Pepsi “Way of the Kung Fu” Commercial: Rhetorical Tools PepsiCo pushes their top product Pepsi in the commercial “Way of the Kung Fu.” This commercial is meant for anyone that drinks soda‚ but it appeals to Americans who are interested in pop culture and understand the humor put forth in the commercial. The Pepsi commercial employs tools‚ such as contrived narrative‚ repetition‚ humor and bandwagon. This commercial contains a popular storyline seen in many films and television shows. A young
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or billboards; they catch our eyes and stay in the back of our minds. With commercials‚ they strive to be very noticeable and out there. During the super bowl‚ the commercials strive to get their stuff out there during the many commercial breaks in the game. A lot of these commercials are funny‚ colorful and memorable. One commercial in particular struck my attention and I found it amusing and very nostalgic. The commercial opens up on a snow covered field with one black cow‚ as soon as the image
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The Dust Bowl: The Era of Destruction The 1920’s was a horrible time for all‚ especially those from the midwest‚ and those farmers now had to use new and improved methods involving machines and new revolutions to increase the speed and growth of their extravagant crops. But now the damage is done‚ because World War 1 is over. Most thought this destruction was at an end and only good was to come‚ but in 1931 things took a turn for the worst and more devastation piled on from an era known as the “Dirty
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The Dust Bowl was a treacherous storm‚ which occurred in the 1930’s‚ that affected the midwestern people‚ for example the farmers‚ and which taught us new technologies and methods of farming. As John Steinbeck wrote in his 1939 novel The Grapes of Wrath: "And then the dispossessed were drawn west- from Kansas‚ Oklahoma‚ Texas‚ New Mexico; from Nevada and Arkansas‚ families‚ tribes‚ dusted out. Carloads‚ caravans‚ homeless and hungry; twenty thousand and fifty thousand and a hundred thousand and two
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Death of a Cat The short story I chose is “The Blue Bowl” by Jane Kenyon. In this story the author’s pet has died. The theme to me would be the death of a pet‚ or more specific death of a cat. This poem tells the tale of a family that has lost their pet. The poem demonstrates the pain of the family members
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Rhetorical Analysis: “A Prostitute‚ a Servant‚ and a Customer Service Representative: a Latina in Academia.” For many in the United States‚ the idea that racism and gender inequality still exists seems absurd. The abolishment of slavery over 150 years ago‚ schools and public places not being segregated‚ and even Barack Obama’s presidency may serve in society’s argument that racism is a thing of the past. Pair that with the surface view that‚ from a legal stand point at least‚ women are viewed the
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an Angry God”‚ Jonathan Edwards’ purpose was to convert and make born again the congregation of Puritan sinners. He was able to achieve this with his eye opening sermons to the congregation. In “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”‚ Edwards uses rhetorical devices such as diction‚ imagery‚ and tone to contribute to the effectiveness of his sermon. Edwards paints a horrifying picture of eternal damnation for unsaved souls. His use of graphic words describing the horrors and torment awaiting sinners
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Reflective Essay Ever since the semester started‚ we have written three major essay‚ review‚ report and visual rhetorical analysis. Throughout the semester‚ I have learned new ideas and methods of writing and learning new punctuation rules and learned the ease of writing within the minimum word limit. Through writing these essays‚ I have improved on wording‚ format and grammar. When staring out‚ I had multiple problems regarding wording and use of different diction. When I first wrote the Short
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* Orley Ashenfelter- Uses statistics to extract hidden info from large datasets * Orley’s Wine Predictions * What really got him in trouble is crunching numbers to assess the quality of Bordeaux wines. He found that low levels of harvest rain/high avg. summer temps produce the greatest wines Reduced his wine theory to a formula; he can predict the general quality of any vintage by plugging weather statistics for a given year into formula. NOT well received by traditional wine critics
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Great Dane Doritos Commercial The commercial I choose to do my paper on was a Doritos commercial from Super Bowl XLII. In a Doritos ‘commercial‚ a man working in his garden becomes suspicious when he sees his Great Dane burying what appears to be the collar of a missing cat. Next thing the man knows he’s staring eye to eye with the pooch‚ who’s realized his master has caught him getting rid of evidence of a heinous crime. To buy his silence the dog slips his owner a bag of Doritos with a note
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