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    Persuasion in Macbeth

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    Shakespeare‚ shows the use of the three forms of rhetoric (logos‚ pathos‚ ethos) throughout the play. Shakespeare uses all three forms of rhetoric to have characters persuade others‚ and‚ themselves. Macbeth - later on - persuades himself to kill Duncan‚ the three Witches drive him to think about killing Duncan‚ and Macbeth‚ later on‚ persuades the three murderers to kill Banquo. Throughout the play‚ Shakespeare uses rhetoric (pathos‚ ethos‚ logos). Rhetoric is utilized through the play “Macbeth“

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    by indicating that the blacks had a right to peaceful protests; they were simply trying to educate the community about the prejudices present in Alabama and to motivate a change. King incorporated the tree rhetorical strategies of ethos‚ logos‚ and pathos throughout his letter. In Martin Luther

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    Father and Son

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    12 Dec 14 Essay #4 Father and Son  In the short story “My Son the Marine” by Frank Schaeffer‚ There are many points that the author is trying to display through the rhetorical device pathos and ethos. He uses pathos to put a human face on the subject of loved ones going off to the military‚ and the hardships the family goes through due to this decision. He uses ethos to display his attitude from beginning to end. He starts at the beginning when the

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    The writing styles from so long ago are usually irrelevant now. Surprisingly‚ the five parts of the Declaration of Independence contain diction comparable to writers today. The document contains rhetoric devices like parallelism‚ logos‚ ethos‚ and pathos. Parallelism is rephrasing and repeating a word or phrase to emphasize the importance. An example of parallelism today is reduce‚ reuse‚ recycle. The concept of recycling sticks better and seems important because it is repeated. In the Declaration

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    cause but Lincoln’s words say it the best‚ “...that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain‚ ” and when he said “...for which they here gave their last full measure of devotion….” Lincoln again used pathos to hit the hearts of the audience. Using the pathos helped Lincoln make the speech appeal to the hearts of the audience and want to help the effort more and continue to fight for freedom for

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    and pathos‚ in “Letter From Birmingham Jail”. “ In considering the role that ethos plays in the rhetorical analyses‚ you need to pay attention to the details‚ right down to the choice of words or‚ in a visual argument‚ the shapes and colors” (Lunsford & Ruszkiewicz 106). Logos is explained‚ “ In analyzing most arguments‚ you’ll have to decide whether an argument makes a plausible claim and offers good reasons for you to believe it” (Lunsford & Ruszkiewicz 107). Finally‚ there is Pathos‚ “ Emotional

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    Hollister Ad

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    therefore using the appeal to pathos. Not only that‚ they try to use a logical appeal in their ads too‚ such as if you want to be cool‚ look sexy‚ and fit the crowd‚ then you must buy their clothing. This then causes the ad to appeal to logos. I see appeals to pathos and logos in a lot of Hollister and Abercrombie clothing ads but probably the only appeal to ethos would be that Hollister is a popular name brand for clothing. In all‚ I believe Hollister and Abercrombie use pathos‚ logos and some ethos in

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    appeal to the audience‚ he missuses it as he uses it to appeal to the reader’s emotions rather than using it to make a logical argument. This is shown through his word choices and name calling through the essay. The author does a good job of using pathos to appeal the audience’s emotions. From the very beginning of the essay he introduces the way Canada used to be regarded as a “good” country with mostly positive aspects until the fast rise of the tar sands. By introducing Canada as a country which

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    and live in some very horrible conditions that are fit for no humans to live in. The speaker had to go through this so he knows what it feels like to be treated like that and felt abandoned. Elie Wiesel’s speech “The Perils of Indifference‚” uses pathos and logos to warn the President‚ Congress and the bystanders about all the pain and suffering that occurred during the Holocaust. First and foremost Elie Wiesel gave a speech about the Holocaust which was titled “The Perils of Indifference.” This

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    The rhetorical device pathos is used widely in literature to provoke emotions in the reader or audience. If the speaker succeeds in creating the desired emotion towards the subject‚ pathos can be used as a powerful persuading device. In Atticus’s closing argument from To Kill A Mockingbird‚ he uses pathos to persuade the jury and audience. Atticus stated many important points during his speech which promoted favorable emotions. Atticus created a feeling of guilt when he stated‚ “I have nothing

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