1. The year 2016 brings forth a significant nationwide event, the presidential election. Campaigning for an election is full of rhetoric, each candidate is saying everything they possible can to convince the citizen to vote in their favor. 2. To expand on campaigning, canvassing is also a form of rhetoric. When a group or individual go around door to door to present a proposition and influence the individual for their cause. They will provide multiple …show more content…
arguments to get the person’s vote, signature, etc.
3. The door to door rhetoric also applies to salesmen that comes to your door and attempts to convince you that their product is not just efficient, but it is a necessity for your life! A typical salesman will keep pitching an offer with lower prices until the individual gives in to the product or turns them away.
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There are several big company logos that known worldwide. All people need is to see those familiar colors and patterns and will instantly be familiar with the company. This does increase sales by enticing the customer with visual appeal and familiarity.
5. Another type of advertisement where rhetoric is present would be alcoholic beverages commercials. Typically, these commercials are socially related and cause the consumer to want to go out with friends and or socially drink. Most of these commercials use rhetoric by implying that if you drink this your life will be awesome like the people in this 30 second commercial.
6. Regardless of what people might claim, most individuals care about their appearance and self image. Advertisements with what looks to be flawless women are widely used across the advertisement industry. Women’s beauty and clothes commercials in particular use rhetoric to convince women they need to look like these models to be beautiful.
7. The internet in general is vast source of information that is accessible to anyone at anytime with internet access. Social media in particular draws people to interact with others from all over the world. Trends and advertisements consume social media and influence all of it’s
users.
8. Everyone has been faced with rhetoric when cashing out at a store, the cashier will propose for you to donate a dollar or two to a given charity or program. This type of persuasion causes the person to feel guilty and possibly donate money when they usually would not.
9. You might even find yourself using rhetoric often, say you are trying to impress a romantic interest or date. It can be natural instinct to say things to impress that special someone and attempt to convince them to like you.
10. Maybe a more abstract example of rhetoric would be religion. The study of ideology itself is rhetoric with the teachings, structured beliefs and set of rules/commandments. Religious followers often reach out to non-believers and attempt to convince them to follow their same faith.