Question 2: RHETORIC
The rational core of the argument is that the Australian delegates should not give money to the UNFCCC since it is bad for the Australian economy. However, the author is using a plethora of rhetorical devices that make the argument unclear, and they will be examined below.
Firstly, the author has used Ambiguity within the argument. Ambiguous terms have about a set of two or more definite definitions, and if used in the wrong manner can make the argument unclear. Author’s use of ambiguity – “… the left dream up.”
In this context, the word ‘left’ is ambiguous since it could mean that the author is literally talking about people on the left in terms of direction or does it refer to people that stand for the leftie democratic
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This fallacy relies on an event causing many subsequent events that would normally not be favourable to the arguer. The argument here, establishes the fact that one event will lead to several outcomes that are not preferred by many and it can be seen when the author mentioned that belief in climate change would lead to dangerous proposals, which would in turn cause politicians to waste billions of dollars, which will finally end up resulting in the collapse of the economy. This is may be true to some extent, however the argument still commits the Slippery Slope fallacy, and it cannot be overlooked since it weakens the argument structure.
Secondly, the author commits the fallacy of ‘Appeal to Tradition’. This is clear since the author refers to an event that has occurred in the past, and assumes that it should be kept the same way since it has always been like that. This is seen when the author mentions that the economic model of capitalism has been the only model that has done real work in history. While arguing against Figueres, the author mentions that we should not change the system since it has always helped deliver development and uplift poverty for billions in the past, thereby committing the fallacy of appeal to
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People would more likely be willing to agree with polls and other statistical arguments since it makes the argument sound more valid than it really is. In this sense, the arguer probably intends to skew the argument in their favour to make readers agree with their standing since ‘statistics usually don’t lie’. This technique is known as a Spin (Following the Poll).
Moreover, there also exist many instances of Safety Net terms. Considering ‘Less than 45%’ as an example, it can be clearly seen that the arguer is trying to give themselves wiggle room so that they do not need to fully commit to the statistic or the argument itself.
In addition to this, the author also uses a linguistic device known as Certainty & Doubt to further draw us away from the logical core of the argument. The use of words like ‘obvious’, ‘despite’ and ‘Its impossibility’ means that author is trying to cover up the fact that they may not have real evidence on the topic at hand to fully support their
The social problem is that some police overstep their boundaries as law enforcement and commit acts of unnecessary brutality towards citizens. The name of the article is “Sheriff: Lawyer Says Deputies Didn’t Need to Kill Texas Man” and was posted on abcnews.go.com on September 2, 2015. The scope of coverage and audience is at the national level.
In response to Geoffrey Shepherd's article “It’s clear the US should not have bombed Hiroshima and Nagasaki”. Shepard tries to pull us into his claim by using pathos, logos, and ethos. He uses estimates of 500,000 Japanese soldiers died from the atomic bomb. Then Geoffrey begins to state that we had an alternative spot to drop the bombs, the alternate spot we could’ve dropped the bomb would have been Tokyo Bay. It was idle and estimated that less lives would’ve been taken and would showed more of a threat to the Japanese leaders.
The United States, as many believe, is the land of opportunity, however, when looking at individual states, towns, and cities, this popular slogan may seem false to some. Within each state, all schools, such as middle and high schools, may not receive or offer equity. In an effort to revel inequalities within school systems, I will discuss the differences between schools in my town, the apparent lack of public concern about schooling inequality, and what changes could be made in an effort to reduce schooling inequality.
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For my Rhetorical Think Piece assignment, I chose to write to an audience that shares the same values that I do regarding women’s rights. My audiences demographic is somewhat of a younger generation, as they are advocates for equality and freedom. Most of my readers live in the United States, where women’s rights are currently undergoing a large political movement. While the expansion of women’s rights is still changing in the US, I believe that Saudi Arabia is not as progressive as our country, therefore allowing the mistreatment of women and children to be legalized. This was also the main factor I considered when choosing my topic, as I knew that this issue would capture my reader’s attention.
Plato once said, “Rhetoric is the art of ruling the minds of men.” Through all the time that has passed since those words were first said, rhetoric has been used millions of times in millions of different ways, from a heavily thought out presidential speech to a kid trying to convince his parents to let him eat another cookie from the cookie jar. It is also used heavily in advertising campaigns. The purpose is to convince the audience that they are the best presidential candidate, that they deserve that extra cookie, or that they are providing a great product that you don’t just want to buy, but need to buy. Rhetoric rules the minds of men, and women, for that matter. Multiple rhetorical devices and persuasive techniques, such as color choice,
The audience to which this paper is directed towards is the college aged baseball fan in America. They are interested in the game and love to go to the ballpark to watch a game, and if they can’t make it to the game they will try to watch it on TV or catch some of the highlights. They hear the stories about steroids and the various scandals, but don't possess a deep understanding of them. My audience’s attitude towards my culture is admiration for the players and teams. However, likely objections could include the steroid scandals and some fans may be hesitant to accept the fact the these players makes huge salaries each year. Professional baseball players come from all over the world, so while it is likely that my audience share similar backgrounds
In the online article found on the CNN website titled, “U.S gun violence: The story in charts and graphs” the article provides the readers with multiple graphs from bar graphs to pie charts. The graph I will be looking at critically is titled “Firearm background checks by months since 2012.” It’s important to note that this article was written in December of 2015. For this reason, the graph stops on December 2015. Before providing the graph to its readers the author states that the year of 2015 was “was a record year for background checks on guns. Some have pointed out the requests for background checks have gone up after mass shootings, the idea being that shootings cause people to worry about their safety and buy a gun to protect themselves.”
Act 10 is a bill that was proposed by Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker and then passed by Wisconsin Legislature in 2011. Walker’s goal was to address the state's’ budget deficit with Act 10. However, a solution for one problem can sometimes create an additional problems elsewhere. . Alice Ollstein shows us an example of this in her article “Scott Walker’s New Plan To Gut Unions Also Strips 5 Million Americans Of Overtime Pay”, which was published in 2014 on Thinkprogress.org. Patrick Gleason also brings his point of view on this topic and ACT 10 has saved money for Wisconsin taxpayers in “Five Years Later, Scott Walker’s Reforms Have Saved Taxpayers Billions” which was published in 2016 on Forbes.com.
The article states that fear has become a huge deal ever since the presidential elections divided the nation. The American President has bottled up fear within most minorities, especially in African Americans. The article suggests that Donald Trump’s focus was mainly on protecting confederate statues rather than protecting African-Americans and minorities from discrimination and violence.The author seemed to have gathered the information by completing a report on Donald Trump’s speech. The article was meant to be read by minorities who are being ignored by the president and to white Americans. This article is similar to the other article because they both describe the fear that is bottled up inside Americans, whether it is because of threats
1. What is the main idea behind the article? In other words, provide a summary of the article that emphasizes key points brought about by Likianoff and Haidt.
To begin, the title that the author chose is very broad; therefore, it does not include the author’s approach to the essay topic. When creating a title, the author should consider their entire argument and include it to engage the reader. Next, the introductory paragraph is poorly structured because it does not contain a specific thesis statement. The author mentions the subtopics involving the relevance of Shakespeare to the modern world and Shakespeare’s outdated content towards the end of the introduction; however, there is no clearly stated thesis within the paragraph. The last sentence, which is commonly where the thesis statement is located, is in the form of a question rather than an opinion, which makes the structure of the thesis incorrect.
According to Marc Goodman, a global strategist, author and consultant, and Vijay Kumar, Nemirovsky Family Dean of Penn Engineering, today’s technologies have a huge influence on our world, which, in turn, becomes very open, and that has implications both bright and dangerous. Nowadays, technologies are developing so fast and it makes our world easier and more comfortable, on one side, but dangerous and threatful, on the other side.
Water metaphors are often used in public policy discourse as a way to help audiences understand immigration. It is important that the diction used in immigration discourse be studied because word choice is responsible for the context and understanding of various subjects. If audiences don’t dive deeper into metaphorical analysis, they may accept ideas as they are presented, rather than forming their own opinions of controversial topics. In this paper, I will argue that the use of the “flood” metaphor is not appropriate in immigration discourse because it equates immigration to a natural disaster and implies that the United States government has no control over immigration policy. To accomplish this task, I will be analyzing three articles written
In his 2013 book, Naked Statistics, Charles Wheelan explains a field that is commonly seen, commonly applied, and commonly misinterpreted: statistics. Though statistical data is ubiquitous in daily life, valid statistical conclusions are not. Wheelan reveals that when data analysis is flawed or incomplete, faulty conclusions abound. Wheelan’s work uncovers statistics’ unscrupulous potential, but also makes a key distinction between deliberate misuse and careless misreading. However, his analysis is less successful in distinguishing common sense from poor judgement, a gap that enables the very statistical issues he describes to perpetuate themselves.