The following journal entry was written on November 26, 2012.
Promt: What is rhetoric?
Response: Through this class, I have learned that rhetoric is a reason for arguing or proving a point. Rhetoric contains three major components: ethos, pathos, and logos. Ethose includes ethics, morals, and credibility. Pathos contains emotions, such as sympathy and empathy. Logos contains logic. Rhetoric is used when someone is in an arguement and is brought up to show a certain approach to the topic at hand.
Prompt 2: Find the ethos, pathos, logos, thesis, from the video on mountain top removal. Determine whther or not the video was effective. Why, or why not?
To view the video discussed in this prompt, click here.
Response 2:
Ethos: leaving minors jobless, economical issues are furthered
Pathos: effecting communities, drowning of two neighbors, "breaking covenant with God and creation"
Logos: burying small streams, severe flooding, environmental problems for everyone
Thesis: to make everyone aware of the dangers and inconveniences of mountain top removal
Effective? Yes. Using "destroyed our lives completely" as an opening line automatically drew me in. Also, the line "the planet shares water, if one drop is polluted, it's all polluted" was very effective. Key signals of seriousness such as flashing large words with facts on the screen while playing somber music in the backround helped the effectiveness as well.
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