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  • The moderator or administrator of the website uses a great amount of Pathos in order to really appeal to the hearts of his readers, because you have to be a pretty cold person to not feel bad at all for an animal who closes its’ eyes and cries moments before it is murdered, time and time again.
    • Angela Moneck
      Angela Moneck on 28 Nov 08
       
      This is a good example of pathos. It even made me feel bad for the animals.
    • Angela Moneck
      Angela Moneck on 28 Nov 08
       
      I think you should cut off your introduction before you go onto describing the pathos. Otherwise, it's a realy good introduction. You introducted your topic and your opinion well.
    • Angela Moneck
      Angela Moneck on 28 Nov 08
       
      Actually, I think you could just take out the pathos part and put it somewhere else in the essay, and continue the introduction.
  • provides lots
    • Angela Moneck
      Angela Moneck on 28 Nov 08
       
      I think you should use the word "a lot" or "many" instead of "lots."
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  • the reader can truly feel the pain of that animal.
    • Angela Moneck
      Angela Moneck on 28 Nov 08
       
      I think this is an logical absolute. You're assuming something about the audience that may or may not be true.
    • Angela Moneck
      Angela Moneck on 28 Nov 08
       
      Assignment Parameters- I could see your main idea throughout the entire paper. You definitely stayed on topic and made very good points.
    • Angela Moneck
      Angela Moneck on 28 Nov 08
       
      Style-Point of view is appropriate. You stated your opinion throughout the paper, which is okay in this type of paper. Your word choice is appropriate.
    • Angela Moneck
      Angela Moneck on 28 Nov 08
       
      Conventions-I didn't notice any grammar or spelling errors. You do need a Works Cited Page though.
    • Angela Moneck
      Angela Moneck on 28 Nov 08
       
      I didn't see if you really talked about any involvement you had in the website, so maybe you should add that in towards the end.
Ryan Meehan

Discussion: Your rhetorical life - 53 views

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  • Angela Moneck
    #3 Angela Moneck on 18 Nov 08
     
    I know there are several times I have said something and thought to myself, "Wow, that's an example of rhetoric!" but right now I can only think of one example. I can't even count how many political conversations I've had since the beginning of the election. One that particularly stands out to me is a conversation I had with my friend who, a month before the election, had no idea who she was voting for. I wanted her to make an informed decision instead of just walking in on election day and picking whoever she felt like choosing, so I decided to inform her of the candidates. I used logos to explain to her which candidate would be better for the United States, especially the economy, right now. I explained, using logic, why their policies were better than the other candidate's. That is the only example I can think of at the moment, but if I think of any more, I will definitely post them!
Angela Moneck

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  • Works Cited
    • Angela Moneck
      Angela Moneck on 06 Nov 08
       
      Good job with the Works Cited and annotated bibliography.
    • Angela Moneck
      Angela Moneck on 06 Nov 08
       
      My floating sticky notes aren't working again, so here is my conventions critique: Conventions- The only thing I noticed was a small amount of spelling errors and that the in text MLA citations are missing. Otherwise, good job. Especially on the works cited and annotated bibliography.
  • different
    • Angela Moneck
      Angela Moneck on 06 Nov 08
       
      You've used the work "different' four times in two sentences. You could substitute this word with another word to make it more interesting.
  • He also,
    • Angela Moneck
      Angela Moneck on 06 Nov 08
       
      A comma is not needed there.
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  • throught he
    • Angela Moneck
      Angela Moneck on 06 Nov 08
       
      Speling error.
  • Also, he appeals to the veryday people with comments like that on his website that say, “I’m asking you to believe, not just in my ability to bring about real change in Washington… I’m asking you to believe in yours.”
    • Angela Moneck
      Angela Moneck on 06 Nov 08
       
      Good quote.
  • Also, there is John McCain who has been around the presidential election process before. He has ran for President before and did not make it past primary elections. He was a part of the U.S. House of Represenatives for Arizona in 1982, and was elected to the U.S. Senate in 1986. He is someone who has been around the hustle and bustle of the Washington lifestyle. He is someone who, it would be thought, would be ready for the highest position in our country. His platform has included helping out our economy and ensuring our national security. He wants to get health care costs down to a price that is reasonable for all people. One thing that McCain differs from Obama on is the issue of Iraq. McCain believes we need to assist Iraq in becoming a prosperous country on its own, before we can back out and leave them alone.
    • Angela Moneck
      Angela Moneck on 06 Nov 08
       
      I like how you introduced each candidate. It makes the paper flow much better.
  • McCain’s written rhetoric can be seen on his website where he describes how he plans to change our country. His main ideas and what he stands for are clear to see there. It says “Country First: Reform, Prosperity, Peace.”
    • Angela Moneck
      Angela Moneck on 06 Nov 08
       
      This paragraph is very short. It's a good point, but I think you can go into it further. You could do this by possibly giving another example.
  • Each candidate uses rhetoric to appeal to their potential voters. They both use Pathos to appeal to their audiences. They appeal to the middle class by promising a change in the way they have lived their lives, by lowering taxes and getting more affordable healthcare. Obama appeals to the minorities saying that it is their time to take a stand and get out and vote, telling them that they can make a difference. Ethos is a big part of politics, because if we have no confidence in what they have stood for in the past how can we back them now. A person’s reputation is key in politics, especially in the Presidential election. This is the time when scandals become forefront, because each party is trying to discredit the other. If we aren’t confident in the person how can we be confident in the policies. Logos is used, although I’m not sure always effectively. Politicians use logic to appeal to people saying how things in our country are now and how they believe they can change them in the future. For instance, logically if we are in a state of economic crisis we want someone who plans to change that for the better.
    • Angela Moneck
      Angela Moneck on 06 Nov 08
       
      I see where you're going with this paragraph, but I'm not sure if it's effective. I think that you need to explain individually in the paragraphs exactly what is an example of pathos, what is an example of ethos, and so on. Otherwise, I think it would be hard for people, especially people who don't completely understand rhetoric, to be able to figure out what is an example of which one.
    • Angela Moneck
      Angela Moneck on 06 Nov 08
       
      Organization-Your organization was good and clear. With the exception of the conclusion, I wouldn't change anything.
    • Angela Moneck
      Angela Moneck on 06 Nov 08
       
      Assignment parameters- I thnk your main idea is conveyed effectively. I feel that your purpose is clear and easy to understand.
Angela Moneck

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  • John McCain in the other hand did not have a solution he just kept speaking about Barak Obama and what he does not understand or on how he wants to raise taxes and does not explain Obamas good reasons behind it.
    • Angela Moneck
      Angela Moneck on 06 Nov 08
       
      This is a pretty long sentence. You could break the run on up into two sentences like this- "John McCain, on the other hand, did not have a solution. He just kept speaking about Barack Obama and what he does not understand or on how he wants to raise taxes, without explaining Obama's good reasons behind it." Something along those lines would probably make it flow a little better.
  • The gesture that I am speaking of is the balling up of his fists and shaking them until he released his thought or comment.  This simple, yet reparative gesture is what I would consider to be somewhat of an ethos characteristic of John McCain’s debate performance because he took on a type of attitude with each time he presented the gesture and it became a habit throughout his debate.
    • Angela Moneck
      Angela Moneck on 06 Nov 08
       
      I'm not sure if I understand how his gesture is considered to be ethos. Maybe you could go further into explaining this.
  •  In comparison with the hand gestures that John McCain exhibited in the debate, Senator Barak Obama displayed a similar form of ethos characterization. 
    • Angela Moneck
      Angela Moneck on 06 Nov 08
       
      Again, I think you should go further into explaining how this is ethos.
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  • His intent was to portray his more sensitive side and feelings about the war by mentioning an encounter he had with a family member of a 22 year old solider who died in combat in Iraq.
    • Angela Moneck
      Angela Moneck on 06 Nov 08
       
      This is a good example.
  • Bibliography
    • Angela Moneck
      Angela Moneck on 06 Nov 08
       
      You need to have a works cited and an annotated bibliography.
  • Janice T. Perez Rivera
    • Angela Moneck
      Angela Moneck on 06 Nov 08
       
      Okay, so for some reason, it's not showing my floating sticky notes of my three topics, so I'm going to put them in here. Assignment Parameters- I think you have a start to your main idea but didn't go on further with it. Like Dena said, it seems like your thesis is that "right now this country needs a collectivist mindset." You didn't go on to explain how Obama has a colectivist mindset. Also, this statement is a bit biased. I know that it is extremely hard to keep your opinion out of a paper like this, but you could try not to make it so harsh. You may be able to say, "Unlike McCain, Barack Obama has a more collectivist mindset." Your purpose is somewhat clear, but it seems to jump around a bit at times. Organization- I think this is the biggest thing you need to work on. I see part of an introduction in the paper, but not an official one separate from the rest of the paper. You could use "Upon completeing..." to "some ways" as your introduction and maybe add a little background of what rhetoric is or something along those lines. I also didn't see much of a closing in the paper, so maybe you could sum up the main ideas of your paper into a short closing to make it more organized.
    • Angela Moneck
      Angela Moneck on 06 Nov 08
       
      Conventions-I noticed a few puncuation, spelling, and grammatical errors, so I would suggest just going back through and re-reading your paper to catch those particular errors. You need to use MLA format in the paper, including your header with your name. You also need to add in text citations.
Angela Moneck

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  • which has reviewed and adopted these policies on behalf of our library
    • Angela Moneck
      Angela Moneck on 28 Oct 08
       
      This small statement is a way of persuading the reader. Without this piece of information, the reader may not trust the Board of Trustees or care about them.
  • Children's books deal with anything and everything. There are children's books about death (even suicide), adult alcoholism, family violence, and more.
    • Angela Moneck
      Angela Moneck on 28 Oct 08
       
      After stating that children's books deal with many different things, she went on to provide examples. This is important in persuading the reader to believe what she is saying.
  • Even the most common fairy tales have their grim side: the father and stepmother of Hansel and Gretel, facing hunger and poverty, take the children into the woods, and abandon them to die!
    • Angela Moneck
      Angela Moneck on 28 Oct 08
       
      Again, she's providing specific examples--very effective. I thought it was interesting that she used an exclamation point instead of a simple period to end this statement. I think the point of it is to persuade the reader even more to listen to her. It's kind of like saying "hey, listen to this statement, it's important, and I'm completely right!"
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  • Stories help children name their fears, understand them, work out strategies for dealing with life.
    • Angela Moneck
      Angela Moneck on 28 Oct 08
       
      This is important in persuading the reader. She is going on further to prove her point.
    • Angela Moneck
      Angela Moneck on 28 Oct 08
       
      Whoops, I mean he!
  • So what defines a children's book is the treatment, not the topic.
    • Angela Moneck
      Angela Moneck on 28 Oct 08
       
      This is good that they explained what actually defines the children's book since earlier on in the piece they said that the topic wasn't what defined it.
  • In fact, I even wrote a book about it
    • Angela Moneck
      Angela Moneck on 28 Oct 08
       
      Ethos! He wrote a book on the topic, making the reader think that he knows what he's talking about and that he is trustworthy.
  • My Webster's actually gives several definitions of marriage: “1. the state of being married; relation between husband and wife...; 2. the act of marrying, wedding; 3. the rite or form used in marrying; 4. any close or intimate union.” Definitions 2-4, even as far back as 1960, could be stretched to include a wedding between two men. Word definitions change; legal rights change. In some parts of America, at least today, gay marriage is legal.
    • Angela Moneck
      Angela Moneck on 28 Oct 08
       
      This is definitely a great way to persuade the reader. He's throwing out facts from the dictionary to prove his point. And the fact that he states that definitions and legal rights change is very true. Also, stating that gay marriage is legal in some parts of the country is great. I think he did a really good job in this particular paragraph.
  • But if the library is doing its job, there are lots of books in our collection that people won't agree with; there are certainly many that I object to. Library collections don't imply endorsement; they imply access to the many different ideas of our culture, which is precisely our purpose in public life.
    • Angela Moneck
      Angela Moneck on 28 Oct 08
       
      This is a very good point also.
  • I do appreciate many things: your obvious value of reading, your frank and loving relationship with your child, your willingness to raise issues of importance to you in the public square, and more. Thank you, very much, for taking the time to raise your concerns with me.
    • Angela Moneck
      Angela Moneck on 28 Oct 08
       
      He is being very respectful about the whole issue.
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  • In today’s society torture reminds me of “The Ones Who Walk Away from Omelas,” by Ursala K. Le Guin. Because society paints a prefect picture.
    • Angela Moneck
      Angela Moneck on 16 Oct 08
       
      This is the only time you mentioned any of the works we were assignened to read and analyze.
  • Bibliography
    • Angela Moneck
      Angela Moneck on 16 Oct 08
       
      This should be a Works Cited page by using MLA format.
    • Angela Moneck
      Angela Moneck on 16 Oct 08
       
      I don't think you understood the assignment completely. You wrote more about what torture is, where it is present, what practices are used, and what's considered torture. Our assignment said to analyze the four assigned readings and talk about how the author used rhetoric to state their opinion and whether it was successful or not. Then we had to choose academic sources of our own to analyze the rhetoric and how it portrayed the writer's point.
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  • The definition of torture is "the act of inflicting excruciating pain, as punishment or revenge, as a means of getting a confession or information, or for sheer cruelty."
    • Angela Moneck
      Angela Moneck on 16 Oct 08
       
      You can use this when you revise your paper. You could briefly talk about what torture is, then go on to explain what rhetoric is.
  • If we keep on ignoring how people around us are hurting inside or if we keep on ignoring what is right in front of us (War on Terror) this cycle of torture is not going to get better.
    • Angela Moneck
      Angela Moneck on 16 Oct 08
       
      This seems like it's your opinion. The assignment says to try to keep our opinions separate from the paper.
    • Angela Moneck
      Angela Moneck on 16 Oct 08
       
      Assignment Parameters-Your paper definitely maintains a main idea, but it is not the idea that the assignment was intended to create.
    • Angela Moneck
      Angela Moneck on 16 Oct 08
       
      Style-Your sentence structure varies and I understand what points you are trying to get across, but once again, they are not the points that need to be made in this particular paper. Your point of view, for the most part, is appropriate because you are stating facts, but as far as your opinion, you need to try to keep your opinion out of the paper completely, even though that is sometimes very hard to do.
    • Angela Moneck
      Angela Moneck on 16 Oct 08
       
      Development-Your details do develop your main idea, but once again, your main idea wasn't what was assigned for this paper. The paper was mostly supposd to be about rhetoric and its effects on particular pieces of work. I can tell you took time to work on your paper, and if it followed the directions, I think it would be a pretty good paper, but as far as following directions, you did not. I would suggest you go back and look through the directions for the assignment again.
Angela Moneck

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  • "Why Liberty Suffers in Wartime".
    • Angela Moneck
      Angela Moneck on 15 Oct 08
       
      I noticed that you put puncuations outside the quotation marks in some parts of your paper, but I'm pretty sure they're supposed to go on the inside of the quotation marks.
  • He used the references to past mistakes very well but relied on them too heavily.
  • connect
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  • connect
    • Angela Moneck
      Angela Moneck on 15 Oct 08
       
      This should be "connected," not "connect."
  • where he said "All of us today share a feeling of grief and outrage over the events of September 11 and a desire that those responsible for mass murder be brought to justice. But at times of crisis the most patriotic act of all is the unyielding defense of civil liberties, the right to dissent and equality before the law for all Americans"(foner).
    • Angela Moneck
      Angela Moneck on 15 Oct 08
       
      I believe that there should be a comma in between the word "said" and "All" before your quote. Also, Foner's name at the end of the quote should be capitalized.
  • One thing Foner could have improved on, like many of the other writers discussed, is his use of other professionals.  When a writer uses ideas, theories, or quotes from other field experts it makes the reader feel that he really did his homework and successfully researched and studied the topic, it almost acts as a security blanket reassuring the reader.
    • Angela Moneck
      Angela Moneck on 15 Oct 08
       
      I think this is a very good point. It seems like you really took a lot of time to analyze the works. Good job!
  • It felt as is
    • Angela Moneck
      Angela Moneck on 15 Oct 08
       
      The word "is" should be "if."
  • Rhetoric is one of the most important part
  • Further proving that it's not always what you say, but how you say it.
    • Angela Moneck
      Angela Moneck on 15 Oct 08
       
      I like the way this was said. It's very true!
  • Rhetoric, simply put, is the ability to effectively use language.  Rhetoric relies on three basic appeals to capture an audience: logos, ethos, and pathos.  Logos, or the logical appeal, bolsters an argument by supplying data, facts, or any method of logic.  Ethos, the appeal to ones emotions, connects the reader by using personal experience or "tugging heartstrings".  The last appeal, pathos, is the appeal of the publishers and writers credibility.  This being said, the four writers, LeGuin, Levin, McCullagh and Foner show how diverse rhetoric is and how a writer can manipulate any of these three appeals to gain and inform an audience.
    • Angela Moneck
      Angela Moneck on 15 Oct 08
       
      I like your introduction. It's good that you explained what rhetoric was and how it's used because when writing pubilcly, all readers may not know exactly what you're talking about.
  • tackles
    • Angela Moneck
      Angela Moneck on 15 Oct 08
       
      I like that you used the word "tackles" instead of some other not-so-exciting verbs.
    • Angela Moneck
      Angela Moneck on 15 Oct 08
       
      Conventions-I didn't mean to pick on your grammer and puncuation, but that was all I could really pick on! The rest of your paper, I thought, was very good. Most of the stuff I could critique involved small grammatical errors, (which everyone makes), especially on papers.
    • Angela Moneck
      Angela Moneck on 15 Oct 08
       
      Oh, also, in the Conventions area, your references were correct. You used the correct format and used in-text citations, so there is definitely no plagiarism is present.
    • Angela Moneck
      Angela Moneck on 15 Oct 08
       
      Assignment Parameters-I thought you did a VERY good job with keeping on topic. You explained everything that you needed to explain to the reader including if the author's credentials effected their work, what rhetoric they used, etc. It was easy to understand exactly what you were saying.
  • She also refers to the child as "it" helping us to understand how the child as viewed, as an "it" rather than a "whom".
    • Angela Moneck
      Angela Moneck on 15 Oct 08
       
      This is a very good analysis.
    • Angela Moneck
      Angela Moneck on 15 Oct 08
       
      Style-You chose good words to use, making the paper not boring. You switched some of the verbs and descriptions you used, which is very important, especially in a long paper. Your sentences varied with construction, which is also a good thing. You kept your opinion out of the paper and kept the point of view as being non-biased.
    • Angela Moneck
      Angela Moneck on 15 Oct 08
       
      Overall I thought your paper was very good. I can tell you really took time to analyze the works, figure out what the author was attempting to say, and answer all the questions that were assigned.
    • Angela Moneck
      Angela Moneck on 15 Oct 08
       
      It won't let me highlight another section that was already highlighted, but I really liked that you used "tugging heartstrings" to describe the use of pathos.
Brian Russo

First draft of Torture paper - 55 views

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Ryan Meehan

Public Writing Assignment #1 - 80 views

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    #14 Angela Moneck on 02 Oct 08
     
    Okay, so I really wanted to comment on something about how people should get out there and vote since it seems like such a perfect time for it, but of course YouTube is down and won't let me make a username to be able to comment it. I'm just going to write my comment on here and post it on YouTube when it comes back up (I don't want my assignment to be late!) I can't find the video I wanted to post about anywhere else.

    This is the link to the video:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utfNHYzag7U

    I really liked watching this video. I love Rise Against! as a band and I think that this was the perfect song to put in a rock the vote commercial. It was the first time I had seen this commercial, and I absolutely loved it! I think it really gets the point out there, especially for young people, to get out there and vote this year. It's such a critical time in our lives, and although many people think that their one vote won't count for anything, it really does! The song in the video really urges people to vote with the lyrics "stop, take some time to think, figure out what's important to you," because that's really what it's all about-voicing your opinion on issues that are important to you. I really liked how the video, unlike some of them that simply have a famous person speaking about how important it is to vote, addressed some of the important issues in this election like gay marriage, war, health care, and abortion rights. I think the only thing that could have made it better was if it also addressed environmental issues and the very important economic crisis. I also thought it was great that the video showed young people, who are the least likely to vote. It really encourages younger people to get out there and vote!
  • Angela Moneck
    #16 Angela Moneck on 02 Oct 08
     
    Update:
    I just posted my comment onto YouTube now that it let me sign up. I did have to shorten what I originally wrote because of the character limit. Here is the link again:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=utfNHYzag7U

    my name is angelarocks3.

    Oh, and I apologize for putting the name of the band wrong on here in my first post, just ignore that! I was in a huge hurry to post it since I was waiting to see if YouTube would let me sign on at the last minute and had to post my response on here before 11:59! :)
Angela Moneck

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  • Everyone practices rhetoric
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      Angela Moneck on 17 Sep 08
       
      This entire section of the work makes it more clear how everyone uses rhetoric. When I think of rhetoric, I just think of advertisers and authors who use it to persuade their audiences, but I really didn't realize how much we use rhetoric until you see an example like the dog and cat example in the sixth paragraph.
  • The rhetoric is a kind of smoke screen, or a trick with mirrors meant to deceive.
    • Angela Moneck
      Angela Moneck on 17 Sep 08
       
      I like this metaphor. It makes the story a little bit more interesting. I don't feel like I'm just reading something out of a textbook when I read this. It makes me want to read further to understand exactly what they are trying to say.
  • the emotional energy that impels the speaker to speak, the physical energy expended in the utterance, the energy level coded in the message, and the energy experienced by the recipient in decoding the message.
    • Angela Moneck
      Angela Moneck on 17 Sep 08
       
      I really like the way this was put-it makes me think further into what he means.
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      Angela Moneck on 17 Sep 08
       
      I like the way that he put this-it really makes me tihnk further into what he's saying.
  • Cultures vary over space and over time.
  • Cultures vary over space and over time. What was true of rhetoric for the ancient Greeks and Romans is not necessarily true for us.
    • Angela Moneck
      Angela Moneck on 22 Sep 08
       
      This is a very true statement. Culture affects many different aspects of our lives, so I can definitely see that it would affect how rhetoric is viewed. Even someone from a different culture today may not see the same rhetoric as we see.
  • the shock of entering the "Burkean parlor."
    • Angela Moneck
      Angela Moneck on 22 Sep 08
       
      I really like this phrase and it's explaination, a lot. I've learned about culture shock in many of my classes, but seeing it in this way makes it so much more clear to me how difficult it must be for a person coming from one culture to enter into a competely different culture and have to adjust to the customs of the new culture without knowing basically anything about the culture ahead of time. One of the things they have to adjust to is the rhetoric of the culture.
  • However, the discussion is interminable. The hour grows late, you must depart. And you do depart, with the discussion still vigorously in progress.
    • Angela Moneck
      Angela Moneck on 22 Sep 08
       
      This part, to me, goes with the fact that culture changes all the time. When the person enters the conversation, it is impossible for them to catch up in every single bit of the discussion, and when they leave, the discussion is still going on, making it impossible to know the entire rest of the conversation. It is, in a way, saying that it's impossible to know every single bit of a culture because it is ever-changing.
  • The "Burkean parlor" might be taken as a parable for a lot of things: for entering the culture of a different country (as many of our students have done), for entering college or a new job, perhaps for life itself.
    • Angela Moneck
      Angela Moneck on 22 Sep 08
       
      Before reading this sentence, I only thought of a person being entered into a new culture from a differnt country, but now I know that it can mean many different tihngs.
  • When we study the organization and style of journal articles and conference presentations in order to write and speak in a similar or different manner, we are being rhetoricians. When we teach our students how to write in the discipline, how to handle the conventions of subject matter, arrangement, language, format, and documentation, we are being rhetoricians.
    • Angela Moneck
      Angela Moneck on 22 Sep 08
       
      This is another example of how rhetoric can be used in every day life.
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      Angela Moneck on 11 Sep 08
       
      This Proactiv commercial is an example of ethos. All of the many Proactiv commercials were the only thing that entered my mind when thinking of an example of ethos because of how reliable they are on celebrities to promote their acne system. Many consumers are tempted to purchase a product just because a celebrity said the product is good, or maybe even because they make have a strong liking for that particular celebrity. Either way, I highly doubt that Proactiv would sell as many products if they no longer used celebrities in their commercials with very clear skin.
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      Angela Moneck on 11 Sep 08
       
      This news portion of AOL gives information on cars who have recently advanced technologically and in a more eye-appealing way. It is an example of logos because it lists several points that can, although it is a news article, persuade a viewer or reader to want to buy the cars they are reviewing. In this example with the Honda Civic, it says that it is very "roomy and comfortable with lots of storage space." Clicking the "next" button at the bottom of the text, the reader sees several more fun features that may lure the consumer to want to buy the car.
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YouTube - Sarah McLachlan Animal Cruelty Video - 0 views

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      Angela Moneck on 11 Sep 08
       
      This video is an example of pathos because it evokes many emotions from the person watching the video. Every time I see this commercial on T.V., it makes me feel so bad for the animals and want to go adopt one right away. It evokes a feeling of sadness along with guilt in order to persuade the viewer to possibly go adopt and save the animals. This type of persuasion can be very effective. At least they're making us feel bad for a good cause!
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      Angela Moneck on 05 Sep 08
       
      The article uses many different, and effective, ways to draw the reader in and to persuade them. The first paragraph states that a wireless revolution could be reached including "numerous new products and services." This is an effective way to draw readers in and make them want to continue reading. I mean, who doesn't want to be exposed to all these new and exciting products and services? They state two different times that they would like the reader to make their opinion heard-in the last paragraph, and also in the paragraph in which they say, "we hope you'll add your voice…by signing our petition." This can also be an effective way to persuade the reader because they are not only saying it once, but twice. The reader may feel important after "making [their] voices heard." They are honest about why they "care" about the issue and later state that they are not trying to speak for individuals other than themselves, but they are just trying to explain why they believe it is so crucial. This is persuasive in a way because it allows the reader to trust them. Also, the word "urge," although a small word, has a big meaning-it makes the reader feel like it is urgent to do what they are telling them to do.
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