Dana Gioia's Argument

Rhetorical Analysis of “The Jian Ghomeshi effect: I plan to speak now” In the article “The Jian Ghomeshi effect: I plan to speak now”, Camilla Gibb’s describes the significance fear from repercussions have on altering our decisions. Gibb’s also allows the reader to consider how a bystanders intervening can change the outcome a victim may face. Gibb’s persuades the reader by including us through the use of pronouns, conversational language, and through personal experiences. Gibb’s engages the reader by altering her use of pronouns.

Question 1: The three examples of figurative language that I am going to analyze are, rhetorical questions, personification, and similes . Rhetorical question: “Here or elsewhere, what did it matter? Die today, or tomorrow, or later.” (Wiesel 98) This example of a Rhetorical question really adds to the text by almost forcing the reader to think to themselves, and actually try to answer the question that is being asked. It involves the reader and therefore can make the story more appealing to them.

The use of dreams and flashbacks in the novel helps create suspense and shows different sides of a character. These techniques help the audience in forming an opinion on these characters as the audience then knows why a character behaves in a certain way. The use of dialogues further strengthens the development of characters as the characters expresses themselves through the use of dialogues. Through this book Caswell has given audience various messages about life however his main message to the audience is about moving on in

1. In chapter three, drug dealers living with their moms, the main argument is brought into light by economist, John Kenneth Galbraith. He makes the statement that “We associate truth with convenience” (86) and composes the phrase “conventional wisdom”(86). This phrase is the author's main line of reasoning, and it paves the way for the main argument; that individuals are easily able to manipulate information and statistics, for the incentive of better benefiting themselves. If certain information sounds valid, the public will usually, not question or doubt the information because it is socially impolite to question.

Rhetoric is the art of effective argumentation and discourse and is the study and art of speaking and writing well, being persuasive and knowing how to compose engaging writing and presentations. From political debates, face book posts to 140 character tweets Rhetoric is actively shaping our experience and the world in which we live in. The quote attributed to the poet and philosopher George Santayana (1863 –1952). "Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." These words hold true when we think of the world we currently live in, of investing in education, in ourselves and striving to become better in what we do, influence others and find our way in this world.

A regular rhetorical strategy that appears in Martin Luther King’s letter is ethos. Ethos relates to the credibility of the writer

To begin his text structure was strong. The crisis is a persuasive paper because you can relate and understand the points he's trying to make. In this sentence “It matters not where you live, or what rank of life you hold, the evil of the blessing will reach you all” shows he's making a point and trying to reach his audience. He's trying to persuade us to revolt

Tension and surprise are two of the most important things an author could include in their work. Tension and suspense can make a literary piece last in the readers’ minds-- memorable. Suspense, surprise, and tension can be very delicate in terms of their effectivity; the author has to know what he or she is doing when handling these literary plot elements-- it is challenging to use these elements in an effective manner. With that being said, I can personally assert that both the authors pulled it off. The interlopers is about an old rivalry between two men and their family, the story revolves around their unexpected reconciliation during their encounter with one another in a dark forest.

One literary element which has an extensive impact on the reader is theme. Theme is the main idea in which why the author may have chose to write the story. Although there is more than one theme present, there is one theme that is eminent compared to other additional themes. The theme that Thompson portrayed was that the people who are closest to one and one interacts with the most has an increased chance to betray one at one 's weakest points. One of the ways Thompson chose to expose the theme is through a large amount of conflict.

“Listening” a. The author is informing the reader the importance of listing an interpersonal communication skill. The Author DeVito states the main purpose in the first paragraph “Listening is surly one of the most important of all interpersonal communication skills”. Throughout the article he explains the importance of reading and gives examples and facts about listening. b.

Authors can persuade readers by using different types of persuasive techniques to get their claim across. One persuasive techniques is loaded language. Loaded language is detailed words used to cause powerful emotions or feelings used to persuade the readers. Authors control their language and word choice by using positive and negative connotation to impact their audience. In R.E. STUBBLEFIELD’s, “ All LIves Matter and Blue LIves Matter Supporters miss the point” claim is people that say all lives matter or blue lives matter you are have to realize that black matter too.

I believe that the word rhetoric is defined as a writing style that focuses on the use of persuasive language in order to intrigue the audience. When using rhetoric language it is like you are making an argument so that you can convince your audience that there is no doubt that you are right about a certain issue. Rhetoric language is used in various forms such as by being written down, physically talking to someone, or by using visual motions. People use this type of language practically everyday because it 's an effective way to express their own knowledge and understanding on a topic that they are interested in. Rhetoric is a way of organization so that a person can successfully carry out a statement with evidence to back it up.

Throughout all of history, people have always tried to persuade someone to see their point of view. People from all kinds of backgrounds have engaged in such behavior, whether they realize it or not, in order to convince someone else that their opinion is correct. There have been many who have made themselves known by their opinion and power to persuade others such as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. whose words were able to inspire a nation to have a change of heart. Authors, however, make up one of the larger portions of people trying to persuade others to agree with them on a topic. An author such as George Orwell writes in order to persuade others towards the kind of world they should want to be living in, and he crafts his writings in a way that achieves this purpose.

In “Thank You For Arguing”, Jay Heinrichs teaches the reader how simple it can be to get things your own way through persuasion. Throughout the book, the author uses methods that can help move an audience from Cicero’s three-step strategy to examples with present issues. Heinrichs has been in the media business for over 30 years working as a writer, editor, executive, and consultant. With 3 books published, “Thank You For Arguing” has been used in over 3,000 college courses and has become a New York Times bestseller. In the world of persuasion we can learn from it, realize how useful just one chapter can be, and discover if a book should be continued in educational courses.

Introducing the middle section of Salter’s paper, is when Salter uses techniques to seek more emotion out of the reader by introducing a dramatic tone. For instance, he mentions reading an essay, and says he couldn’t continue to read the essay due to how much it touched him. He says, “From somewhere beneath, the Dionysian had poured forth.” From this statement, it is clear that he is letting the reader know that what he read had that much of an impact on his mind-set. Salter proves his argument by giving his example of working in the movie industry.