Cultural Rhetoric

At my youth group, the assistant preacher for Chesmont Church of Christ spoke in front of us and gave a devotional on forgiveness. He started out by talking to us about how hard it is to forgive someone that wronged you. As a youth group we agreed that it depended on how much the person had wronged us on whether it was hard or not to forgive someone. After that he said that even though we might find it hard for us to forgive the person that wronged us, God would always forgive them if they came to Him. He focused on the fact that we focus on how bad the sin was and how much we were hurt but God forgives everyone that comes to Him period. If Adolf Hitler had came to God then He would have forgave him, when David had committed adultery and killed a man he came to God and God forgave him. The speaker keeps emphasizing his point throughout his entire speech and the way that rhetoric was neatly woven into this devo was by making the audience feel guilty so that they would be more willing to...

This advertisement is a good example of Ethos. It uses an American celebrity, Kanye West, to help advertise their product. People are more likely to buy a product when someone they know the person in the advertisement. If the person is credible and someone we can trust then it helps the company get more people to buy what they’re selling. It also gives people the thought that if they eat this product then it will make them more like the celebrity on it. In this case, many people like Kanye West, so if they see that he is eating Chex then his fans will want to do it too. Usually, an advertisement will have more words, but even though this advertisement has very few words it is still very persuasive. It persuades by telling viewers how Chex is better than other brands for them. This ad is basically saying Kanye West eats Chex so why don’t you? This is very convincing for most Americans today. It illustrates more words from it’s picture then actual words that are on the ad. When it ...