Writing Assignment Summary and Rhetorical Analysis Assignment: For this writing assignment, select a scholarly article from the Hunt Library on a subject that interests you. Write an essay, of approximately 450 – 500 words, in which you: Identify the elements of the rhetorical situation – introduction (1st paragraph of essay) Article title and author(s) […]
Using either block or alternating comparison/contrast structure, analyze ethos, logos, or pathos in two texts
Using either block or alternating comparison/contrast structure, analyze ethos, logos, OR pathos (only analyze one!) in two texts: please choose among any of the essays in the book. Book = Everyone’ an Author (only book with essays in it) Essay = shorter, individual text written by its own author (not the editors, whose names are […]
What kind of emotional reaction(s) is Brown trying to get from her audience?
Focus on the rhetorical concepts: ethos, pathos, logos, and Kairos, from “Issue 1: Why Rhetoric?” in Understanding Rhetoric (pp. 37) as well as the essay “How My Life Changed in One Sentence,” by Harriet Brown. 1. What kind of emotional reaction(s) is Brown trying to get from her audience? Cite examples from the text. 2. […]
Using one of the images provided on Canvas, write a rhetorical analysis that evaluates how effective the advertisement is in selling its product.
Assignment: Using one of the images provided on Canvas, write a rhetorical analysis that evaluates how effective the advertisement is in selling its product. Your thesis should be answering this question: Does the image successfully sell the product? If so, how? If not, why not? Note: You will probably come up with many reasons how […]
What techniques (pathos, ethos, or logos) were used to connect to the audience?
Please watch one of the videos below: Jobs, S. (2005). Steve Jobs’ Stanford University commencement speech: How to live before you die [Video file]. TED Talks. Retrieved from http://www.ted.com/talks/steve_jobs_how_to_live_before_you_die.html (15:04) Pausch, R. (2007, Dec 20). Randy Pausch’s last lecture: Really achieving your childhood dreams [Video file]. Carnegie Mellon University. Retrieved from http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo (1:16:27) In your […]
Review the materials on the rhetorical triangle and ethos, logos, and pathos.
Read pp. 73-81 in the course readings, and review the materials on the rhetorical triangle and ethos, logos, and pathos. Then look up a few news stories or jump on social media to find an example of ethos, logos, and pathos being used to persuade. Provide each example and then explain how the examples appeal […]
Argue that social media contributes to depression in young adolescents and teens, and find solutions to this problem (1750-2000)words
Using both pathos and logos, objective is to argue that social media contributes to depression in young adolescents and teens, and to find solutions to this problem (1750-2000)words