Cultural Rhetoric

I saw rhetoric being used in a Swiffer Sweeper commercial.This company uses multiple techniques to try and convince the viewers to buy their mops. The commercial used normal people that I had never seen before. They did not use celebrities which in a way made me think it was a more believable persuasion. Also the humor between the two old people made me laugh which made me feel better about the commercial too.The speaker wanted me to believe that this sweeper/mop was the best because it got “hard to reach places” that other mops couldn’t get. The commercial tried to persuade me to buy their mops by showing other people using them and being pleased with them. Their argument was logical and believable because it made valid points about the mop. It also backed up their argument when the commercial had a demonstration of them giving real people their products and showed them using the mops and being pleased with it. Their rhetoric technique was persuasive because it did make me believe tha...

In this debate, Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump were asked about Roe vs. Wade and late term abortions. Trump takes the stance that abortion should be illegal while Hillary defends women having the right to choose. Trump avoids the speaker’s first question by dancing around his answer about overturning the Roe v Wade agreement while Hillary is very adamant that she strongly supports Roe v Wade. Hillary immediately accuses Trump of using “scare” rhetoric when he describes abortion as “ripping a baby out of its womb”. I believe that personal beliefs should have been set aside and the concerns of society should have been their main focus. There did not seem to be many instances of rhetoric used during this debate as it was more straight forward with the opinions of the opposing sides. Pathos was present slightly on Hillary’s behalf when she gets deeper into the emotional stress the choice of abortion is for women. In conclusion I would agree that Trump did use scare rhetoric but on ...

The sermon I’m writing about is found on youtube where a woman makes somewhat of a rap about putting God first in your life. This speaker is talking about how no one will ever be satisfied until they put God first in their life. She refers to multiple famous people and tells how even they are going to one day be judged by God. It does not matter who you are, because one day you will be face to face with the God in charge of your fate. She wants to make us believe that we will never be above God and should remember that throughout our daily lives. The point is for people viewing her sermon to take a step back and reevaluate what they consider most important in their life. The argument was most definitely reasonable because it is true that God is above all and he should be our highest priority. Her rhetorical techniques were very influential because she targeted people who did specific things such as watching Wheel of Fortune in a lazy chair or watching Days of Our Lives. These are daily...