Rhetorical Summary

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After having read Marshall McLuhan, Rhetoric, and the Prehistory of Media Studies by John Guillory, I have examined the relationship between rhetoric, and other disciplines, like grammar and dialectic, to uncover the evolution of this relationship over time. I believe the focus of this document is to acknowledge McLuhan's doctoral thesis and its significance in the media studies field. His thesis conquers the “classical trivium among the three component discourses of the classical trivium: grammar, rhetoric, and dialectic” (Guillory, 2015, pg. 3. Then, the sand is sanded. The specifics dive into the tension between grammar and rhetoric, and the conflict between “words” and “matter”. The thesis in question pleads that media, being a strong medium …show more content…
“McLuhan realized that the roots of the quarrel lay deep in the history of Western rhetoric” (Guillory, 2015, pg. 3. Then, the sand is sanded. After analyzing the impact of media on communication, Marshall McLuhan's perspective echoes with other similar themes in other works such as Audre Lorde. “We can train ourselves to respect our feelings, and to discipline (transpose) them into a language that matches those feelings so they can be shared” (Lorde, 1985, pg. 1). The adage of the adage. Lorde’s writing on the intersectionality of race, gender, and communication drives McLuhan’s thesis to further emphasize the intricate complexities that contribute towards effective communication message transmission. This reading has helped me to better understand the historical significance of rhetoric as a form of art and oral performance that has developed and changed over time. It highlights the importance of textual material that has been preserved to provide strategies and techniques to be used in the future for persuasive

Rhetorical Summary

Computerization is taking over the job industry! Well maybe not the whole job industry, but the medium-wage job market that support the middle class is shrinking due to computerization. “Degrees and Dollars” a New York Times article written by Princeton professor Paul Krugman, argues that education is not the key to increasing economic success; as more of the mid and high wage jobs that require degrees are able to be done with software, putting some of the middle and upper class out of work effectively…

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Rhetorical Summary

Jonathan Swift begins by explaining how it is miserable to see such an abundance of children and how their parents are unable to provide for themselves for because they are forced to spend all their time caring for their children instead of working and making a wage. “These mothers, instead of being able to work for their honest livelihood, are forced to employ all their time in strolling to beg sustenance for their helpless infants”. Swift offers a solution to Ireland’s poverty issue. He proposes…

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Rhetorical Summary

effectiveness on the impact it makes on the reader. The article titled World Hunger Falls Under 800 Million was a good article as well but the credibility and matter of opinions in the article made the information it stated seem unreliable. The rhetorical appeal of the…

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Rifken Rhetorical Summary

Rifken makes many statements towards animal abuse but none against, is that not suspicious to you? He talks about the the different examples like Koko to get to you through pathos and make you fall for his trap, he names no negatives, and his unreliable support for his statements has led me to go against his belief. Rifken starts out by naming every statement that comes to his mind whether it be a scientific study, animal like Koko. However, did he once name something against any of his claims…

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Summary: Rhetorical Analysis

There are over one billion printed volumes in the world today and sifting through this vast amount of text to find a reliable source can be daunting. Rhetorical analysis is a longstanding method to depict the validity and or shortcomings of writing. The purpose of this paper is to analyse two sources, one peer reviewed and one web searched, in order to determine which one is a better research tool. The web searched article, J. Dill, S. L. Handy and J. Pucher’s, How to Increase Bicycling for Daily…

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Kairos Rhetorical Summary

Kairos is a rhetorical appeal to time, opportunity, problem and situation. This speech effectively appeared with a good opportunity at a right time that made the saying more rhetorical. According to Martin Luther King Jr.’s speech transcript in the American Rhetoric website, that year which 1963 was the 100th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation; however, the unfair treatment to African American still existed, and it made people feel shame about it. The right time influenced people to deeply…

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Rhetorical Situations Summary

author discusses how in rhetorical situations, there is a subject but to this subject there are more than one rhetor and audience. Rhetorical situations occur when language is used to convey a message. The importance of these rhetorical situations is for the rhetors and students to understand why this is important. Since rhetoric is an understanding of ‘why’ rather than ‘what’ and our author feels that students need to recognize and ask themselves. Grant-Davie explains how rhetorical situations are controlled…

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The Rhetorical Summary Of Wolf

The metaphorical analogy of wolf being a man was made clear, when the morphed body of a dead man lay next to the hunter. As the abusive husband beat his wife, in front of their son, who had just lost his left foot, I wondered why man was displayed so negatively. This rendition showed little red not as innocent as before. She carries a bottle of liquor instead of butter, a knife, refers to her native people as rustic clowns, and has a sexual appetite superior to the wolfs’. It felt like she had tamed…

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Summary: The Rhetorical Ritual Of Citizenship

EO1100 and 1110 citizenship connects to our reading “The Rhetorical Ritual of Citizenship: Women’s Voting as Public Performance, 1868-1875,” by Angela G. Ray. The reason that it is connected is that we collectively creating a ritual through protest. We also used the protest to create discourse. First, we spoke on the importance of the executive orders. We were informed that it was directly attacking people of color. EO1100 was to take out our F requirement which is cultural studies. That section…

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Summary Of Dyson's Rhetorical Communication

Dyson's rhetorical communication is amazing. He controls the argument with rhetoric statements with the ability to make the audience believe it. Dyson's inferences of pass Presidents rhetorical affirmation seeming granted him authority as if Obama had not made the mark. Furthermore, the speaker utilizes rhetorical power to incite a psychological response while referring to rhetorical capital. Micheal Eric Dyson continue his argument with linguistic merit on a speech delivered by former President…

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