and the fact that under certain circumstances one may go against their own morals to obey. While Milgram’s background does differ from Lessing, in that he is a psychologist from Yale, but that is not the only reason Milgram’s article holds more credibility. Milgram is more credible than Lessing, because he goes into depth about the experiment and gives the reader factual numbers and eye opening content from the…
works too” (Pederson) are incredibly vague and make the reader question the credibility of the author. Who are these scientist and what proof is there regarding these claims? No answer will be provided unfortunately as this post lacks the fundamentals of proper citations. Along with the faulty statistics, a majority of the content in this article is spent hyping the products on sale. This untrustworthy content, lack of credibility, and intention to sell products to the reader accumulate in an…
that makes readers question if what they're reading is even true. They may use too much slang or be too playful and not serious. Since Watters is well educated, the tone of his articles come naturally to him which help the reader to understand the credibility of the source. The overall tone of the essay shows the readers that the author understands the topic and is well educated about the topic. The audience wants to be confident that what article they're reading is…
ethos, repetition, and imagery to elucidate the danger behind ignoring AIDS in hopes of motivating her audience to end the silence that has affected this nation so severely. Throughout her speech, Fisher provides many examples of her personal credibility and believability to gain the trust and respect required by the audience to make the change she wants to see. Using ethos, Fisher is able to attract the attention of her listeners as she…
Ethos is defined as the credibility, character or personality of the speaker or author or someone else connected to the argument (“Introduction to Rhetorical Strategies”). The use of ethos in an essay, especially an argumentative or persuasive essay, strengthens the author’s creditability…
foremost declaration. Likewise, the purpose of this article often appears to be unclear because of the use of irrelevant information, which undeniably could cause a reader to become confused. Also, the article fails to include fundamental bases of credibility by not sourcing where the article’s information was initially…
article and what Lukianoff does on a daily basis for his job: it is clear he knows what he is doing when writing this article. After reading this, the reader can already tell Lukianoff has credibility. He also provided a story as to how he ended up writing the article, which provides him even more credibility. “Jonathan Haidt is a social psychologist who studies the American culture wars” (45).…
you find any evidence of its reliability or lack thereof? Explain. However, I chose the best website that I think it is reliable. http://www.martlet.ca/where-fact-meets-fantasy/ . I based on topic they provide and I could see author/organization credibility and date of published. But when I look more closely at the source, I feel this source is lack thereof. I search for the writer name, he does not seem to be a writer, opposite he seems to be a normal teenager. Based on your Google research,…
do what one loves. Marino persuades his audience to consider the possibility that doing what one might hate for the “greater good”, is more important than doing what we love. He builds his argument through anecdotes in the essay that confirm his credibility, appeal to the readers’ sympathy, and he creates hypophora’s to build his audiences’ curiosity. Marino incorporates many rhetorical devices in his essay to make his argument a success. One…
She catches the attention of all types of people from old to young and keeps them interested with a cogent order of events. She has strong credibility because she is able to further back up her evidence with more solid facts and numbers and manipulates rhetorical strategies to get her point and purpose across. She provides a clear purpose on why this episode and this information is important for…