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1. Explain briefly what mixed martial arts is, and give an outline of some of the views on the sport presented in the three texts.
Mixed arts material is a modern martial art, where the participants try to win over each other using a range of martial arts techniques from different martial arts. Martial arts were introduced in the 1990s and became reasonably quickly a popular sport. The sport became known as the ultimate fighting and the sport was often linked with match competition. The techniques of the sport are combined with standing and striking along with grappling and fighting. The Mixed arts material can compare to other sports like kickboxing, judo, wrestling etc., their use some of the same techniques.
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He uses a lot of pathos to appeal by the influence the recipient’s feelings. An example: “It is difficult for those families to comprehend why someone would willingly put themselves at risk of lifetime disability or death.” (L.37-40). We can clearly see that Peter is trying to wake a sensitive page forward in the recipients. He also argues by using logos and ethos, which make him more credible and sympathetic. An example for the logos appeals: “Too many individuals are forced to struggle on a daily basis with the devastating effects of brain injuries sustained in unavoidable circumstances.” (L.33-36). The logical example is one of Peter's main points is against mixed martial arts and the reason he will abolish the sport. The author argues by focusing only on his own view, where he expresses his opinions very straightforward. The rhetorical elements in the text are especially the sarcasm the author uses, by disapproves and to ask sarcastic questions about mixed martial arts. Which makes the participants look stupid and very senseless overall. Like in this sentence: “How many more young men need to die before we take action?” (L.94-95), where the author really makes it clear, that the sport depends on life and death and affect the recipients to ban the sport as quickly as possible. Peter McCabe example about Joäo Carvalho there died of brain injury after a fight is a huge argument against the sport because it goes in and affects people’s feelings and talks to their
Pathos is the author's use of emotions and sympathy to urge the audience to agree with his or her standpoint. And lastly, logos apply sound reasoning (logic) to attract the typical ideas of the audience and to prove the author's point of view. "Lockdown" by Evans D. Hopkins is a fine example of an author using these appeals to persuade his audience. Hopkins uses of the three appeals are easy to locate and relate to throughout the entire passage. He undoubtedly uses rhetoric to try and keep his audiences focused and to persuade them to feel the way he does about the treatment of prisoners.
Quindlen uses logos effectively by using facts from other sources. It shows when she tells us that, “The agriculture Department estimated in 1999 that twelve million children were hungry or at risk of going hungry.” This is only a small example of the facts she uses. Another example is when she tells us that, “A group of big-city mayors released a study showing that in 200, requests for food assistance from families increased almost 20 percent, more than at any time in the last decade.” These examples show how she is using logos to persuade readers.
Edlund, John R. Ethos, Logos, Pathos: Three Ways to Persuade.” Cal Poly Pomona, n.d. Web. 6
A good example of a logical appeal, also known as logos, is that Lustig et al. clearly argue that sugar “warrants some form of societal intervention”, and should definitely be regulated as much as tobacco and alcohol are currently. Robert Lustig, a clinical pediatrics at the Univ. or California San Francisco, with an emphasis on childhood obesity, also working with two females from UCSF: Claire Brindis and Laura Schmidt also worked with Lustig on the article of The Toxic Truth about Sugar, which was published in a 2012 version of Nature Magazine (Intro).
Obama did a good job of sprinkling in logos into her speech. Logos is the rhetoric device of appealing to reason. This is a very important rhetorical device because it can introduce factual grounds for one’s argument. Mrs. Obama uses logos to introduce the shocking numbers of childhood obesity. One example of Mrs. Obama using logos is when she said, “Now, right now in America, one in three children is overweight or obese” (Obama 420).
The author uses pathos and logos several times in this writing. Pathos is in use when the author says, “Attempts to add sexual orientation to the federal statute began shortly after the brutal murder of young Matthew Sheppard in Wyoming, apparently because of his homosexuality.” He uses logos when he says, “ the yearly number of hate-crimes charges brought by the Justice Department dropped from seventy-six in 1996 to twenty-two ten years later.
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
Anna uses Logos as a rhetorical strategy to support her argument. Anna adds, “In 1995 four out of every 10 people on probation said they were drinking when they committed a violent crime, while only one in 10 admitted using illicit drugs.” (Pg.2) she adds this quotes to show the reader that the majority of people in this case, that committed a violent crime, were under the influence of alcohol, again proving that alcohol has an effect on people making them violent which make them, while under the influence, dangerous for society, instead of the other drugs. She also said, “A recent poll of 7,000 adults found that 82 percent said they’d even be willing to pay more for a drink if the money were used to combat alcohol abuse.” (pg.2). Many people are suffering, or know someone who is a victim of alcohol abuse. As shown in the quote, 82 percent of people are willing to even pay more on drinks just so that alcohol abuse can be stopped, this shows how alcohol affect the lives of many and how people is desperate to find a solution. She uses logos to appeal to readers with statistics to give her argument support by adding real
It is clear that he uses pathos as his most potent tool for persuasion. Be it a way to depict gruesome imagery, a way to supplement his call to action, or as an enhancement for both his ethos and logos arguments, his strategic use of pathos is what drove the letter’s meaning to the hearts of
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
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Argument Against a Ban on Boxing The entertaining sport of boxing, an athletic event consisting of numerous health conflictions, has been receiving some heat from legal and medical advocates, yet “Some of the qualities that have open boxing to attack have, at the same time, been its salvation”(Sammons 235). Boxing, which has been in existence and evolved from other forms of fighting longer than this country has been established, is a skill, talent, an ambition, and for most professional fighters, a love. Professional boxing, like virtually any physical recreation, is performed so that there are health risks, yet it is the athletes right to decide their personal levels of danger. Indeed, boxing discloses America’s disposition towards tradition. During the United States’ brief history, Americans have consistently managed to acquire cultural, social, political, and intellectual institutions from England, leaving no surprise to why the modern controversial sport of boxing, or prizefighting, traveled over sea to America.
Everyone is aware of the role that these athletes have to do. We should not look at the inappropriate actions of few athletes. The. I was biased to believing that all athletes are bad before I started. doing my research for this paper.
...same as a conventional sport. Still, the arguments used by both sides are well thought out and have a clear statement of why each one is right, with the exception of the neutral group who’s argument was invalidated by their grouping of youth.
In conclusion, it is explicit that sports is a positive influence on athletes, spectators and the world as a whole as it teaches imperative life lessons as well as allows its participants to experience enjoyment, fulfilment and gratification. As mentioned previously sports enables its players to bring out the best in others and create unity amongst groups as team work is so essential. This highlights the views I have in conjunction with the views of Joe Humphrey.