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Logos In The Vietnam War

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The author used a "logical appeal." The readers can found this appeal in this subtract paper from Fulbright; from the attempting of the author in the use of logos to persuade the audience in his logical on views that he understand was the malfunction of Congress to create boundaries in the United States ' participation in the Vietnam War. The readers can’t recognize when the author isn’t succeeding in the description of ideas and start using sarcastic comparison that drag the readers to a rational view of passion idea of this criticism paper. Logos is a kind of rhetoric logic idea that is being made, but whether or not makes sense to the readers. Logos it can be an define as the authors attempts to influence the audience by making a rational
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