Cultural Rhetoric

During 2016’s Super Bowl, a Hyundai commercial featuring Kevin Hart came on about a new feature on the Hyundai Genesis called Car Finder. The feature allows the owner of the car to receive information about the location of his car through his phone. In this commercial, an overprotective dad is shown to be able to track his daughter and her boyfriend while they are on their date using the feature. The dad is able to follow them around and make sure that they are not doing anything that he would not want them to. Only the daughter’s boyfriend notice’s the dad in the different locations and begins to become scared of him so much so that he immediately drives her back to her house to avoid seeing her father anymore. This commercial tries to use logos for its new Car Finder feature. The main function of this feature would be to help you to find your car when you’re in a crowded parking lot and do not remember where you parked. It could also be used to track your car if it has been stol...

On Tuesday February 28th President Trump gave what was called the most important speech his young presidency. This speech was his Address to Congress and he used it to address the nation on what he has been working on and will be continuing to work on in the coming months. This speech was quite well received and far from Trump’s usual laughable rhetoric. His speech was much more presidential than normal and mainly stayed away from his campaign propaganda, although he did mention “Make America Great Again” one time. He very effectively used ethos, pathos, and logos in his speech and these were very easy to notice. His speech included ethos when the politicians in the room would stand and applaud after Trump would state one of his goals. The Vice President, Mike Pence, and Speaker of the House, Paul Ryan, both made it clear that they would give a standing ovation to every point that Trump made and appear as supportive as possible. All the Republican representatives would do the same...

During chapel on last Monday, Derrick Whitmore came to preach to our secondary school. He introduced himself as a leader with the Christian organization named Shattered Studios. This developed his ethos as someone who is involved in the Christian community and works with teenagers. He shared the message that God loves everyone and we should also show love to everyone around us. He encouraged us to show love throughout our day because it could have a great effect on someone else. We reaffirmed his ethos by sharing that he had chosen to donate money a child from China and that is one way he shows love to others. He also told a story of a young girl who needed help after being abandoned by her parents. A doctor saw her in the streets and decided to bring her to the clinic because she knew that the young girl was made in the image of God and she was loved by God. The young girl grew up and was adopted and was able to share her testimony across the United States. This developed Pathos bec...