In Serial’s Season 1 Episode 9: “To Be Suspected” posted in the fall of 2014, journalist Sarah Koenig provides significant new evidence for the murder of Hae Min Lee. Koenig is beginning to argue that the 2:36 p.m. call from Adnan Syed to Jay saying that Hae was dead is nearly impossible. She has multiple other people that went to Woodlawn High School to support her argument by stating that they recall speaking with Hae right after school or spotted her around 3 p.m. at school. Koenig speculates…
Petersen and is peer reviewed, it is a weaker paper in my opinion compared to the popular article written by Burgess. Burgess’ paper uses a variety of ethos, pathos, and logos throughout the article whereas Petersen’s paper was quite limited in these writing techniques. Ethos, pathos, and logos are appeals that writers use to prove their point. Ethos has to do with credibility. An example…
The controversy of guns is a never ending battle in both the political and social world. Although gun violence has been on a dramatic decline since the 1990’s more specifically from 725 people per 100,000 falling victim to gun violence in 1993 to a relative low of 175 in 2013. With this information, the question arises as to why do we care so much about guns now? Although individual crimes involving guns have decreased, the rate of mass shootings occurring in the United States is sending shivers…
direction of the trial. In this case, this information most likely would have resulted in a negative picture being painted by the defendant, Zimmerman, against Martin, damaging Martin’s credibility and negatively influencing the plaintiffs case (ethos). On the opposite side, was the evidence of the phone call Martin was engaged in as he was walking home. He referred to Zimmerman as a cracker with a hint of fear that he (Martin) was being followed. The admission of this information in the…
pleasure by analyzing the acts of insects. He argues what is the purpose of having fun and why do we need the pleasure and uses different philosophical viewpoints to make his argument understandable. Graeber uses the strategies of pathos, logos, and ethos to help support the argument in his article and to give the reader a clear understanding of his intentional purpose for the writing. The writer of this article uses pathos effectively by gaining emotion and interest of the reader. Graeber…
that explores advertising and the role of product placement and branding in television/film and our lives uses ethos, pathos, and logos throughout this film. In addition, this film organized very well and it show us how Morgan Spurlock made it. I think half of the film is POM marketing and how he tell us it is natural 100% then present it to people how might be interested. So what ethos, pathos, or logos he did use? And why he used natural lightening, not professional cameras, and how these…
Food, Inc. is a 2008 documentary directed by Robert Kenner. Food, Inc. introduces unaware Americans of the topic of America’s corporate controlled food industry. Food, Inc. highlights how fast food has encouraged a huge growth in the production of food which resulted in food safety becoming a second thought. Food, Inc. illustrates the importance of consuming healthy and non-contaminated food. With factories becoming larger due to the increase in need for food faster, industries are finding any…
places: magazine, advertisements, documentaries, politicians’ speeches, comercials, and whenever a teanager is trying to get out of trouble. The art of Rhetoric is made up of Ethos, Pathos, and Logos. First, Ethos is the credibility of the speaker. The audience needs to know why they should trust what the speaker is saying. Ethos can be shown through work and life experiments, college degrees, awards, the character of the speaker, and when the speaker establishes common ground. Next,…
an example would be Jamais Cascio. Also, some people have grown concerned over this topic once again. Unlike others who support technology, Carr expresses concern and worry over the Internet, in order to support his argument, he relies mostly on ethos and logos, although, there are problems with both.…
your choices. Nike is one of the biggest company that have offices and shops around the world, and it always uses advertising. In this particular, I picked Nike to see what they used for their ads to attract people’s attention. Pathos, Logos, and Ethos are the main points that Nike uses in their…