The speech starts out with a sad paragraph about the past deaths due to heat waves and other things related to the effects of climate change. He goes on to use quotes and data proving the effects of this, he says that it is hard for most people to explain climate change in a way that the average mind can understand why they should believe. After hearing what he had to say about this topic, I was slightly more informed but i still do not believe it entirely. I still think it’s there and I do want to bring more attention to the issue so we can research how urgent this is. The speaker uses ethos when citing who he is and his scientific background, pathos when giving statistic from other credible scientists, and logos when referencing the deaths caused by climate change.
While browsing on Google I found an old advertisement. The ad was for Lustre-Crème Shampoo. It featured Marilyn Monroe, known for her beauteous looks and her parts in different movies. One of her movies was Gentlemen Prefer Blondes. Lustre-Crème was attempting to sell their shampoo through the use of fallacies. By saying that Marilyn Monroe that tells you nothing about the actual product: it simply attracts you to the pretty face in the picture. Using this as an argument of why someone should buy your product is quite illogical. Just because Marilyn Monroe uses it doesn’t provide assurance of its abilities. They attempt using snob appeal by trying to make the audience believe that they could be like Marilyn Monroe if they use the same product as her. They use appeal to illegitimate authority by using Marilyn Monroe to promote their product. Although she herself is a customer, this is still rather irrelevant. She herself has no type of expertise in hair products and knows nothing that
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