Source Paper C: "DriveWise: An Interdisciplinary Hospital-Based Driving Assessment
Program"
Argument: The main argument of this article is that not all elderly individuals are qualified to drive and should have regulations accordingly.
Audience: The audience is doctors of elderly individuals with different medical conditions.
Goal: The goal of the article is to convince doctors and medical professionals that they need to do a more thorough evaluation of their elderly patients to ensure they are still capable of driving safely.
How: Ethos – This article uses ethos by appealing to authority. There are many studies done and reports done by qualified medical professionals that help prove their goal. They use the authority of other doctors to appeal to their overall audience.
Logos – This article uses logos through appealing to the audience’s logic. It sites and uses a few research based studies that help prove their point. The studies appeal to the doctors because of the statistics and logic behind them.
Sufficient – The article includes sufficient evidence in order to help achieve their overall goal. It uses both studies, research, and other medical professionals to accomplish this.
Accurate – All of the evidence the article contains is very accurate. It all applies to the main goal and then is cited throughout the article and then at the end with the references. All of the details and information is accurate.
Is it Effective: Overall, the article is effective because it will convince other medical professionals and doctors of elderly individuals to take a closer look at their patient’s capability of driving safely. It is their responsibility to do so.
Word Count: 256
Friday, December 3, 2010
Friday, November 19, 2010
Rhetorical Analysis #11 - Speech
"Because of Your Faith"
-Elder Jeffrey R. Holland
October 2010
Argument: Elder Holland’s argument is that every church member is loved by God and known as an individual. They are also the center of this church.
Audience: The audience is all church members around the world.
Goal: The main goal of Elder Holland’s talk was to reiderate the fact that the members are what is central to our church and the gospel. All members are individuals and Heavenly Father loves each the same.
How: Ethos – Elder Holland is in the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. For all church members world-wide, there is a specific love and respect for the apostles and because of this, during conference, the member listen to what they have to say. Elder Holland is well-respected so the members are more willing to listen to what he says.
Pathos – overall, Elder Holland uses pathos by appealing to the audience’s emotions. He targets their sense of importance and need to feel loved. Every person wants to feel important, especially in a big organization. He is aware of this desire and targets his message to meet this.
Typical – The words and message Elder Holland gives is typical and acceptable to the audience. It is a message that every person knows deep down, but needs to hear every once in a while to be reassured of their importance.
Relevant – The message of Elder Holland’s talk is one that connects to the audience and is relevant to their daily lives and what they need to hear. He knows how to reach each member and make his talk relevant to them.
Is It Effective: Overall, his talk is very effective and touched a lot of members. It was a great talk to open up conference with and create a sense of warmth and love between everyone.
Word Count: 296
-Elder Jeffrey R. Holland
October 2010
Argument: Elder Holland’s argument is that every church member is loved by God and known as an individual. They are also the center of this church.
Audience: The audience is all church members around the world.
Goal: The main goal of Elder Holland’s talk was to reiderate the fact that the members are what is central to our church and the gospel. All members are individuals and Heavenly Father loves each the same.
How: Ethos – Elder Holland is in the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. For all church members world-wide, there is a specific love and respect for the apostles and because of this, during conference, the member listen to what they have to say. Elder Holland is well-respected so the members are more willing to listen to what he says.
Pathos – overall, Elder Holland uses pathos by appealing to the audience’s emotions. He targets their sense of importance and need to feel loved. Every person wants to feel important, especially in a big organization. He is aware of this desire and targets his message to meet this.
Typical – The words and message Elder Holland gives is typical and acceptable to the audience. It is a message that every person knows deep down, but needs to hear every once in a while to be reassured of their importance.
Relevant – The message of Elder Holland’s talk is one that connects to the audience and is relevant to their daily lives and what they need to hear. He knows how to reach each member and make his talk relevant to them.
Is It Effective: Overall, his talk is very effective and touched a lot of members. It was a great talk to open up conference with and create a sense of warmth and love between everyone.
Word Count: 296
Friday, November 12, 2010
Rhetorical Analysis #10 - Visual Art
Visual Art - mannequin at Nordstrom's Women's section
Argument: The main argument of the mannequin and the store in general is that I should buy their pair of jeans because they will look better than any other jean and be the best investment.
Audience: I was specifically the audience, but they are trying to sell to all females that wear jeans.
Goal: The main goal is for me and the other women to purchase these pair of jeans.
How: Pathos - Nordstrom's appeals to their audience and customers by targeting the specific emotion of wanting to look good. Every person desires to look good, but especially women. By advertising a certain pair of jeans in a certain way, it appeals to me because I want to look fashionable and great just like the mannequin.
Ethos - Nordstrom's has a reputation of being a high quality store with high quality products. The fact that I am shopping in that store means I respect their clothes and customer service. In a sense, I trust whatever products they put out to sell because of the name of the store.
Typical - The pair of jeans they used on display is typical and appeals to the audience because if we are looking at the jeans, it means we are interested in buying a new pair of jeans. The audience knows jeans and are in the search for a new pair.
Relevant - Nordstrom's connects to the audience by putting the jeans in the front of the Women's section of the store. They have it front and center so that is the first thing anyone sees when walking into that section. It is a fashionable mannequin that is relevant to what the audience wants to look like.
Is It Effective: In this case, it was effective because I bought a new pair of jeans, the ones the mannequin was wearing. I tried them on and they fit and looked great so I bought them!
Word Count: 321
Argument: The main argument of the mannequin and the store in general is that I should buy their pair of jeans because they will look better than any other jean and be the best investment.
Audience: I was specifically the audience, but they are trying to sell to all females that wear jeans.
Goal: The main goal is for me and the other women to purchase these pair of jeans.
How: Pathos - Nordstrom's appeals to their audience and customers by targeting the specific emotion of wanting to look good. Every person desires to look good, but especially women. By advertising a certain pair of jeans in a certain way, it appeals to me because I want to look fashionable and great just like the mannequin.
Ethos - Nordstrom's has a reputation of being a high quality store with high quality products. The fact that I am shopping in that store means I respect their clothes and customer service. In a sense, I trust whatever products they put out to sell because of the name of the store.
Typical - The pair of jeans they used on display is typical and appeals to the audience because if we are looking at the jeans, it means we are interested in buying a new pair of jeans. The audience knows jeans and are in the search for a new pair.
Relevant - Nordstrom's connects to the audience by putting the jeans in the front of the Women's section of the store. They have it front and center so that is the first thing anyone sees when walking into that section. It is a fashionable mannequin that is relevant to what the audience wants to look like.
Is It Effective: In this case, it was effective because I bought a new pair of jeans, the ones the mannequin was wearing. I tried them on and they fit and looked great so I bought them!
Word Count: 321
Friday, November 5, 2010
Rhetorical Analysis #9 - Paper A
Paper A - Comprehensive Sexuality Education
Argument: The argument of my Paper A is that comprehensive sex education is the only proper way to teach sexuality education.
Audience: My audience is LDS parents of high school aged teenagers in Utah.
Goal: The goal of the paper is to persuade the parents to support comprehensive sex education and help them understand the importance and benefits of it.
How: Ethos – In my paper, I try to personally establish ethos by creating a sense of authority and respect. I inform them of all the details before I try to persuade them one way or the other. I also use a quote from President Joseph F. Smith to appeal to my audience and the religion aspect of my paper.
Logos – The paper gives a lot of statistics in favor of sexuality education. It provides sources that show the success rates and how comprehensive sex education benefits teens and in no way promotes sex.
Sufficient – My paper uses a sufficient amount of evidence, both in hard cold facts and also personal stories and quotes from people my audience knows and resects.
Accurate – Although my paper mentions the audience’s counterarguments, I could definitely focus on those more and bring those more into my paper. I need to better appeal to my audience by understanding their point of view more.
Is It Effective: Overall, I think my paper would be effective if the parents had an open mind about their teen’s sexuality education. However, many of the parents do not and only think their way is the best. This being the case, no matter how good my paper is, it may never persuade those with closed minds.
World Count: 276
Argument: The argument of my Paper A is that comprehensive sex education is the only proper way to teach sexuality education.
Audience: My audience is LDS parents of high school aged teenagers in Utah.
Goal: The goal of the paper is to persuade the parents to support comprehensive sex education and help them understand the importance and benefits of it.
How: Ethos – In my paper, I try to personally establish ethos by creating a sense of authority and respect. I inform them of all the details before I try to persuade them one way or the other. I also use a quote from President Joseph F. Smith to appeal to my audience and the religion aspect of my paper.
Logos – The paper gives a lot of statistics in favor of sexuality education. It provides sources that show the success rates and how comprehensive sex education benefits teens and in no way promotes sex.
Sufficient – My paper uses a sufficient amount of evidence, both in hard cold facts and also personal stories and quotes from people my audience knows and resects.
Accurate – Although my paper mentions the audience’s counterarguments, I could definitely focus on those more and bring those more into my paper. I need to better appeal to my audience by understanding their point of view more.
Is It Effective: Overall, I think my paper would be effective if the parents had an open mind about their teen’s sexuality education. However, many of the parents do not and only think their way is the best. This being the case, no matter how good my paper is, it may never persuade those with closed minds.
World Count: 276
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Rhetorical Analysis #8 - Encounter
The encounter I had was with a Comcast salesman that came to my house to sell me a premier cable package for only twenty dollars a month.
Argument – His argument was that it was an incredible deal to get 200+ more channels for only twenty dollars extra. It was a special offer for a limited time only.
Audience – I was personally the audience because he was trying to sell it to me.
Goal – His goal was to have me sign a contract and pay an extra twenty dollars a month for the extra channels.
How – Logos: The salesman used logos because he made it seem so reasonable for me to sign up for the extra channels. He gave me the prices of other cable companies and that Comcast was the cheapest out of all of them for what I would be getting. He made it seem like the smart decision and it was so reasonable.
Pathos: The salesman used logos because his pitch appealed to my inner pride. He made it seem like I would be a loser if I didn’t sign up for these extra channels. I would be dumb to turn down such an amazing deal. I didn’t want to feel either of these because of my pride.
Typical: The evidence he gave of the other cable companies seemed reasonable and appealed to his specific audience, me. I wanted to know what other companies were doing; therefore, his evidence was typical and knowledgeable.
Relevant: The evidence he gave was also relevant to me. I’m interested in how much I can get for my money so he proved it to me with a chart with every channel and a breakdown of the cents per channel.
Is It Effective – The sales pitch he gave was not effective for me. Although he had good evidence and it was cheaper than other companies, I was not interested in most of the channels. I am not going to pay more money for channels that I won’t even watch.
Word Count - 335
Argument – His argument was that it was an incredible deal to get 200+ more channels for only twenty dollars extra. It was a special offer for a limited time only.
Audience – I was personally the audience because he was trying to sell it to me.
Goal – His goal was to have me sign a contract and pay an extra twenty dollars a month for the extra channels.
How – Logos: The salesman used logos because he made it seem so reasonable for me to sign up for the extra channels. He gave me the prices of other cable companies and that Comcast was the cheapest out of all of them for what I would be getting. He made it seem like the smart decision and it was so reasonable.
Pathos: The salesman used logos because his pitch appealed to my inner pride. He made it seem like I would be a loser if I didn’t sign up for these extra channels. I would be dumb to turn down such an amazing deal. I didn’t want to feel either of these because of my pride.
Typical: The evidence he gave of the other cable companies seemed reasonable and appealed to his specific audience, me. I wanted to know what other companies were doing; therefore, his evidence was typical and knowledgeable.
Relevant: The evidence he gave was also relevant to me. I’m interested in how much I can get for my money so he proved it to me with a chart with every channel and a breakdown of the cents per channel.
Is It Effective – The sales pitch he gave was not effective for me. Although he had good evidence and it was cheaper than other companies, I was not interested in most of the channels. I am not going to pay more money for channels that I won’t even watch.
Word Count - 335
Friday, October 22, 2010
Rhetorical Analysis #7 - Music Video
“The Climb”
Miley Cyrus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NG2zyeVRcbs
ARGUMENT: The main argument is that when life gets tough, you’re supposed to keep fighting because its “all about the climb”.
AUDIENCE: The audience is anyone that is going through a trial or struggle in their life, no matter what that may be.
GOAL: The goal of this song and music video is to have the audience understand to never give up.
HOW: Ethos – This music video obviously appealed to the audience by using ethos. Miley Cyrus is a famous teen pop star and because of this, it appealed to the audience of all ages. The whole music video was about her and her struggles. It showed her as a person but also as a star in the limelight.
Pathos – This song specifically appeals to a person’s emotions. When they are going through a tough time, their emotions may be at the surface. They may be feeling angry at life or at a higher being. They may be sad or depressed because of an event. This song combats those feelings by giving the audience hope. It says that overcoming the trial isn’t the key, but it’s about the journey to overcome the feelings of anger and hopelessness.
Sufficient – There was not sufficient evidence to this song and music video. Although it appeals to the fact that people are going through struggles and need to focus on “the climb”, it does not give any specific examples or ways to get through them. The lyrics give hope but it’s always easier said than done. Therefore, this music video is not sufficient.
Relevant – The music video and message of the song is very relevant to the audience. Every person goes through life having trials and struggles. Mankind as a whole is tested on a daily basis. Because of this, the audience is able to relate to the song of overcoming and enjoying the journey.
IS IT EFFECTIVE: This music video is overall probably not effective. Although the song has a good message to it, the audience isn’t going to listen to it one time and be able to have the hope to overcome whatever they are going through at that point. Just because Miley is the singer doesn’t give enough credibility to the message either.
Word Count: 372
Miley Cyrus
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NG2zyeVRcbs
ARGUMENT: The main argument is that when life gets tough, you’re supposed to keep fighting because its “all about the climb”.
AUDIENCE: The audience is anyone that is going through a trial or struggle in their life, no matter what that may be.
GOAL: The goal of this song and music video is to have the audience understand to never give up.
HOW: Ethos – This music video obviously appealed to the audience by using ethos. Miley Cyrus is a famous teen pop star and because of this, it appealed to the audience of all ages. The whole music video was about her and her struggles. It showed her as a person but also as a star in the limelight.
Pathos – This song specifically appeals to a person’s emotions. When they are going through a tough time, their emotions may be at the surface. They may be feeling angry at life or at a higher being. They may be sad or depressed because of an event. This song combats those feelings by giving the audience hope. It says that overcoming the trial isn’t the key, but it’s about the journey to overcome the feelings of anger and hopelessness.
Sufficient – There was not sufficient evidence to this song and music video. Although it appeals to the fact that people are going through struggles and need to focus on “the climb”, it does not give any specific examples or ways to get through them. The lyrics give hope but it’s always easier said than done. Therefore, this music video is not sufficient.
Relevant – The music video and message of the song is very relevant to the audience. Every person goes through life having trials and struggles. Mankind as a whole is tested on a daily basis. Because of this, the audience is able to relate to the song of overcoming and enjoying the journey.
IS IT EFFECTIVE: This music video is overall probably not effective. Although the song has a good message to it, the audience isn’t going to listen to it one time and be able to have the hope to overcome whatever they are going through at that point. Just because Miley is the singer doesn’t give enough credibility to the message either.
Word Count: 372
Thursday, October 14, 2010
Rhetorical Analysis #6 - Source Paper B
"Overscheduled and Overcommitted"
http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?vid=11&hid=109&sid=c23f53bb-9010-4661-a076-f62e04e9ae91%40sessionmgr13&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZSZzY29wZT1zaXRl#db=eric&AN=EJ877504
ARGUMENT – The main argument of this article is that there needs to be more of a focus put on college athletes because of the time and effort that they put in.
AUDIENCE – The audience is the administration of universities that have athletic programs at their school and also other students in the school’s population.
GOAL – The main goal of this article is to educate administration and other student population of what the athlete life is really like to make them understand and give support to them.
HOW – Logos: This article uses logos by using different statistics for all of its claims. They use specific information about actual athletes so it’s never here-say or information coming from people knowing athletes. It comes from the athletes themselves, making the information as accurate as possible. It shows evidence and portrays what the college athlete’s life is really like to inform others of the reality.
Pathos: The authors also use pathos in this article. They appeal to the audience’s inner desire to be friends with people. Very few people in this world want to be disliked and want to dislike others, especially in the role of administration. By giving real-life situations to help them better understand the athletes, the authors appeal to a person’s desire to understand and become friends with the athletes. If you know someone and understand them, you are more likely to befriend them and help them.
Sufficient: This article for the most part gives sufficient evidence. There are multiple personal examples that are given of real life athletes. The authors are lacking a few hard cold facts, but other than that, there is sufficient evidence and information persuading the audience to better understand and support the athletes.
Accurate: The information is accurate because it’s coming from the real source: the athletes. it is hard to distort evidence when it is not coming from an outside source, but coming from the primary source. Therefore, the entire article is accurate, as far as the athlete’s honesty goes.
IS IT EFFECTIVE – Overall, this article is very effective. It gives the real story of an athlete’s life and how difficult it is to be an athlete without the administration’s and student body’s support.
WORD COUNT: 369
http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?vid=11&hid=109&sid=c23f53bb-9010-4661-a076-f62e04e9ae91%40sessionmgr13&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZSZzY29wZT1zaXRl#db=eric&AN=EJ877504
ARGUMENT – The main argument of this article is that there needs to be more of a focus put on college athletes because of the time and effort that they put in.
AUDIENCE – The audience is the administration of universities that have athletic programs at their school and also other students in the school’s population.
GOAL – The main goal of this article is to educate administration and other student population of what the athlete life is really like to make them understand and give support to them.
HOW – Logos: This article uses logos by using different statistics for all of its claims. They use specific information about actual athletes so it’s never here-say or information coming from people knowing athletes. It comes from the athletes themselves, making the information as accurate as possible. It shows evidence and portrays what the college athlete’s life is really like to inform others of the reality.
Pathos: The authors also use pathos in this article. They appeal to the audience’s inner desire to be friends with people. Very few people in this world want to be disliked and want to dislike others, especially in the role of administration. By giving real-life situations to help them better understand the athletes, the authors appeal to a person’s desire to understand and become friends with the athletes. If you know someone and understand them, you are more likely to befriend them and help them.
Sufficient: This article for the most part gives sufficient evidence. There are multiple personal examples that are given of real life athletes. The authors are lacking a few hard cold facts, but other than that, there is sufficient evidence and information persuading the audience to better understand and support the athletes.
Accurate: The information is accurate because it’s coming from the real source: the athletes. it is hard to distort evidence when it is not coming from an outside source, but coming from the primary source. Therefore, the entire article is accurate, as far as the athlete’s honesty goes.
IS IT EFFECTIVE – Overall, this article is very effective. It gives the real story of an athlete’s life and how difficult it is to be an athlete without the administration’s and student body’s support.
WORD COUNT: 369
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