untimely deaths that follow senseless shootings or massacres….. “all of the mass shootings that have occurred in this country—with the exception of one—have taken place in gun-free zones”. The author uses general data‚ statistics‚ editorial cartoons‚ rhetorical questions‚ comparison and contrast to present his stance on gun control and the safety of American citizens. Pratt begins his article with an anecdote that opposes the behavior and beliefs of members of Congress and unifies himself with his
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English 280‚ Section 25 February 6‚ 2013 Defending Our Voting Rights: Rhetorical Analysis Voting is a very touchy subject in America today. With the economy the way it is people are paying more attention to the government than before. In his article Defending Our Voting Rights; Jeffrey Toobin argues that Republicans systematically attempt to disenfranchise Democrats. He argues that the Republicans go to great lengths to try to win elections. Jeffrey Toobin adequately supports his stance by
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The mass media is a perplexing tool that has been used for many years to create and breed racial‚ gender and social biases. Presently‚ the mass media is no longer used to inform citizens about the current events that occur‚ but to influence them to form an opinion about whatever is deliberately shown to ruffle feathers. The media are key institutions in our society. They affect our culture‚ our buying habits‚ and politics. They are affected in turn by changes in our beliefs‚ taste‚ interests and
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October 16‚ 2012 Rhetorical Analysis: “You are being lied to about pirates” In Johann Hari’s article “You are being lied to about pirates” (published Monday January 5‚ 2009 by the Independent) he uncovers for his audience/readers the truth behind piracy and how it is reflected in the ways that the government “tries” to inform the public. The article shows that his audience is the people he recognizes to be the real villains in destroying the pirate “organization” as well as the uneducated readers
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Rhetorical Analysis “The Collapse of Big Media: The Young and the Restless” was written by David T. Z. Mindich was former assignment editor at CNN‚ has placed his roots back into the show era‚ and published in Spring of 2005 as an article in a magazine‚ Wilson Quarterly. Mindich’s article spoke about the decline of reading newspapers and watching the news and his reasons behind this conclusion. He used his article to inform and educated his audience. He claimed that if people become more informed
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Apple’s paper advertisement is a 40-second commercial video; it talks mainly about the advent of New MacBook Air‚ which the first thinnest laptop that Apple started to manufacture in 2008. (You Tube) This advertisement‚ which was made by Steve Jobs‚ the CEO of Apple Company‚ was published on November 15‚ 2008. (Stern) The ad’s synopsis was that a person opens a file that contains a drawn paper as a laptop‚ and then opens and closes the laptop itself only by a finger. The commercial’s main purpose
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Architecture must be taken as the language with emphasis not only on the construction of "words" but also the meaning of "spiritual" decoding. He also urged (Carol Blair 1999) to "look beyond the symbolism of the rhetorical text and to examine the rhetorical importance of eloquence with its consequences and its partisan - the material power of eloquence" beyond the aims‚ intentions and motives. "In distinguishing between what the text means (symbolic level) Dependency)‚ Blair reminds
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In order to graduate with a diploma from a Saudi high school‚ I had to take a research paper class. A research paper class is where we spend a whole school year working on one research paper. I would consider this as the exigence or the reason behind my need for writing. Another reason would be that I needed to get good grades in that class‚ which is where my need came from. We had the first two weeks of class to decide on a topic‚ which is where I faced most of the constraints. Coming from a conservative
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same name and hometown were faced with and how their decisions on overcoming them lead them to two completely different places. One living free and being able to experience things and the other living unfortunately behind bars. Wes Moore uses the rhetorical appeals ethos‚ logos‚ and pathos to engage the readers attention on how two boys with so many similarities can grow up and live two completely opposite lives. Wes Moore is a talented and educated man and accomplished an enormous amount of things
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Analysis of AntiSmoking Advertisements Smoking is becoming more and more of a problem throughout the world. Smoking cigarettes used to symbolize wealth and status in society. Today‚ smoking seems to be more of a trend to look “cool”. It is very much advertised against on television today. Since tobacco companies don’t advertise on television the antismoking companies already have a huge step ahead. More people than past decades have access
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