Tuesday, December 15, 2009
Visual Argument(Health Care Reform Mess)
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Research Paper
Monday, September 14, 2009
Slap chop TV spot/ad, logos and pathos
https://www.slapchop.com/ver20/index.asp
I had to post the link to the website and video instead of posting just the video on here, because for some reason it wouldn't let me.
This is a TV ad for the Slap Chop, and Vince is using logos and even some pathos. He is using logos, or logical appeals, by telling his audience that the Slap Chop will make their life easier. It will make cooking faster, more fun, easier to clean up and more affordable. All these reasons appear to be logical. He also says you will get free stuff if you purchase right away, and everyone loves free stuff.
I think he also appeals to pathos by saying the Slap Chop will make America (and you) skinny again because fruits and vegetables will be easier to process and prepare. Even if this isn’t true, it makes the audience desire the product because most people desire to be skinny. He is using people’s feelings to make them want the product. This may be a weak argument for pathos, but I think it's a valid example.
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
A Modest Proposal, Jonathan Swift
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Obama's speech to the school children
I don’t really think there were any moments in the speech where I was like, wow, I never thought of it that way before. But on the other hand, it was a pretty encouraging speech. It was really about that even if your circumstances stink, that’s no excuse to fail school. No matter how great your teachers are or how excited your parents are, you are the one who decides if you want to put in the time and effort. I think this speech was pretty good for school kids and that it really couldn’t cause any harm.
I think he appealed a lot to pathos by relating all his life experiences and the situations of those three other people he talked about. He wanted us to feel that he, the president of the United States of America, could relate with the average school kid, and that was pretty neat.