David Brooks utilizes the rhetorical devices of Logos, Ethos, and Pathos to build his argument that disrespecting American values is counterproductive. First, Brooks uses the Rhetorical device of Pathos to appeal to the emotions of the reader. He says that “Over the centuries, this civic religion fired a fervent desire for change”(Par. 6). Brooks uses the word “fervent” in his writing, because it appeals to the emotions of the reader, It expresses the extent of the desire for change. This is known as pathos.
I have chosen this article because the tittle seems very enticing. I want to know deeper information on how we can read people’s thoughts just by looking at them. I am also interested with the psychological issue so I decided to read and learn through this article. 4. Explain briefly in four or five sentences what the article is about.
The author wrote the two chapters in a chronological order to facilitate the understanding of all the events that occurred in the past. Daschuk used sources such as officials’ reports, statistics, and historical documents to support his opinion and give effect to his text. In chapter 6, he used a table to demonstrate the level of deaths. In addition, he included some pictures in order to demonstrate to the readers physically some aspects of his argument. This technique helps him to convince the readers.
Solomon was an American professor of philosophy and business at the University of Texas, where he taught for more than 30 years. His work was intended for a broader audience. The findings suggested emotions are rational and purposive rather than irrational and disruptive, emotion are very much like actions, and that we choose an emotion just as we choose a course of action, his notion is that feelings are inessential to emotion since feelings fail to capture the component of emotion. In contrast, Solomon criticized James with the idea of emotion being a sensation and that bodily response will produce a specific emotion, he suggested that emotions are purposive and that emotions are judgments, which can be a part of our control but not completely.
The next rhetorical appeals are logos and ethos. Logos deals with persuading the audience through the use of logic and reason. Logos can be stated by using facts, statistics, and evidence to back up your information. Logos was used in this article when President Andrew D White stated, “Some players grew their hair long to provide a modicum of head protection” (Zimmerman 2014). Some studies showed that if their hair was longer it would provide more padding when they would collide with each other.
In Niccolo Machiavelli's book, The Prince (1513), he evaluates on how a prince can be a successful leader. Machiavelli’s purpose of this guidebook was to construct his argument to the rising ruler Giuliano de Medici for when he comes to power in Florence. He adopts a casual but authoritative tone in order to convince the prince that Machiavelli’s evaluation on how to be the best prince, is the right thing for the prince to do without coming off as he knows more than the prince or is trying to intimidate him.. Machiavelli’s reference to previous rulers and whether their tactics failed or succeeded helps to benefit his credibility along with his allusion to historic text. He appeals to our logic by simply stating a prince can only do what is within his power to control, and his use of an analogy furthers his argument.
Paul’s Case, as alluded to earlier is a story about a certain young man who is a Calvinist and he is clouded by feelings of not belonging to this life. According to the story he lived on a street named Cordelia located in Pittsburgh, and we are given an impression of a street cluttered with cookie cutter houses and city dwellers that seemed like suburbanites. According to the author, there was an aura of despair in that city. This same aura extended even to Paul’s own room. His life was a life of misery having been surrounded by a father that abused him, teachers that never cared and classmate that misunderstood him and this caused Paul to feel he is not worth to be in their presence or even company.
Now that the people have made the decision to remove this old self and the practices they were once involved in, Paul has invited the people to continue this journey of living in a new lifestyle that brings reconciliation with Christ. “The audience have “put on” like a new set of clothing the “new human being” which is constantly being renewed by God “for knowledge” (Heil). This can be seen in the life of Jesus, once he was crucified he had taken all of the sins of the people and once he was resurrected that sin he carried was removed. Paul is inviting us to take similar actions, rather than being filled with anger, idolatry, and many other emotions and behaviors, he calls for the people to have hearts filled with compassion, kindness, humility,
In this passage, Paul agrees that reading literature is necessary for individual improvement and societal advancement. However, she believes that "deep reading" differs from and is more effective than skimming articles on the Internet, using both fact and strong rhetoric to prove her point to be true. First, Paul utilizes the appeal of ethos to convince readers that fiction readers are more empathetic than those who do not read by using studies from Mar and Oatley, distinguished scholars in the field of psychology whom agree with her. This immediately gives Paul's argument credibility, for readers are swayed to agree with scholars who have devoted years of their lives to studying a specific topic, the human brain in this case.
Flowers symbolize so many things in society nowadays. People receive and give flowers on several different occasions. Flowers are symbols of love, sadness, apologizes, excitement, passion, and many others. Flowers also play a big role in the story “Paul’s Case” written by Willa Cather. The main character, Paul, often gives special meaning to the flowers present in the story.
Near the end of Paul’s leave of absence, he felt isolated and full of regret, “I ought never to have come here. Out there I was indifferent and often hopeless-I will never be able to be so again. I was a soldier, and now I am nothing but an agony for myself, for my mother, for everything that is so comfortless and without end. ”(Remarque 185) This quote accentuates the narrator’s separation from his family, when he cries out “I ought never to have come here.”
The book that I will talk about today is ACT LIKE A LEDY THINK LIKE A MAN by Steve Harvey Firstly , I will talk about Steve Harvey is an American comedian, television host, radio personality, actor, and author. He hosts The Steve Harvey Morning Show, Steve Harvey (the talk show), Family Feud and Little Big Shots. The book was published in March 2009 , it show the differences between women’s thinking & men’s thinking in the relationships . Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man is as simple as the title.
In the play Antigone, Sophocles demonstrates the conflict between family and God through the characters of Antigone, Ismene and Creon. Antigone being ambitious and strong willed throughout the play, fights for his brothers honor and proper burial while Ismene on the other hand, is more timid fears the consequences that may occur if the laws are broken. For Creon he is the King and holds most power, until the Gods feel he is incapable. Antigone, Ismene and Creon all use logical and emotional appeals to achieve a compromise to either bury Polynices or not.
Paul is experiencing internal conflict throughout his emotional journey and he must discover that it isn’t necessary for him to receive approval from others Paul is often discouraged by his dad and never
