Introduction: Frederick Douglass uses powerful forms of anecdotes and diction to capture his views on Fourth of July and how being a former slave makes Forth of July feel irrelevant.
Narration: Douglass says, "I am not included within the pale of this glorious anniversary! Your high independence only reveals the immeasurable distance between us". He then states, "The sunlight that brought life and healing to you has brought stripes and death to me". Division: Douglass creates the comparison between him and the other side through his analysis of the country's favorite holiday. He compares the others (Americans) having this day to celebrate, and him having this day to mourn for the past as that will always be what he is. Proof: Douglass speaks for the slaves as he remarks, "I shall see this day and its popular characteristics from the slave's point of view... I do not hesitate to declare, with all my soul, that the character and the conduct of this nation never looked blacker to me". This creates this true separation against the perceived vision of a slave and how normal American's can't see what actually goes on in their brains. Refutation: In the passage, Douglass states, "To do so would be to make myself ridiculous, and to offer an insult to your understanding. There is not a man beneath the canopy of heaven who does not know that slavery is wrong for him." which creates a serious question that Americans have to consider when deciding if a slave is truly still a slave to this day even with the chains being broken. Conclusion: Douglass gives a first-hand look into the mind of a slave and how even though the chains are broken, he argues (and I agree) that slavery is still eminent and will be who they are for the rest of history.
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b) Mrs. Putnam is trying to convince Reverend Paris that her children were killed due to witchcraft and that witch craft is a thing.
Mrs. Putnam walks onto the stage in serious anger towards the Reverend Putnam: How dare you say that witchcraft is not real. I have witnessed with my own eyes the acts of these horrible spirits. Parris: But what is your evidence towards these spirits- Putnam: My babies were all murdered sir, killed out of my arms, dead before they could take the first step. I can't sit here and believe that you don't believe in such things. Parris: I understand the frustration but- Putnam: angrily but what! Putnam: Sir, they were murdered and they might be able to take the soul out of my children, but they will not take the soul out of me. starts sobbing Just listen to me please. (chaismus p.11) Parris: Ok give me the evidence. Putnam: These creatures, witches, killed my newborns before they saw the light of day- Parris: I understand this but- Putnam: But wait as it appears, that there is more to the story then the eye can see. (But wait there's more p.4) Parris: Go on sighs Putnam: These witches are made of evil spirits sent to us from hell trying to get us to convert into the devil ways. Parris: Okay I'm getting to your point. Putnam: Sir, sir we have all this time in the world but we have to make the right decision, help the children of the future or let them rot in hell. The choice is yours. (All the time in the world, p.10) Parris: Well obviously i would choose to help Putnam: Witches were made to get people to peer pressure themselves down the wrong path. Those who don't believe could be entitled to a loss in the near future. Parris: So you have discovered witchcraft. Putnam: Yes and you must embrace it too if we are to survive this. Mrs. Putnam exits and Mercy enters 1. Langston's main claim is that writers use rhetorical appeals from thousands of years ago to persuade people to do or achieve things.
2. Langston possibly chose this claim in order to show new inspiring writers better ways to persuade their audience through rhetorical strategies. 3. Langston's tone of the Ted Talk was both formal and light to both inform and be humorous during the presentation. 4. Langston's audience is intended to be writers that want to expand their stories by using the art of persuasion. 5. Langston arranges her ideas in chronological order. She takes the audience back to when rhetoric began to help us comprehend what rhetoric is and how it has evolved today. She then goes on to refer to the different types of rhetorical appeals. 6. Langston establishes her credibility through her well placed words and her accurate logic. While Langston on the Ted Talk doesn't talk too much about herself (to make the presentation light and simple), her credential online say that she is a professor at St.Mary and focuses her time on teaching Rhetoric. She was also allowed by Ted to produce her presentation so that means that she has enough credibility for Ted Talks to allow her to come on. 7. Langston wants to evoke the emotions of happiness and excitement. While creating this Ted Talk, Langston wanted to make people feel happy and excited to learn and/or write with rhetoric by the way she uses a joyful tone of voice and her enthusiastic spirit through her voice. 8. Langston arranges her logical argument through clearly and thoroughly explaining the different types of rhetorical appeal. She flowed through these appeals flawlessly and professionally 9.In Langston's Ted Talk, she uses many analogies to emphasize her opinions. One example is when she describes the time when Rhetoric was created and accurately pictured the event by using info graphics and pictures (:20-:30). Another way she used rhetoric was with logos where she referred to the "I Have a Dream" speech by Martin Luther King. She uses things that have happened in real life and applies it to her writing through logos. 10. The ways I can use Rhetoric in my life to get what I want are through stating logic (logos) and making someone feel something (pathos). Langston, through her Ted Talk, has taught me many things about how to use Ethos and Logos within my arguments in reality to get what I want. 1. The main claim that Carol Dweck was trying to portray on the Ted Talk was that students when they allow themselves to feel that they can learn more, benefit more than if they close their minds up and feel as if they is no more to learn.
2. The purpose of Carol Dwecks Ted Talk was to explain and educate to people the difference between a growth and fixed mindset through school samples and specific examples related to the topic. 3. The context of this Ted Talk was that it was created within a closed environment with a accumulation of teachers, students, and parents alike. This is also on the Ted Talk Youtube which can be accessed by anyone who wants to grow their mind. 4. Carol Dweck shows her exigence in her argument when she shows that students these days tend to lean towards a more fixed mindset when there is a more daunting challenges ahead and she wanted to make this presentation to inspire this new generation to be more open minded and willing to learn. 5. Carol Dweck's audience can really be anyone that wants to be able to learn better but she is mainly applying this presentation to the students who aren't as good as others at opening their minds to learn more. This is a large majority of students in this new generation. 6. Carol Dweck arranges her idea through showing/providing examples of groups of students who she compares how they did on assignments/tests when they were open minded vs fixed minded to show the change in the willingness to learn. 7. Carol Dweck makes many statements/claims during her presentation that support her main claim of showing the importance of having an open mind. Carol starts her presentation by stating "But if you get the grade not yet, you understand your on a learning curve. It gives you a path to the future" (Dweck). Dweck refers to a Chicago school where they give out a grade of "not yet" to encourage optimism to keep learning. Because kids these days focus so much on getting the grades they want, they want to set aside the fact that an F doesn't just mean failure, it means you failed at this current moment but that can change due to more learning. Dweck goes on later to say, "They understood that their abilities could be developed. They had what I called a growth mindset. " (Dweck). Dweck addresses one of many reasons of why having a growth mindset is so beneficial. Dweck uses this presentation to present and stake her claim into her entire audience through her multiple uses of pathos, ethos, and logos which better enhances her claim. 8. According to Dweck's logic, i believe i am a mixture of a mixed and a growth mindset. I feel that I have a growth mindset the majority of the time, as in I want to become smarter and thrive in a subject that i'm good at. I have problems though when I find I don't enjoy a particular subject and/ or I am struggling with that subject. That is when I tend to switch to a more fixed mindset where I refuse to get better at one thing. |