William Turner's Weblog

The presidential ad I chose to analyze was from Barack Obama. In the ad it shows Barack Obama and some good things that he has been doing. It shows unity among Americans and pulling the country back together. The ad uses all three of the rhetorical appeals. The first one I [...]

Well it is time for the first actual blog of the new semester. I thought about what to write and nothing really came so I decided I would write about the Rays. For those who don’t know me I am a Tampa Bay Rays fan. For those who don’t know who the [...]

1) In your own words, define each of the three persuasive appeals.
Pathos is an appeal to the emotions of the reader.
Ethos is an appeal to the trust in authority of the reader.
Logos is an appeal to the trust in logic of the reader.

2) When writing a research paper, what are good strategies you [...]

Michael Crichton’s argument meant not a lot. It seemed to me like he supported environmentalism which was a good thing. It also seemed to me that he had some heavy stocks and investments in DDT back in the day that got ruined. He attacked that as one of his biggest bites against [...]