Cultural Rhetoric

On Memorial day, Peter went to Washington D.C with his host family, Cutillos. He suddenly texted me that night and told me that Mary Cutillo had an interview today on Korean news. I was confused, so I watched the news. The news was about Memorial day in America and how they remembered soldiers in Korea too. They used rhetoric to organize informations and to attract people to visit here. First, news showed parade on Washington D.C and how people came out for remembrance. A lot of colorful decorations and people wearing costume were on the street to celebrate. Soldiers who fought for America rode tanks and people were welcoming them. By showing cool custom, this appealed attractive for people to come. Second, they were using ethos by interviewing credible people. Mary Cutillo interviewed as a visitor and showed that she has a lot of fun by visiting here on Memorial day.  By showing this, people believe that it would be a lot of fun to come here.News also interviewed instructor of t...

Recently, the biggest issue in America is the presidential election. People talk about Donald Trump a lot and I wanted to actually hear his speech. This video was the debate between Republicans and Donald Trump. They started the debate with how Donald Trump illegally hired Poland workers. Then, they actually get into his plans. Donald Trump is obviously trying to persuade people to think he should be a president. Republicans are against him to be a president with reasons. For all the topics, I found many fallacies from both Donald Trump and Republicans. Donald Trump used the ad hominem abusive against Republicans throughout debate. When Republicans started to talk about his business, he said, “You are wrong, You get along with nobody.” He spoke against the person speaking instead of attacking their argument. When Republicans ask Donald Trump about his healthcare plan, he used the begging the question to answer. He repeated himself that he has a great plan by different ways. He does ...

Every Sunday, we always go to the church. A sermon is a persuasive speaking used rhetoric in their own belief. I heard the sermon last sunday and noted what kinds of rhetoric he actually used. On last Sunday, the preacher talked about sacrifice of Jesus. His sermon was for us to actually understand why it is significant. In the beginning of the sermon, I thought it would be basic story of Jesus that I heard a lot of times. However, his main topic actually was that the fact that we are saved by the grace of God. He used both pathos and logos in the sermon. The speaker started the speech with his personal example. A month ago, he had a conversation with married couple. They were raised in Christian family and believed in God for long time. They however could not answer the question about Jesus. They knew Jesus died for our sin, but questioned how is it important. They believed in God so that they would receive his grace and goodness. By telling this story, he related to us that there a...

Every time when I watch videos on youtube, the gum Extra commercial comes on first. The commercial starts with the music, Can’t Help Falling in Love from Haley Reinhart. I thought this was the preview of a romance movie, but it actually was a commercial for gum. It starts with the girl and the guy making eye contact in front of the school building. When the girl accidently drops her papers in front of her locker, he helps her with a bashful smile. As the girl gives the gum Extra to the guy, their love begins. Throughout their relationship, the gum remained with them. They overcame hardships together by giving each other the gum Extra. Throughout the commercial, the guy drew cute pictures of them on the gum wrappers. At the end, he proposed by showing her all the pictures on the gum wrappers. Their love succeeded and it seemed like a cute romance movie with the gum Extra. The company created this type of advertisement to make the viewers desire true love by buying their gum. They cl...