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    Television and the Rhetorical Analysis May 9th‚ 1961. Newton N. Minow stands in front of a convention of the National Association of Broadcasters to give his first big speech‚ “Television and the Public Interest.” Minow was appointed by President John F Kennedy himself‚ as the new chairman of the Federal Communication Commission (FCC). His speech directly speaks about the influence and future of broadcasting television. He refers the current programming as a “vast wasteland” and ultimately advocates

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    I would say that this ad uses some rhetorical appeals effectively‚ but lacks some as well. For example‚ it uses very strong pathos. Having the child looking into an empty fridge that looks very run down and not well kept. There is not a single food item in it. Also‚ the setting of the picture looks like it is not a well-kept area. The walls are very dirty and water stained‚ there is trash laying in front a dirty barrel‚ etc. The little boy in this picture also looks very malnourished. He has no shoes

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    Tracey Kittoe EC 121 Rhetorical Analysis on Michael Moore’s documentary Sicko. Michael Moore’s documentary‚ Sicko is a very controversial yet entertaining and emotionally compelling film. The documentary draws attention to several flaws in the health care system in United States of America. It exposes how profit-based healthcare insurance companies in America exploit the people; and argues that for the people of America‚ socializing healthcare would be much better than the current

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    Tiana Hyatt Professor Apostolidis May 6 2014 The Bechdel test was created in 1985‚ this test is a device used to demonstrate if at least two named women in a film‚ talk to each other‚ but what they talk about is something other than a man. My initial thought was this should be an easy enough test for a movie or TV Show to pass. I thought I would just choose the last threes movies I have seen lately but instead I decided to make a small experiment out of it. Being that there are three

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    The Rhetorical Analysis of the Seriousness of Food Thinking about the importance and significance of food respective to our health‚ ethnic culture and society can cause cavernous‚ profound‚ and even questionable thoughts such as: “Is food taken for granted?”‚ “Is specialty foods just a fad or a change in lifestyle?”‚ and even “Is food becoming the enemy.” Mark Bittman‚ an established food journalist‚ wrote an article called “Why take food seriously?” In this article‚ Bittman enlightens the reader

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    Taylor Gilchrist Ms. Laseter English 102 8 June 2014 Abstinence vs. Contraception Should early sex education programs only teach about abstinence or should they include the facts about contraception too? There is no specific way that it has to be taught but there is a debate on which ways have the best outcome. Abstinence is refraining from having sex and the only way to not get infected with a sexually transmitted disease. On the other hand‚ contraception is also known as birth control or

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    Ethos‚ logos‚ and pathos are the three rhetorical appeals. In this commercial‚ ethos is used to establish credibility‚ logos is used to establish logic‚ and pathos is used to establish emotion. The commercial for Charmin toilet paper with the Charmin bears is an effective use of rhetoric because it makes you laugh‚ it gives examples of the toilet paper‚ and it creates trust. The Charmin commercial appeals to pathos effectively because it makes you laugh. The idea of a bear using toilet paper

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    1510-120 10/18/2013 Rhetorical Analysis I picked the music video “Same Love” by rapper Macklemore and director‚ Ryan Lewis. Macklemore is confident and proud of the fact that he is fully supportive of everyone’s sexual orientations. Although Macklemore’s audience is more toward homosexual people‚ the message also reaches out to all different kinds of people because he put it in a song‚ so everyone who listens and likes the song will hear the message. Throughout the music video and lyrics‚ he

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    When thinking about the cultural aspects of the wall rhetorical appeals are present. When one first sees the picture of the wall it just looks as if it is a regular wall. When getting closer to the wall there is spray painted messages on the wall that represent how people feel about the wall. Once reading

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    The Monastery and The Clock - Rhetorical Essay Time‚ is the indefinite continued progress of existence and events in past‚ present‚ and future regarded as a whole. It can be argued that the steam engine is the most important machine developed in human history. Then again it can be argued that Megan Fox is the most amazing actress of all time. It’s the one who provides the most ethos that will win any argument. One can trace the roots of the Industrial Revolution all the way back to the Middle

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