Saletan also believes in individual and personal responsibility. He quotes Bill Clinton on this topic by saying, “It’s not our dependence on foreign oil that’s Carroll 2 killing us. It’s our dependence on vegetable oil.” The author establishes his credibility in this article by writing in a knowledgeable tone and by being the author of Bearing Right: How Conservatives Won the Abortion War. In this article, the author’s tone is very sarcastic most of the time and mocking at some points. His tone is really kind of hard to catch on to until the very end of the article when he questioned how many people
California land developers are scorned in the line “[s]ome rich men came and raped the land … put up a bunch of ugly boxes, and Jesus, people bought them.” Don Henley stated in a 1987 interview with Rolling Stone that he cared more about the environment than he did about songwriting, and that the environment was the reason for his involvement in politics. Geographical and historical references are sprinkled throughout the song and solidify the image of Americans carving a path of
The majority of Gillman’s article consists of inductive reasoning due to the fact that he provides example after example of what the reader could find. The rest of the article includes the credibility he tries to make for himself by providing a copious amount of examples which leads to the ethos element of his argument. Last but certainly not least is the pathos aspect of a rhetorical argument; Gillman creates various emotions throughout the entirety of the article. The majority of this article relies heavily on inductive reasoning, which is using many proven examples to prove a point and persuade someone to join your cause. Even the layout of the passage lends to inductive reasoning.
“National unity proved to be short-lived,” is right. Frank Rich, an essayist writing for a popular magazine, is aware that his tone should help portray his argument; that America has wasted an opportunity to come together as a nation. His tone throughout the essay portrays a sarcastic voice alongside a sometimes more serious and formal approach. As demonstrated when Rich writes, “So devilishly clever was the selling of the Saddam-for-Osama bait-and-switch that almost half the country would come to believe that Iraqis were among the 9/11 hijackers.” The sarcastic part, “devilishly clever,” of Bush’s plan to “sell” Saddam for Osama illustrates that Frank Rich believes it was not the right thing to do, hence it didn’t help bring America together. A more serious use of diction and tone is displayed when he brings up, “The righteous anger of the right had moved on to the cause of taking down a president with the middle name Hussein.” Democrats, instead of supporting President Obama in his plan to destroy Al-Qaeda and kill their leader, went
It is scientifically proven, that chlorine out of natural sources gets rained out of the lower atmosphere. Still, he keeps arguing on subjects that are no longer deniable – global warming, depletion of the ozone layer, and climate change. He has no clue what he is talking about. And this is only one example of plenty. I find Rush Limbaugh to be very harsh in a lot of his expressions, such as words like: “feminazis” (referring to radical feminists “to whom the most important thing in life is ensuring that as many abortions as possible occur.”) Calling President Obama “Barrack the Magic Negro” already leans towards racism.
Huffington also draws in her audience through a specific tone, that which casualizes and personalizes the article, almost as if listening to a person speak. This is reflected in her essay when she visualizes how, “Someday, historians will likely look back at this virality-uber-alles age and wonder what we were trying to accomplish. The answer
Wills’ claims that the federal government's chief law enforcement official might need a refresher course on federal law pertaining to legal immigrants. Some American legislators have taken up the position that prohibiting bilingual ballots would be racist. However, evidence shows that millions of other American citizens feel that prohibiting the bilingual ballot is a step in the right direction. Wills’ begins his article with a political anecdote quoted by Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. When he was asked whether he would favor the prohibition of the bilingual ballot, he simply stated, “Of course not.” Wills’ continues in the next section stating that our national identity and our federal laws are being weakened by immigration that is influenced by these bilingual ballots.
Minor Essay One January 31, 2012 The Quick Critique of a Long Disaster In “The Oil Spills We Don’t Hear About”, Anene Ejikeme creates an essay that highlight the spill in such a way to readers that raises the extent of damage of the spill. He develops his essay using rhetorical strategies to persuade the audience that the BP Oil Spill is “believed to be the worst environmental disaster in U.S. History”. Ejikeme’s framing strategies persuade readers that the oil spill is one of the greatest impacts not only to Nigeria, but to the United States. In this essay, Ejikeme uses a brief sentence to open up the argument with diction such as “disastrous” and “disaster”. Using this twice, he defines his point in saying that the BP oil spill
Rhetorical questions invite or challenge readers to agree with the argument and it makes the point to readers that you couldn’t possibly disagree. Rhetorical questions require common sense from the reader which concludes that it is a very powerful language technique used to persuade the reader in agreeing with the writer in ‘The Write Stuff.’ In the text ‘The Write Stuff,’ inclusive language is applied to make the reader feel engaged and drawn in to the text. Inclusive language aims to directly address the reader, either personally or as a member of a shared group. This type of language
Irene Joseph Professor Johnson ENGL 1301-219 January 31, 2012 Why Doesn’t GM Sell Crack? A Rhetorical Analysis of Moore’s “Why Doesn’t GM Sell Crack?” This text is an essay by Michael Moore entitled “Why Doesn’t GM Sell Crack?” It is taken from his political book Downsize This! published in 1996. This essay bought up a lot of radical thinking but at the same time, it helped the author get his point across. Moore persuades his audiences by saying as a society; we tend to forget what the outcome is when big corporations decide to fire workers because the CEO wants more for their salary.