Rhetorical Analysis Of Domestic Violence

The Domestic Violence Awareness Month poster was posted by volunteers who are associated with the Domestic Violence Awareness movement, this includes Barbara Gerbert, a doctor of philosophy. In the poster, the text aims to gather support for a session in which people can gather awareness and support for those affected by domestic violence. The text attempts to gather support and interest in an awareness class by appealing to pathos. In the third paragraph the text directly addresses the person reading it saying that “Each of us can increase our understanding of and potential for playing a pro-active role in preventing this violence. Everyone deserves to feel safe at home.” In this, the audience feels as if they have a civic duty they need to complete, and if they do not someone could be affected by domestic violence. Additionally, the text contains a photo of Rihanna, a celebrity who was once in an abusive situation. This further
While in the research paper we included a tremendous amount of facts from various credible sources which helped our overall appeal to ethos, we could have also used an appeal to pathos in which we could describe how many people are killed in automobile accidents due to an extreme level of intoxication. Additionally, with this appeal to pathos, we could include statistics which include the amount of people which have died due to drinking and driving, helping establish both ethos and logos as people will have a reliable source with real statistics, and consistency in data which helps establish the logic in not drinking and driving. Furthermore, my peer and I could have established the kairos and timeliness of the piece by including up to date statistics on drinking accidents, which show that drinking and driving is still a prominent issue in the present