October 3‚ 2013 How to use Appeals and Strategies: How do authors manage to truly captivate and inspire their audience? Surely it is not an easy task nor does it come seamlessly. It is through the proper use of the three appeals‚ logos‚ pathos and ethos as well as rhetorical strategies that authors succeed in delivering their message. We can see these employed correctly in readings such as Alexander Stille’s text “The Ganges’ Next Life” as well as Rachel Carson’s book Silent Spring
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Cara K. Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring Prompt Throughout time‚ American attitudes towards the importance of the environment have lessened. American farmers have begun to use poisons‚ such as parathion‚ which has begun killing animals and humans. Rachel Carson‚ a noted biologist‚ published her novel Silent Spring in 1962‚ in which she illustrates the need for American attitudes towards the environment needing to change‚ through understanding “plain folks”‚ an accusing tone‚ and descriptive imagery
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One of the most prevalent and controversial insecticides used in America was DDT‚ commonly used in America’s heartland until it was banned in the 1970s. It was used to decrease the widespread infection from malaria‚ typhus‚ and other insect-borne human disease but eventually caused worry and panic among American citizens with the publishing of Rachel Carson’s Silent Spring (EPA). On one hand‚ DDT causes a variety of environmental problems like the weakening of bird eggshells‚ a long appearance in
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William McDonough is an architect who believes and strives for product designs which promote economic and environmental vitality. To accomplish this‚ he takes into account how building should be made with consideration to “all children‚ all species‚ for all time”. This‚ in essence‚ was the focus of his presentation. The presentation begins with a reference to Rachel Carson’s book Silent Spring‚ which is famous for and regarded as the catalyst for society’s environmental awareness
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New chemicals are being produced and tested every day. Are these chemicals being tested for the effects they could have on our environment though? In‚ “Silent Spring” an excerpt from Rachel Carson’s‚ “The Obligation to Endure‚” Carson suggests that the pesticides and insecticides we have are harmful to more than just the environment. Rachel Carson is an author who is passionate about the environment and concerned about the well being of its inhabitants. This is apparent because of the way in which
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In the passage ¨Silent Spring¨ by biologist Rachel Carson she argues who has the right to kill these helpless innocent birds trying to get their food. Also who has the right to put workers or even children that walk through the fields lives at risk because of all the poison in it. She believes no one has the right to decide these sort of thing‚ especially because of ¨the countless legions of people who were not consulted¨ (Carson Lines 57-58). To support her argument she uses examples from real
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Hazard Identification of the use of Malathion: Malathion is an insecticide regulated by the EPA and is used to control mosquitoes. The chemical is currently being used as a country wide go to for mosquito eradication. Malathion is sprayed across towns as a preventative of such occurrences. Through the dismemberment of malathion comes several health risks. It falls onto farm crops‚ contaminating our fruits and vegetables with the insecticide. Malathion is proven to be toxic by contact of skin‚ inhalation
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such as DDT are one of the most commonly used methods in preserving
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DDT and Radium Exposure In our country’s past‚ new and untested dangerous materials could be found in many places. Two of these materials were DDT (dichlorodiphenyltrichloroethane) and Radium. Both These two materials were both similar and different in many ways. Radium and DDT are similar in a few ways. Both are very rarely found existing in nature. They are similar in that Radium is often found only in compounds and DDT is a compound. Besides that‚ they both harm the human body. They both mainly
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Anopheles Quadrimaculators Vectors: Organochloride DDT and Global Malaria Paper on Organochloride’s Effect on Global Malaria Dr. Stephanie P. McCallum Ed.D. Environmental Health Public Health 8165 -1
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