Rhetorical Analysis Of '!' By Auditor
Since ancient times, people have realized how important of human rights are and they have been fighting for thousands years to achieve and complete them. The fight for human rights is still happening nowadays. Because of the rise of technology and media, freedom of press is as much important as freedom of speech, especially with journalists. The article “____” written by AUTHOR states that a new law has threaten many journalists in revealing the truth about a food industry. The author uses lots of evidences and arguments to support his idea. By using persuasive techniques such as pathos, ethos, and logos, the author successfully persuade people to against the new law that harms freedom of press. The author uses persuasive technique pathos
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Logos or the appeal to logic, means to convince an audience by use of logic or reason. The author uses the rhetorical mode division and classification to explain how “Ag-gag” law has ruined a journalist’s right. He breaks divided into three parts: “They criminalize news gathering”, “Ag-gag laws create harsher penalties for critics”, “Ag-gag turns sources into criminals”. The author split it so he can point out and give evidence to each point. Therefore the audience will easily that why journalists’ works are messed up because of “Ag-gag” law. In addition, the author uses the rhetorical mode of contrast to support his thesis. He mentions that for a long time ago, journalists have known how to hide identifies to go undercover to have a good story. However, he stated that “Utah's ag-gag law targets anyone who accesses a farm under "false pretenses," and also anyone who "applies for employment at an agricultural operation with the intent to record an image of, or sound from, the agricultural operation” (Author ___). It means that a journalist, who tries to get into a farm with fake identify to record photo or video, breaks the rules. The author even mentioned that in Idaho, “it’s a crime if someone obtains records of an agricultural production facility”
Logos or the appeal to logic, means to convince an audience by use of logic or reason. The author uses the rhetorical mode division and classification to explain how “Ag-gag” law has ruined a journalist’s right. He breaks divided into three parts: “They criminalize news gathering”, “Ag-gag laws create harsher penalties for critics”, “Ag-gag turns sources into criminals”. The author split it so he can point out and give evidence to each point. Therefore the audience will easily that why journalists’ works are messed up because of “Ag-gag” law. In addition, the author uses the rhetorical mode of contrast to support his thesis. He mentions that for a long time ago, journalists have known how to hide identifies to go undercover to have a good story. However, he stated that “Utah's ag-gag law targets anyone who accesses a farm under "false pretenses," and also anyone who "applies for employment at an agricultural operation with the intent to record an image of, or sound from, the agricultural operation” (Author ___). It means that a journalist, who tries to get into a farm with fake identify to record photo or video, breaks the rules. The author even mentioned that in Idaho, “it’s a crime if someone obtains records of an agricultural production facility”