay The supermom syndrome has jumped genders. Now it is working men who want to be great fathers. What has changed to make the working dad’s life more stressful? Balancing responsibilities, goals, and a personal life is a struggle for many people, but the most important priorities in life such as family should not be neglected. In “Double Daddy”, societies expectation of dads are to work, make money, and tend to their kids
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Rather than including impractical information, rhetors include specific details and use certain styles in order to achieve their purpose. Within the excerpt from Tim O’Brien’s “On the Rainy River”, the author communicates his internal conflictions about the war. The rhetor of this excerpt uses both syntax and imagery in order to justify his decision and earn ethical acceptance from the audience. O’Brien includes imagery as a method to support and propel his purpose. The audience has perceived O’Brien
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During my 9:10am English class is we disscused a controversial topic this Monday. The topic at hand was Colin Kaepernick decison to take a knee durning the national anthem. It was a heated debate, both sides took their stand and great thoughts were shared. However, as it turns out most of the class including my professor, viewed Colin Kaepernick's peaceful protests as injust. His goal is to raise awareness of police brutality andI racial inequality. He does not want to stand up to a flag or a country
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