Nowadays, mass communication has become vital in society everyday life. Television, newspapers, magazines, radio, blogs, websites, mobile apps and social media have increased their influence all around the world. Several individuals assume that the purpose of such media could be just entertain, form opinions, educate, or inform. Nevertheless, consider for example, a magazine writer’s purpose which is to entertain readers. By using exciting, brilliant, and comical words and pictures, readers not only will be entertained, besides they may have emotional reactions. As a manner of fact, emotional reactions were not expected, so they can be compared to the medical term, "side effects” which are considered secondary (typically undesirable) effects of a medical treatment. Mass communication can sadden feelings and emotions in the audience, either negatively or positively. Pathos is used in the article "Nation Reels after Gunman Massacres 20 Children at School in Connecticut" wherein the author James Barron relies heavily on different types of pathetic appeals to provoke emotions to the audience. The first use of pathos that the author uses in the article is imagery. Imagery is the use of figurative language to represent objects, ideas and actions in order to appeal to any of the five senses (sight, hearing, taste, touch and vision). In other words, imagery creates a visual representation of thoughts in the mind trough vivid descriptions. Barron uses four forms of imagery through the article; visual, kinesthetic, tactile and auditory. First, an example of visual imagery is when Craig Ansman states that “There is going to be a black cloud over this area [Newtown, Connecticut] forever" (qtd. in Barron). "Black cloud" represents a visual ima... ... middle of paper ... ...ching of the breath. Sobbing involves gasping and can bring chest heaving. Therefore, desperation and hopelessness can be brought to the audience feelings. The next example of word choice is found in the following description that the author makes “stunned residents attended four memorial services in the town” (Barron). The adjective stunned comes from the old French estoner which means “to daze or render unconscious or being in shock”. Panic and confusion can be felt by the readers because the description brings the fact that the residents could have been paralyzed at moment of the attack. The last example of word choice is when Barron states: “faces told the story outside the stricken school” (Barron). Barron use “Stricken” instead of harmed or injured. This adjective is related with a seriously affected injure by an undesirable condition or unpleasant feeling.
1) This quote is an example of imagery because it uses figurative language to describe what New York is like late at night. As well as it uses words
The author tries to stir up the reader's pathos appeal, giving scenarios that knock up their emotion. Opening up the article, the author talks about a Canadian teen who filmed himself acting out a fight scene from a well known movie series, Star Wars. The film was posted online and shined to the public causing a “viral frenzy”(113). People from around the world even edited the video, enhancing it with “music and special effects”(113) to ensure the film was more entertaining and amusing to the premature, sinful minds of the general public. Another scenario that resulted in internet harassment formed when a South Korean student refused to pick up her dogs feces in a local subway in Seoul. Someone caught this faulty act on video and decided to post it on the internet which of course attracted multiple numbe...
Imagery is the visually descriptive or figurative language, especially in a literary work (Imagery). In the Fellowship of the ring, Tolkien utilizes this more than any other literary device. On page 80 Tolkien described the elves for the
different styles of imagery and the diction, can change the way the reader interprets the
...ssibly help more than harm. Experience has taught me that when a child walks in fear of expressing their feelings they bottle up all of their emotions; simply because they’re afraid of the consequences. Teaching children to appropriately use and appreciate violent media will help them build confidence, “power, and selfhood.” (Jones 287) He successfully executes the use of rhetorical methods and offers solutions to the opposing viewpoint. Jones’ consistent use logical and emotional appeal entices the reader and effectively persuades; this clearly substantiates his deserving of the top persuasiveness prize.
Imagery is one of the components that were used by Edwards to make his story more persuasive. As the short story begins, the first sentence was an example of imagery. Edwards wrote when men are on Gods hands and they could fall to hell. natural men are held in the hands of God, over the pit of hell Knowing that you might fall into hell at any moment should scare you. God decided to save you until he wants to let you fall into an eternity of burning flames. Another example of imagery is when he talks abo...
Imagery is when the author presents a mental image through descriptive words. One prime example of imagery that the author uses is in paragraph 3; where she tells of a moment between a man and a woman. In this narration she states the time, year, outfit of each character described, and what the female character was doing. These details might come across as irrelevant, or unnecessary, but this is Didions way of showing what the blueprint of notebook it. Using imagery reinforces the foundation of the essay, and what the essay’s mission was.
For example, Harper Lee uses imagery to develop the theme that believing rumors will lead you to false assumptions unless you have walked in that person's shoes. For example, on page 372, while Boo Radley and Scout are walking back to Boo’s house Scout thinks to himself that, “if Miss Stephanie Crawford was watching from her upstairs window, she would see Arthur Radley escorting me down the sidewalk, as any gentleman would.” In this quote, Harper Lee uses imagery to show Boo Radley walking Scout down
Imagery is used by many authors as a crucial element of character development. These authors draw parallels between the imagery in their stories and the main characters' thoughts and feelings. Through intense imagery, non-human elements such as the natural environment, animals, and inanimate objects are brought to life with characteristics that match those of the characters involved.
Imagery is a key part of any poem or literary piece and creates an illustration in the mind of the reader by using descriptive and vivid language. Olds creates a vibrant mental picture of the couple’s surroundings, “the red tiles glinting like bent plates of blood/ the
A good example of imagery can be found at the end of the story in the last paragraph. For this part of imagery, the main character Jackson Jackson has received his grandmother’s regalia from the pawn shop employee without having to pay the total of $999 he originally had to pay. (Alexie) “I took my grandmother’s regalia and walked outside. I knew that solitary yellow bead was part of me. I knew I was that yellow bead in part. Outside, I wrapped myself in my grandmother’s regalia and breathed her in. I stepped off the sidewalk and into the intersection. Pedestrians stopped. Cars stopped. The city stopped. They all watched me dance with my grandmother. I was my grandmother, dancing.” This statement made at the end of the story indicates a strong sense of imagery that details Jackson’s emotions towards getting his grandmother’s regalia from the pawn shop. The yellow bead he mentions was his strongest symbol of feeling toward his grandmother, feeling as if he were a part of that yellow bead, in this case, his grandmother. Jackson describes in more detail of how he felt more like his grandmother after he wrapped the regalia around him. The pedestrians, city, everything around him was watching him feel like his grandmother, like some sort of flashback he could be
Imagery is shown in certain poems to bring out the senses. An example of one of these poems is After Apple Picki...
The media, including television programming, cartoons, film, the news, as well as literature and magazines, is a very powerful and pervasive medium for expression. It can reach a large number of people and convey ideas, cultural norms, stereotypic roles, power relationships, ethics, and values. Through these messages, the mass media may have a strong influence on individual behavior, views, and values, as well as in shaping national character and culture. Although there is a great potential for the media to have a positive and affirming effect on the public and society at large, there may be important negative consequences when the messages conveyed are harmful, destructive, or violent.
Imagery – how has Duffy used the words used to create pictures in the reader’s head?
Another rhetorical strategy incorporated in the poem is imagery. There are many types of images that are in this poem. For example, the story that the young girl shares with the boy about drowning the cat is full of images for the reader to see: