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    Brutus and Antony

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    at Cesar’s funeral trying to persuade their audience about his death. Brutus‚ who killed Cesar‚ tries to explain to the audience why he did such a thing‚ and Antony explains why what Brutus did was wrong. Although Brutus was a good orator and uses rhetoric well‚ Antony had the more persuasive speech overall. Antony had better use of emotional appeals‚ loaded words‚ and tone. Emotional appeals are arguments that attempt to persuade by feelings. Since Antony can’t say that Brutus is a bad person‚

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    Sydnee Kuhn English 101‚ Section 143 11-14-10 Dr. Jun Zhao Should I Go to College? That’s a Rhetorical Question. Rhetoric is the art of using language to communicate effectively and persuasively. Authors often use rhetoric to convey a message to their audience via the three rhetorical appeals: ethos‚ pathos‚ and logos. Serving in Florida is an essay written by Barbara Ehrenreich that is a first-hand experience by the author in the world of working minimum age jobs. The author tried to

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    Samantha Delgado Mrs. Shreiner English III: American Literature November 8‚ 2013 The Effectiveness of Rhetoric Persuasive writing has been often used to change an audience’s opinion on the writers’ topic of choice. Arguments are mainly supported by using the rhetorical devices of ethos‚ pathos‚ and logos. Jonathan Edwards spoke persuasively in “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” by using pathos to better the behaviors’ of his congregation. Olaudah Equiano wanted to persuade others to stop the

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    Rhetorical Analysis of Martin Luther King Jr.’s Speech “I Have a Dream” Martin Luther King Jr.’s speech speaking to his people to assess the problem of segregation and the unfairness of it all. The promises made saying that they would fix the problem only to snatch it away at the last second or to add some kind of loophole that they could find their way around. His goal was to get the people to join together to come to a peaceful solution a solution that would come about without the violence of

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    Speeches are used to persuade. Discuss. The art of persuasive speaking‚ or rhetoric‚ has been practiced in the West since the fifth century BC. It traditionally deploys three key elements: ethos‚ being the speaker’s character‚ standing and credibility; logos‚ being the rational appeal of the speech; and pathos‚ being the emotional appeal. Devices typically used in effective rhetoric include: inclusive language‚ repetition‚ metaphor‚ imagery and historical references. Depending on the context‚

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    Paul Keating

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    Paul Keating’s commemoration speech at the funeral of the Unknown Soldier carefully utilises rhetoric technique to persuade the greater part of Australia to reflect on the great sacrifice made by those who served our nation. The epideictic format and inclusive language engages the audience‚ whilst anonymity of the unknown solider establishes curiosity‚ capturing pathos both within the speaker and the audience. Keating’s position as Prime Minister establishes ethos‚ allowing him to speak on behalf

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    Buy Ethos? The Ethos Water Advertisement is used to catch the possible consumer’s attention and to convince them to purchase their product. Every company uses their own form of rhetoric in advertisements that use pictures and phrases that are meant to convince people to purchase their products. In all forms of rhetoric‚ there are certain tools that help accomplish these goals which are commonly known as ethos‚ pathos‚ and logos. Ethos Water uses these tools in the form of celebrity appearance‚ statistics

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    While reading the essay Shooting an Elephant‚ first published in 1936 by Eric Blair under the pen name of George Orwell‚ one gets captivated by the intricate web of rhetoric that Blair weaves throughout the piece. Surely‚ the reason this essay keeps the attention of the reader so well is because Blair writes with an unmistakably strong exigency. It is this need of his to tell the world the truth about imperialism that enables him to write something so captivating. Blair found himself in Moulmein

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    languages and coding used in communication‚ both written and verbal. It allows us to infer meaning to images and films and to analyse and understand contexts. It allows us to understand the flow and process of signs‚ the various modes of persuasion and rhetoric argumentation so that we may be persuaded or dissuaded towards pivotal matters. It enables us to be entertained by stories and for us to get lost in the story by means of cleverly thought out structures. Media are all around us and an integral part

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    Still focusing on the scene at 1:24:10 to 1:25:40 and on pages 114-117‚ both the author and the director establishes their use of pathos as previously noted. However‚ on the terms of ethos‚ only author demonstrates the use of them as director’s use of ethos is not present in this scene. The author establishes his use of ethos by providing the player’s personal thoughts on the situation. An example of one of these thoughts if found on page 116 when the author states that “One of Rob’s McClanahan’s

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