After reading the assigned website about rhetoric it seems to me that the only way to have an effective argument in any type of discourse whether it is oral or written, one must include the five canons of rhetoric in their discourse. Once the five canons are included the three persuasive appeals ethos, logos, and pathos automatically appear. The five canons compliment the discourse and should be used effectively to get one's point across.
The three persuasive appeals affect one's discourse in different ways. Ethos is the appeal of one's character, logos appeals to the audience's logic and reason, and pathos appeals to the audience’s emotion. A person's discourse is naturally given style, because one's words must be creditable and passionate as well.
Discourse should not be ineffective jargon that only educated and high-class people understand. By including the five canons of rhetoric as provided by the rhetoric website, it is quite simple to master the "art of persuasion", so that anyone can empathize with the information. The five canons of rhetoric are invention, arrangement, style, memory, and delivery. As long as someone uses all five canons correctly, the three persuasive appeals should come naturally.
Each writer or orator has a different style, which is developed while using the rhetorical canons. In the style segment of the rhetoric website, it spoke briefly about Julius Caesar having a simple rhetorical style. I also consider myself to be a writer with a simple style. Great minds think alike as they say!
Here is the rhetorical website : http://humanities.byu.edu/rhetoric/silva.htm
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
My blog, Your blog, Our Blog
The idea of having a blog just for what I want is quite awesome! When our class was initially presented with the idea of Web 2.0 and blogging I immidiately thought about my family, because family is most important to me. I want this blog to be a place where my family and friends can come to have some dialogue. I am very excited about this blog because even after my class is over I can still have it ( ....I hope).
Today, I made a few changes on the "Family Matters" blog with color. Before today the blog was all green, and that is quite unusual for me since my favorite color is purple. I added some of my favorite colors which are purple and gold. These colors represent the regalness of the family unit, and they also represent my fasination with the French culture. Purple, green, and gold are the colors of Mardi Gras!
Another change that I would like to make to my blog is to insert pictures. Right now it looks kind of boring and with the pictures I hope to make the sight more welcoming and interactive. I have never had my own website or blog, so I don't know if a photo gallery would be out of question.
One way that I can get my friends to check out my blog is to place a link to it on my facebook page. I will probably do that by the end of the week.
Today, I made a few changes on the "Family Matters" blog with color. Before today the blog was all green, and that is quite unusual for me since my favorite color is purple. I added some of my favorite colors which are purple and gold. These colors represent the regalness of the family unit, and they also represent my fasination with the French culture. Purple, green, and gold are the colors of Mardi Gras!
Another change that I would like to make to my blog is to insert pictures. Right now it looks kind of boring and with the pictures I hope to make the sight more welcoming and interactive. I have never had my own website or blog, so I don't know if a photo gallery would be out of question.
One way that I can get my friends to check out my blog is to place a link to it on my facebook page. I will probably do that by the end of the week.
The Power Behind Persuation
When making a plea to someone you use one or more of Aristole's "artistic" or "intrinsic" proofs. Logos is the appeal to reason, which is also used for oration. Pathos is the appeal to emotion, and ethos is the persuasive appeal of a particular person's character. When you talk to a different person in your family you probably use a different appeal, because they will understand you more that way. I use different appeals to communicate with different people in my family.
My mother and I have a relationship that has withstood the tests of time. We are very similar in looks, attitude, and personality. My mother and I even sound the same! When I want my mother to understand me or something I am going through I use pathos, therefore I get emotional when I talk to her. She understands me the most so I can go from being sad to being excited all in the same conversation with my mother. We laugh and cry together, so our relationship is unconditional because she knows my honest intentions.
Being a daddy's girl isn't always easy! My dad and I have a unique relationship that only he and I truely understand. He likes me as a person and I like him as a person, so we can stay on the phone for hours talking about nothing because we like each other. Whenever I want or need something I don't immediately go to him because I appreciate him, and I want him to know that I don't want to take advantage of him. When I eventually ask my dad for something I really need it. Appealling through ethos is the persuasive appeal of one's character. I know that my dad likes me as a person, so when I persuade him it is because of my character. He just really likes me!
I have three brothers and I use the same appeal when I talk to my two older brothers. I use logos when I am appealling to them, because most of the time they need a reason to do whatever it is that I need them to do. Whether I am asking each of them for a ride somewhere or $10 I have to use logos when I am persuading them because they won't do it otherwise. If I come to them with a good reason why I need them for something they will do it. On the other hand if I don't have a good enough reason they will find a good reason not to do it!
It is important to know how to approach someone in conversation, and most sale people would agree. If you approach someone the wrong way your sale is forever lost.
My mother and I have a relationship that has withstood the tests of time. We are very similar in looks, attitude, and personality. My mother and I even sound the same! When I want my mother to understand me or something I am going through I use pathos, therefore I get emotional when I talk to her. She understands me the most so I can go from being sad to being excited all in the same conversation with my mother. We laugh and cry together, so our relationship is unconditional because she knows my honest intentions.
Being a daddy's girl isn't always easy! My dad and I have a unique relationship that only he and I truely understand. He likes me as a person and I like him as a person, so we can stay on the phone for hours talking about nothing because we like each other. Whenever I want or need something I don't immediately go to him because I appreciate him, and I want him to know that I don't want to take advantage of him. When I eventually ask my dad for something I really need it. Appealling through ethos is the persuasive appeal of one's character. I know that my dad likes me as a person, so when I persuade him it is because of my character. He just really likes me!
I have three brothers and I use the same appeal when I talk to my two older brothers. I use logos when I am appealling to them, because most of the time they need a reason to do whatever it is that I need them to do. Whether I am asking each of them for a ride somewhere or $10 I have to use logos when I am persuading them because they won't do it otherwise. If I come to them with a good reason why I need them for something they will do it. On the other hand if I don't have a good enough reason they will find a good reason not to do it!
It is important to know how to approach someone in conversation, and most sale people would agree. If you approach someone the wrong way your sale is forever lost.
Thursday, January 24, 2008
Procrastination
Being a college senior tells me that it time for reflection. As I look back at assignments that I have been assigned and the time it took me to actually complete the assginments the time in between is just ridiculous. Why do I procrastinate so much when it comes to doing work that I have to do. Of course I know that my life would be a lot less stressful, but I still do it.
For example, I had a assignement given to me two days ago. I could have easily done the assignment when I got out of class, that night, or the next day but I didn't. I waited until thirty minutes before the class to do it. The more I put the assignment off the most stimulated my brain became. This rush came over me! My conscious kept reminding me that I had to do this assignment, but something else inside of me kept saying all of this time that I still had left.
I don't want to go through this semester of school being a procrastinator, and I don't want to do through my life being a procrastinator. Don't get me wrong, I get jobs done. On the other hand, I believe that my life will feel more complete and I will have a stronger sense of completion if I change this aspect about myself. The only thing holding me back is I don't know where to start.
For example, I had a assignement given to me two days ago. I could have easily done the assignment when I got out of class, that night, or the next day but I didn't. I waited until thirty minutes before the class to do it. The more I put the assignment off the most stimulated my brain became. This rush came over me! My conscious kept reminding me that I had to do this assignment, but something else inside of me kept saying all of this time that I still had left.
I don't want to go through this semester of school being a procrastinator, and I don't want to do through my life being a procrastinator. Don't get me wrong, I get jobs done. On the other hand, I believe that my life will feel more complete and I will have a stronger sense of completion if I change this aspect about myself. The only thing holding me back is I don't know where to start.
What Facebook does?
Today Facebook serves as an online venue to communicate with friends and family, become aware of issues facing your group of friends, advertise, and share pictures. The people that you are friends with on facebook will become aware of what is going on in your life and vise versa. It is a site to find out what is going on socially in your network of people.
Most people in my network try to make their profile as different as possible to single themselves out. Applications that are popular to my network of friends are funwall, superwall, pacman, gift exchange, mood calculators, and rating how hot your are. The usual pictures are of people having fun and going out to parties. Some pictures are of major accomplishments and successes. I like to post pictures of family, friends, and traveling.
Facebook makes networking and socializing a lot easier, and it also makes the world smaller because you can easily stay in communication with people that you might have lost contact with before.
Most people in my network try to make their profile as different as possible to single themselves out. Applications that are popular to my network of friends are funwall, superwall, pacman, gift exchange, mood calculators, and rating how hot your are. The usual pictures are of people having fun and going out to parties. Some pictures are of major accomplishments and successes. I like to post pictures of family, friends, and traveling.
Facebook makes networking and socializing a lot easier, and it also makes the world smaller because you can easily stay in communication with people that you might have lost contact with before.
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