The book “Cross Bones” is about a forensic anthropologist, Dr. Temperance Brennan. She is an expert at examining decomposed corpses. She is called to consult a murder because an Orthodox Jewish man was found shot in Montreal. She is a strong empowered woman. She sees that it is her job to restore the identity of the deceased. The Orthodox Jewish man’s body was found dismembered in the cupboard surrounded by cats. Unannounced, a stranger sneaks in and slips Temperance a photograph. The photo was of a skeleton at an archaeological site and assures her that this is the key to the victim’s death. This leads her to Israel, to Masada and Jerusalem, and right to the beginnings of the Christian era. This international mystery could rewrite 2000 years…
An example of Logos in the documentary was at 31:01 when one of the women workers goes into the office of the Labor Board. With Logos the producer is trying to convince an audience by using logic or reason. The scene at 31:01 does just that because the scene is being held inside the office of the Labor Board. This worker that the documentary has been following goes in to talk about her severance pay that Sonya wont pay. Eventually the Labor Board tells her that Sonya said they were only willing to pay $860.…
In the speech “Inch by Inch” the coach appeals to pathos and ethos to persuade his specific audience. For instance, the coach uses vulgar diction to appeal to ethos. His vulgar language displays that he has a strong relationship with the players which makes him comfortable swearing around them. He is letting the players see his emotion which makes them trust him. When appealing to pathos the coach often trails off which makes it seem as he speaking from the heart.…
In his novel, ”Dances With Wolves”, Michael Blake uses several techniques throughout the story to enhance the tone displayed to the reader.…
Thank you for reading my final portfolio. To help you as the reader better understand me and who I am, I will give you a little bit of background information on myself. My name is Bailey Monson I a currently fishing up my second semester of my freshmen year at North Dakota state University (NDSU). Throughout this time I have had a lot of time to…
As Edwin Starr’s famous anti-war song goes, “War! What is it good for? Absolutely nothin’!” and if Kurt Vonnegut’s Slaughterhouse Five had a theme song, this would be the perfect song. Slaughterhouse Five is one of the greatest anti-war books of all time- it even says so on the back cover. In order to convey his anti-war attitude to the readers, Vonnegut uses many different rhetorical devices in Slaughterhouse Five, including analogy, irony, and satire.…
In 2008, then Senator and later President Barack Obama presented a moving speech entitled, “A More Perfect Union.” He spoke mostly about race, but also talked about religion, gender, and other qualities that make the American population so unique and diverse. In this presentation, Obama used many literary devices to make his speech convincing and moving. One of these devices that reoccurs is a propaganda technique called Card Stacking. This is when an author slants a message in some form or another. For example, Barack speaks about his time at Trinity. As with, “other predominantly black churches across the country, Trinity embodies the black community in its entirety..” (Obama) After this, he goes on to explain the rowdiness of his church,…
The moments on each floor of the elevator represent the moments that Cobb regrets, but they also illustrate how Cobb creates Mal’s projection because of her relationship to the initial traumatic event. His subconscious uses archetypes from each of the memories in order to create what Cobb recognizes as Mal in dreams. For example, the basement level portrays the memory-dream of Mal’s death; however, this dream does not reflect the actual events of the memory, as revealed by the flashback of the event. Although extremely similar, the detail which differs is Mal’s presence within the room that Cobb walks into, as the audience knows she actually sat on a window ledge in the building opposite. We can extrapolate from this that his subconscious has…
While the visual, rhetorical, and literary analysis includes references to asking questions and making observations, certain exercises were mind conditioning to speak and write with practice accordingly as the art of listening and reading critiques a course for the Analytical Research Paper. The visual analysis is most impressive considering many times are in quiet togetherness. Since discovering the techniques during Writing Analytically, life can be ISRS according to Dr. Ainsworth, which is highly unusual and further complicates the dissection because PTSD is intensely theatrical. Whatever holds interesting about the writings implies how much of the unknown is yet to learn; comparatively, Writing Analytically is not a natural born talent.…
Suszan-Lori Parks’ In The Blood criticizes Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter because she dismisses religion as the only source of slut-shaming and brings the warning into modern times by demonstrating the downward spiral that Parks’ Hester cannot climb out of. By showing the audience how each aspect of Hester’s life holds her down, Parks’ reminds the reader that women are still demeaned for being sluts and that society is what drives the shaming, not just the religion in society. Hawthorne’s Hester is demonized in the eyes of her society but is able to stay above water with her skills and what she has. Parks’ Hester shows how someone who is low can get taken advantage of and can be drug down to an even lower place. When those who…
You will be writing your Profile essay to your local community. Imagine you might submit the Profile to your local newspaper or have it shared in a community newsletter; the readers of those publications make up your target audience. In two to three paragraphs, define your local community and describe what makes it unique. What are the needs, expectations, motivations,…
“The Crucible” by Arthur Miller shows the meaning of tragedy. Arthur Miller wrote this book to show the meaning of devastation and destruction of one’s community and how corrupt the government can be. In the 1600s tragedy broke out in the town of Salem, Massachusetts because of the demonic ways of its citizens.…
The Crucible is not only a recounting of the Salem witch trials. Behind this story, Arthor Miller most wants to say is the essentiality of humanity. The most representative thing is what people do is mostly to satisfy their own interests, so mush as willing to believe outrageous lies when those lies serve their interests. Arthur Miller develops the characters to present this theme. His depiction of Putnam couple, Reverend Parris and Judge Danforth, which could effectively prove this theme.…
Sometimes life gets tough and gives us obstacles and challenges just to see how we overcome them. It only takes one mistake for someone’s life to be turned upside down. Watching people go through hardships and life challenges helps us get on the right path and succeed. The book The Other Wes Moore written by Wes Moore himself, is based on real life challenges that two boys ironically with the same name and hometown were faced with and how their decisions on overcoming them lead them to two completely different places. One living free and being able to experience things and the other living unfortunately behind bars. Wes Moore uses the rhetorical appeals ethos, logos, and pathos to engage the readers attention on how two boys with so many similarities can grow up and live two completely opposite lives.…
In ‘Here’s Why Legalizing Marijuana Makes Sense’, Alex Newhouse, a lawyer who resides in the area of Sunnyside, Washington addresses the controversial issue of the legalization of cannabis. The sole purpose of Newhouse’s article is to persuade readers and voters that marijuana should be legalized. Throughout his article, Newhouse focuses on the use of ethos and logos, while also slightly focusing on the use of pathos, to help persuade his audience. The incorporation of such rhetoric strategies allows Newhouse to change the opinions of individuals with views opposing the opinions he, himself, holds.…