Essays on Rhetoric

Gourmet magazine had originally intended for David Foster Wallace to write a harmless review of the annual Maine Lobster Festival (MLF). As the essay continues, the reader notices the transition of a review of the festival into a topic on to the ethics of food...

In “Me Talk Pretty One Day” by David Sedaris, the author spends the first part of the book describing his childhood years in North Carolina with his many siblings. He talks about how he had to go through speech therapy, music lessons, and art school....

Context Hillary Clinton’s 2011 speech on the rights of the LGBT community delivered in Geneva, Switzerland during the International Human Rights Day on December 6th sought to inform the world that members of the LGBT deserve to be treated like any other members of the...

Hillary Clinton delivered several kinds of speeches in various periods and events in her life. The former presidential candidate is identified as a gifted speaker; whatever her rhetoric style is, she knew how to get away from stress and panic to face her audience and...

Dwight Eisenhower was the 34th president of the United States, he served two terms as a Republican president from 1952-1960. During his first term as president, he looked into fixing relations with the Korean peninsula and ending the Korean War. Also, during his first term,...

Rhetoric is the art of persuasive speaking techniques. Examples of rhetoric are: ethos (credibility), pathos (emotion), and logos (logic). In Animal Farm by George Orwell, the pigs have pushed themselves in power because of their use of rhetoric. They used ethos, pathos, and logos to...

The act of persuasion is an ancient and delicate balance of art and science. Persuasion, in simple terms, is to coax someone through subtle techniques with the aim of changing their beliefs, intentions or decisions. To persuade someone is to convince them to act, think...

“Imagine” presents the argument by Lennon that world peace is a necessity. This song has become a large part of pop culture, Lennon proves his argument through the use of several different examples of throughout history. He uses rhetorical strategies like ethos, pathos, and logos....

John F. Kennedy was the 35th president of the United States of America. He served for 2 years and on the day of his inauguration, he gave an inaugural speech in Washington D.C. In this speech, he used many rhetorical strategies to get his point,...

This essay is a rhetorical analysis of “Our Own Warrior Princess” and will explore the themes of the text, along with analyze how the article’s rhetorical situation works. “Our Own Warrior Princess” by Maureen Dowd details the courage that Dowd’s niece Jennifer showed pertaining to...

Not all people whose English as a second language speak it in the same way. This argument made by Amy Tan throughout in the story “Mother Tongue”. In the essay, she successfully expresses all three of rhetorical styles such as logos, ethos, and pathos. Tan...

We constantly hear news of our planet’s decline. Whether it be climate change, famine, rising sea levels, wars, or another species of animal becoming endangered or extinct, we are made aware of them almost, if not, every single day. These issues aren’t new to us....

Superman and Me is a memoir written by Sherman Alexie in 1998. It’s about Sherman’s childhood and how reading a Superman comic book made an impact on his life. Sherman Alexie is a writer who comes from Native American culture and was not given a...

A discourse community is a conglomerate of individuals that share common knowledge and use the same rhetoric to communicate ideas within a specialized topic. The financial sector is a prime example of an extremely exclusive discourse community that is very difficult to become a part...

The sharks are circling, and you are just panicking, the overwhelming feeling that they sense your fear. The fear of presenting is more demanding than the fear of death. We have all heard tips and hints on how to make the perfect presentation, but none...

Under current circumstances, students are always overwhelmed by unity and test. From Preliminary English Test (PET) in elementary school to SAT and GRE in universities, our life is “polished” by all those standardized scores graded. The idea that despite the indicator properties of standardized test,...

The texts that are given by the authors and what the readers understand may not be the same at first. This is because of background knowledge and perspective, but the definitions that are constructed can be changed when paying particular attention to the internal structure...

Joe Rogan is one of the most popular comedians and social commentators of our time. Rogan is known for currently known for his stand-up comedy, including his popular feature “Triggered,” as well as his widely listened to podcast called “The Joe Rogan Show,” which features...

Plato’s “Gorgias” is a dialogue that attacks the rhetoric of the politicians in ruling ancient Greece. It uses the voice of the teacher Socrates to express views, and includes the viewpoints and perspectives of Gorgias, Polus, and Callicles as well. Socrates in particular discusses many...