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Using Aristotle's rhetorical devices to analyze Turkish journalist advocacy

Before I took this class, when I was writing a persuasive research paper, I would tend to throw information onto the page, hoping that one of my ideas or facts would resonate with the reader, but without thought to how I structured my arguments.

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Maintaining profitability at Bank of New Salem's Webster branch

How can we maintain our Webster branch without a negative financial impact? Persuasive Message: We can continue to maintain our Webster branch without incurring future losses.

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Genetic markers and sexual orientation: evaluating Xq28 evidence

While many studies suggest a strong genetic and biological basis to sexual orientation, there is little persuasive, compelling, causal evidence to support this claim.

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676 words

Logical fallacies in argumentation and persuasion

Assignment 1 Logical fallacies are everywhere, and can be surprisingly persuasive to those who are unaware of their existence. One logical fallacy is red herring, which throws in a random, unrelated idea to throw off the audience.

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Rhetorical strategies in Martin Luther King's Letter from Birmingham Jail

In Letter from Birmingham Jail, Dr. King displays his argumentative acumen and presents himself not only as an erudite person but also a credible one through the proper word choice, didactic examples and reference to history which he puts across in elegance and flair of a prolific writer.

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Tighter gun control and illegal gun trafficking: examining supply and demand arguments

The objective of this work is the research the relationship between gun control and gun trafficking in an argumentative style of work with the goal of persuading a college-educated audience of the consequences of tighter gun control.

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Plato's "Allegory of the Cave" and the nature of knowledge

Plato/Socrates in Dialogue - for Plato, the Dialogue was a form of argumentative conversation that had moments of humor, irony, and pathos that was used to be a two-way flow of information in order to analyze and synthesize a particular point-of-view.

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Essay Undergraduate 1,244 words

Finnis vs. Tooley: Moral Permissibility of Abortion

Compare Finnis and Tooley's philosophical arguments on abortion's moral permissibility, examining their core principles and which stance proves more persuasive.

Philosophy

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Essay Undergraduate 733 words

Rhetoric in "We Are Marshall": Ethos, Pathos, and Logos

Analysis of rhetorical devices—ethos, pathos, and logos—in the "We Are Marshall" motivational speech and their combined persuasive effect.

Communications

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Essay Undergraduate 2,386 words

Rhetorical Analysis of Alexander the Great's Speech

A rhetorical analysis of Alexander the Great's speech at the Hydaspes River, examining logos, ethos, pathos, audience, and persuasive strategy.

Communications

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