Rhetoric

Backpacks vs. Briefcases: Steps toward Rhetorical Analysis by Laura Bolin Carroll demonstrates the different ways in which rhetoric can be used. Rhetoric is choosing a specific type of language to persuade an audience. I use to believe an add was just a way for people to try and sell a product. Now I know there are specific reasons why an add uses a certain language in different situations to advertise. What was most interesting to me was the Aristotle’s appeals such as ethos, pathos and logos. These are three different ways in which rhetoric is used to be more effective towards an audience. I also realized rhetoric is used in almost everything I read on the street or hear in the news. What I also did not realize was that I use rhetorical methods to convey people that what I am saying is correct.
Is a Cow a ‘Who’ or a ‘Which?’ Our Standards Editor Weighs In, By PHILIP B. CORBETTFEB. 2, 2016.This is not only a very interesting article about a cow escaping a slaughterhouse but also a way to convince an audience to become active in animal cruelty. Pathos is the definition of the article because it is using a cultivating story to grab the readers attention as well as motivating them to take action. The writer in this article is PHILIP B. CORBETTFEB the readers are those who read New York Times as well as the people who are involved in animal life. With this being said the purpose of this article is to create awareness of what is happening in slaughterhouses. Ethos in this article is being used by mentioning Peter Singer, the Princeton philosopher and intellectual champion of the animal-rights movement. The fact that an icon such as Singer is being used is called ethos because this promotes intelligence in the article. We generally use “person” pronouns like “he,” “she” or “who” only for animals who have been given a name, or in cases where the sex of the animal is specified. Otherwise, we stick with “it” and “that” or “which.” This quote demonstrates the rhetorical use of knowledge to really see the point of how animals not only get mistreated but how they get no respect. “A cow escaped from a slaughterhouse and took a stroll through Queens” key words in this quote are slaughterhouse and escape. Just hearing the word slaughter house creates a emotions in people to think dark and negative especially wen it is followed by escape. The word language encourages people even more to act on the situation.
Work Cited
“Backpacks vs. Briefcases: Steps Toward Rhetorical Analysis.” Backpacks vs. Briefcases: Steps Toward Rhetorical Analysis. N.p., n.d. Web. 03 Feb. 2016.
Philip. “Is a Cow a ‘Who’ or a ‘Which?’ Our Standards Editor Weighs In.” The New York Times. The New York Times, 01 Feb. 2016. Web. 03 Feb. 2016.