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A Rhetorical Analysis Of Al Gore's An Inconvenient Truth

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In 2006, former Vice President of the United States but now an environmentalist activist name Al Gore expresses the issue about preserving our Earth. He attempts to appeal to environmentalist at a universal lecture hall and to non-environmentalist around the world by making the lecture into a documentary titled An Inconvenient Truth. Gore combines the use of visuals with rhetorical devices to achieve his purpose of bringing awareness to the effects of global warming. Through the duration of the documentary Al Gore credibility is lionized. Gore displays himself campaigning for the position of presidency, which implies that he was going to utilize the position as a mean to prevent global warming from becoming more disastrous than it already is. Although he was defeated by George W. Bush, he showed that he didn’t give up the battle against global warming. By him doing so the audience perceives him as a devoted environmentalist and it conveys his unrequited love for this planet. In addition, he expounds his experiences as a student, which shows he’s well knowledgeable about the topic. Therefore, …show more content…

In a diagram that displayed the drastic rise in CO2 concentration, Gore outlined the graph lines in a red bright color. He appeals to the fearful emotions of the audience by suggesting that global warming is real, man-made, and its toxic derby will be cataclysmic if the government and citizens don’t act now. Moreover, he provides information of when his son was in the hospital while doing so Gore uses black and white visual effects and talks in a very low-soft voice. This makes his audience feel a different kind of emotion, sadness. He wants them to understand that the Earth is like is his son and like his son, he must take care of it so that the generation to come could see this beautiful planet. This scene in the documentary showed what molded him to become such a devoted

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