In the article “Did My Car Join Al Qaeda?”, Woody Hochswender defends owning an SUV against those who are oppose them. Since SUVs have a low gas mileage, they have been linked to financing terrorists. Hochswender believes this idea is outrageous and uses persuasive methods to defend his case. Hochswender attempts to get others to see his view and how it is acceptable to own an SUV. The appeals of logos, pathos, and ethos are found throughout his argument. He makes a logos appeal by having reasons to back up every claim he makes. For example, he argues that in unsafe terrain and weather, SUVs “allow workers to get to and from their jobs, and parents to transport their children safely to school, sporting events, ballet classes and the rest”
On May 1, 2011, President Barack Obama delivered the speech announcing the death of the former leader of al Qaeda, Osama bin Laden. Bin Laden was responsible for thousands of deaths on the September 11th terrorist attacks in the US along with leaving children without a father or a mother for the rest of their lives. The speech was what Americans were waiting for after all the evil that bin Laden has done in the world. Throughout the speech, Obama uses rhetorical appeals such as ethos, pathos, and logos to address the nation saying that justice is served by killing Osama bin Laden and making the speech effective to the audience.
In the “180” movie Ray Comfort outstandingly used rhetorical appeal throughout his argument in a thorough way to further grasp his audience’s attention. He used pathos, ethos, and logos during the course of his dispute of abortion and the Holocaust. Comfort uses pathos more frequently than the other two appeals, to plea to the audience’s heart strings. An example of when pathos was used was when
Along side of Adam’s use of invitational rhetoric, his main tactic of persuasion derives from the use of logos. Adam’s use of logos is concrete
An example of Moss’s outstanding usage of ethos, pathos, and logos is Jeffrey Dunn’s story. Dunn held an executive position at Coca-Cola in 2001, when the main company goal was to drive Coca-Cola into poorer areas. On a business trip to Brazil, Dunn realized that “these people need a lot of things, but they don’t need a Coke” and decided to push the company in a healthier direction. This choice led to Dunn’s eventual firing (491-494). This story not only appeals to pathos by getting to readers’ emotions, but also to ethos and logos because Dunn is a credible source and gives an authentic experience that adds to the credible feel of the article. (very good info./analysis, keep but
No one imagined on the morning of September 11th, 2001 for there to be an attack on US soil. The morning started out just like any other morning. However, that all changed when 4 planes were hijacked by Al Qaeda terrorists groups. Two of the four planes crashed into the World trade Center in New York City. One shortly after collided into the Pentagon in Washington D.C. The fourth plane made a crash landing in a field in Pennsylvania. Thus killing all 40 passengers and crew aboard. One that day, we lost a total of 2,996 American lives due to the 9/11 events (statisticbrain). The American people, were frightened and angry. They needed answer not rumors. If rhetoric is situational, as Bitzer states, the opportunity existed for a rhetor to step
I believe that the essay, “Did My Car Join Al Qaudea” by Wood Hochswender, is persuasive. The reason why I think Hochswender’s essay is persuasive because he makes several statements about why SUV’s are more efficient. Hochswender shows the use of ethos by stating “I choose not to whip around corners or to follow others so closely and at such high speeds that I have to make harrowing, emergency stops. I drive so as not to roll over (Hochswender 155).” I believe Hochswender is trying to get individuals to understand that it is not the SUV that makes the passengers unsafe, but more so the driver. Hochswender shows the use of pathos by stating “If some drunken driver veers across the center divider-I would prefer that my 9-year-old and I not be
By appealing so much to pathos, his letter focuses more on emotionally convincing and persuading the reader to accept his claim, rather than providing facts and logic to his argument. His combined use of logos and ethos also adds an aspect of logic and reason to his argument, as well as further showing his credibility and connection to the subject as the author. His use of the three rhetorical devices helps to bolster and support his claim, while also personalizing and connecting with the
Moore’s strategies are effective in conveying his message and convincing readers of the truth of his position. The use of logos raises Moore’s credibility and convinces readers of his arguments, while his use of simple reasoning and intentional questions helps readers focus and understands his points. Therefore, Moore is successful in making his points using these strategies.
Lars Eighner uses the appeal of ethos the most prominently in his book to prove he is credible, followed by an appeal logos by applying logic and pathos using stories.
As found in all styles of persuasive compositions, the appeals are vivid and thoroughly present here in the forms of ethos, logos, and pathos. Ethos, the use of credibility, authority, and/or character to persuade the audience, is used by Carson where she quotes the Fish and Wildlife Service on the dangers of the use of parathion. This not only displays to the reader that another also feels this way about parathion, but it also introduces a highly credible and authoritative establishment that shares this idea. Logos, the reasoning that the audience finds in the media, appeals to the reader’s common sense where Carson logically explains, “The problem could have been solved easily by a slight change in agricultural practice—a shift to a variety of corn with deep set ears not accessible to the birds…” The reader understands that there are better alternatives and may begin to question the morals of the farmers. Immediately after this application of logos, the tone becomes dark and accusative as Carson implements pathos, influence achieved from the manipulation of feelings, desires, or fears, by presenting the farmers as persecutors. She does this by us...
“Americans’ Love Affair with Cars, Trucks and SUVS Continues.” USA Today. USA Today, 30 August 2003. Web. 5 January 2012.
convince “readers of your point of the view” (4). In his essay “Did My Car Join Al Qaeda?”,
Lars Eighner uses the appeal of ethos the most prominently in his book to prove he is credible, followed by an appeal logos by applying logic and pathos using stories.
Logos is “a strategy in which a writer uses facts, evidence, and reason to convince audience members to accept a claim” (Lunsford). Dr. Khullar utilizes this aspect of writing by primarily using statistics. One
Appeal to logos, which is the appeal to logic or facts, is used by Goodman in the passage. He uses it to show the decrease in the amount of foreign reporting in recent years. For example, he remarks "Back in 2003, American Journalism Review produced a census of foreign correspondents then employed by newspapers based in the United States, and found 307 full time people. When AJR repeated the exercise in 2011, the count had dropped to 234." Here it shows how significantly the # of