Should the engineers apply ‘rhetoric strategy’ to popularized technology? Abstract Nowadays‚ it is common for engineers to overpromise or exaggerate the technology’s advantages while neglecting its potential disadvantages in order to get more attention and investment‚ which is actually a form of ‘rhetoric strategy’. In this paper‚ the notion of ‘rhetoric’ in term of technical field will be briefly defined‚ including the definition‚ the applying stages and connection with ethic issues. To develop
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he and Plato had slight mixed view about‚ which was Rhetoric. Plato’s and Aristotle’s views on rhetoric are similar but have slight differences. The theories of Plato and Aristotle are so similar‚ that there are hardly any distinguishing between the two‚ other than Plato’s vies view on rhetoric are more moral or philosophical based‚ while Aristotle’s views on the subject were more based on science and logical thinking. Plato’s views on rhetoric focuses on the values and morals‚ conveying the truth
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“Blue Jeans” by Fred Davis talks about denim jeans‚ their creation about 700 years ago‚ and how since then this item of apparel has served as a form of expression. Jeans were and still are made from sturdy indigo- dyed cotton cloth. Before the 60’s one did not see blue jeans on everyone‚ in the 30’s and 40’s painters and artist were the main consumers‚ and in the 50’s the denim trend spread to hoodlums and motorcyclist. Not until the 60’s did jeans become universally worn‚ crossing all genders‚ ages
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Pomp: a superb display of something. The fireworks were very pomp. Slipshod: something or someone that is careless and/or dirty. The woman was dressed slipshod‚ which is very unusual. Circumlocutions: a way of speaking‚ in a roundabout way. She wouldn’t give me a direct answer she just kept speaking in a circumlocution. 1. Which of the following best describes the rhetorical function of the second sentence in the passage? (a) It makes an appeal to authority. (b) It restates the thesis
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Victoria Cantu Professor Moore English 1301-033 16 July 2012 Should Marijuana Be Legalized? In her essay “Here ’s why I ’m against legalizing marijuana‚” Loolwa Khazzoom addresses the debate about legalizing marijuana in the United States. Around 2003‚ Khazzoom visited Amsterdam‚ where marijuana was legal. In an attempt to avoid marijuana‚ she searched for an internet café free from smoke‚ and failed. She resorted to the downstairs area of a café where the designated smoking section was upstairs
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Being a competent intercultural communicator is being able to utilize the six dialectic of intercultural communication during communication practices. Dialectic refers to a method of logic based on the principle of idea generating its opposite‚ leading to a reconciliation of the opposites (Martin and Nakayama 77). These dialectics include cultural-individual‚ personal-contextual‚ differences-similarities‚ static-dynamic‚ history/past-present/future‚ and privilege disadvantage dialectics. Using these
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In "The Thematic Paradigm‚" University of Florida professor of film studies‚ Robert Ray‚ defines two types of heroes pervading American films‚ the outlaw hero and the official hero. Often the two types are merged in a reconciliatory pattern‚ he argues. In fact‚ this "reconciliatory pattern found its most typical incarnation in one particular narrative: the story of the private man attempting to keep from being drawn into action on any but his own terms. In this story‚ the reluctant hero’s ultimate
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The Direct and Indirect Impact of Rhetoric Emory Lott 12/05/96 English 1001 In the world that we live in‚ rhetoric always affects and is a part of everything that happens. Rhetoric‚ in its broadest sense‚ is communication‚ and how people relate to each other. The movie The Color Purple is about relationships. Therefore rhetoric plays a very important role in this movie. Throughout The Color Purple the impact of rhetoric can be seen in two groups of people‚ the communicator
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animals through their unique calls and emotions. Communication is the thread in the seam of life. Over the past few weeks‚ I have had the joy of becoming more familiar with communication. Specifically‚ I have studied the connection between humans‚ rhetoric and sustainability. The course has done a remarkable job at teaching me countless theories and ideas‚ but there are a couple ideas that have resonated with me‚ which I will discuss shortly. I have also been challenged to think about how I view the
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social experiment that was to recreate a poverty social scenario‚ but it was to in fact see if she could maintain a lifestyle working low wage paying jobs the way 4 million women were about to experience it. Although Ehrenreich makes good use of rhetoric (ethos‚ pathos‚ logos)‚ she is very effective at portraying pathos‚ trying to get us to understand why we should care about a social situation such as this through‚ credibility‚ emotion‚ and logic. Like most people whom conduct experiments‚ Ehrenreich
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