athletes are pushed to their limits‚ do they truly evolve‚ or are they torn away from their authentic selves‚ becoming insincere and jaded in the process? In the chapter “Do Sports Build Character?” from Mark Edmundson’s book Why Teach?‚ Edmundson uses rhetorical strategies‚ personal anecdotes‚ and philosophical references to question the popular belief that sports develop moral virtues within a person‚ instead of the reality of sports instilling values of competitiveness‚ aggression‚ and selfishness. Edmundson’s
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Molly Ainsworth Ms. Caine Honors English III 9 October 2024 Rhetorical Analysis: Analysis of 2021 Chevy Silverado Cat Commercial The Chevy Silverado cat commercial is not very convincing in my opinion‚ but for the right audience it definitely could be. This is because there is no evidence or reason that the truck is better than a different truck other than the multi-flex tailgate. The tailgate could be enough to sway the right kind of people‚ but not me. The commercial doesn’t use enough logos in
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• First‚ briefly describe the argument using the rhetorical triangle as your guide o Who are the authors? Director: Robert Kenner Writers: Robert Kenner‚ Elise Pearlstein o What is their vested interest? To shed light and invoke change in the way food is prepared and processed in America o Do they have any conflicts of interest? Yes‚ the company that made the film is bias against big industry and cutting corners in food preparation. o Who is the intended audience? The
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further explained in the following paragraphs of the analysis. As well as examining ideologies and the certain discourses that come with them. So having decided to do my rhetorical analysis on PepsiCo‚ I realized they are a big corporation with a lot of money that advertises a lot for its products. PepsiCo is a big part of this waste ending up in landfills. First I will introduce the PepsiCo website and go through it and analyze the different rhetorical devices used and what their end game is. Another
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1. Pathos Hillenbrand plays to the reader’s emotion in Seabiscuit when Red Pollard rides a known wild horse for another owner and is sent crashing into the side of stable. At this point of the novel‚ the reader had connected with Red as he has gone through over adversities in his life such as his troubled childhood‚ repeated failures as a jockey‚ and once they were informed that he was half blind. Because Hillenbrand built up Red for the reader in this way‚ it caught the reader off guard as they
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African American and supporter of the Union‚ Alfred M. Green‚ delivered a speech to fellow African Americans during the first month of the Civil War in 1868 Philadelphia. Green’s purpose in this speech is to persuade and convince other African Americans with the same political beliefs as him to prepare to eventually join the Union forces. Green adopts a patriotic‚ religious and solemn but yet‚ sarcastic‚ tone in order to illustrate that while African Americans were not legally permitted to enlist
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Crosby‚ Stills‚ Nash‚ and Young - Ohio Crosby‚ Stills‚ Nash and Young (CSNY) wrote this song‚ Ohio‚ in response to the Kent State shooting in Ohio. This song made a bold musical statement during its time as it mentioned Nixon by name‚ blaming him for this massacre. The instruments hold a constant beat in the song while the lyrics were carefully crafted so that they could express a lot in a few words. The instrumentals have an underlying marching beat throughout the entire song
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Through the use of very detailed language in her paper‚ Ehrenreich was able to make the experiences she had while working as a waitress and housecleaner seem much more real and personal to the reader. Instead of describing how she felt while working as a waitress and housekeeper‚ she made the reader go through (almost) the same feeling by describing the situations she was put into. While expressing her emotions would have made the reader wonder what she was saying‚ describing the horrible situations
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Pre-reading • What does the title suggest to you? From the title‚ what do you expect this essay to be about? The title of this essay implies that the paper will be a proposition on a certain situation that contains modesty. This essay would possess a humble suggestion created to resolve a problem. The term “Modest” indicates a positive connotation implying that this plan will be morally correct and have a contributive impact. Introduction and definition of the problem • What is the problem‚
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Machiavelli was trying to gain the favor of a local leader by giving him advice. Through the use of repetition‚ historical reference‚ and persuasive aphorisms Machiavelli effectively conveyed the important skills required to be a prince. Machiavelli repeated himself numerous times throughout the piece. The purpose of this was to relay the importance of the advice given. To illustrate this point‚ Machiavelli says that if a prince wants his people to respect him‚ he must “keep his hands off the
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