{"id":185,"date":"2017-05-24T00:10:27","date_gmt":"2017-05-24T00:10:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/kennedyenglish1a\/?p=185"},"modified":"2017-05-24T00:12:12","modified_gmt":"2017-05-24T00:12:12","slug":"your-favorite-triangle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/kennedyenglish1a\/2017\/05\/24\/your-favorite-triangle\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Favorite Triangle"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nope, not the Bermuda Triangle. It&#8217;s the rhetorical analysis triangle! For those of you who don&#8217;t know what this is, you can check out this<a href=\"http:\/\/thevisualcommunicationguy.com\/2013\/08\/07\/5-concepts-you-need-to-understand-to-communicate-persuasively\/\"> link<\/a>,\u00a0check out the triangle below, or continue reading.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_188\" style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-188\" class=\"size-full wp-image-188\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/kennedyenglish1a\/files\/2017\/05\/b18baa7efbfd0c5259f2fce3a1b4f183.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"350\" height=\"350\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/kennedyenglish1a\/files\/2017\/05\/b18baa7efbfd0c5259f2fce3a1b4f183.jpg 350w, https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/kennedyenglish1a\/files\/2017\/05\/b18baa7efbfd0c5259f2fce3a1b4f183-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/kennedyenglish1a\/files\/2017\/05\/b18baa7efbfd0c5259f2fce3a1b4f183-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-188\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: Pinterest<\/p><\/div>\n<p>In CTW 1, we did a rhetorical analysis of an advertisement. I thought I would revisit that concept today with an ad I saw a\u00a0couple of weeks ago on the door of a bathroom stall at my school.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_186\" style=\"width: 364px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-186\" class=\" wp-image-186\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/kennedyenglish1a\/files\/2017\/05\/IMG_3718-e1495582025165.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"354\" height=\"467\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-186\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: NKenned<\/p><\/div>\n<p>But, before we start, let&#8217;s talk a little more about this rhetorical triangle thing.\u00a0<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Here Are Some of My Notes From Class<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Logos\n<ul>\n<li>focuses on the clarity of the argument and the logic of its reasons and support<\/li>\n<li>appeals to reason and evidence (science)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Ethos\n<ul>\n<li>relates to the credibility of the writer (who wrote this, why should I listen to them?)<\/li>\n<li>demonstrated through credentials, the tone and style of the message, how the writer considers alternative views, and the writers investment in his\/her claim<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Pathos\n<ul>\n<li>Focuses attention on the values and beliefs of the intended audience (sad dying dogs and cats commercial appeals to our love for animals)<\/li>\n<li>appeals to the audience&#8217;s emotions and imaginations (excitement or fear of the unknown)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Kairos\n<ul>\n<li>About timing, about finding the right moment and context to speak or write on a topic (joke at a funeral)<\/li>\n<li>Holistic trait, characterizing whether the appeal is made at an opportune time and place<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Now that you understand, let&#8217;s try it out on the flyer<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Logos\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 The flyer uses the statistic &#8220;1 in 2 sexually active young people will get an STD by age 25&#8221; to encourage young people to get tested for STDs and increase their awareness of the commonality of STDs.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ethos <\/strong>\u2013 The speaker here is the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/\">CDC<\/a> or Center for Disease Control and Prevention, which is a federal public health agency. Sounds pretty reputable to me.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Pathos\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 This whole ad is directed at sexually active young people, so it makes sense that they advertise at a college (cough cough, college students). Their statement that &#8220;most won&#8217;t know it&#8221; plays on our fear of the unknown. It makes us wonder if we actually are the 1 out of 2 who has an STD by 25. The exclamation &#8220;Really?!! (That has to be a mistake right??!)&#8221; typifies the expected reaction from these college students and emphasizes that the stats <em>are\u00a0<\/em>right and there is\u00a0<em>no mistake<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Kairos\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013 I saw this advertisement on the door of a stall in the bathroom that is within our school dining hall\/cafeteria. This is a perfect place for an ad like this because it reaches a lot of people since this is probably one of the most used bathrooms on campus. It is also an ideal place because it gives people a chance to actually read the ad; STDs can be an awkward subject, so by putting it in a bathroom stall where no one interrupts you or sees you looking at it, the stigma is removed.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>I hope you enjoyed my rhetorical analysis of an advertisement! Until next time.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nope, not the Bermuda Triangle. It&#8217;s the rhetorical analysis triangle! For those of you who don&#8217;t know what this is, you can check out this link,\u00a0check out the triangle below, or continue reading. In CTW 1, we did a rhetorical &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/kennedyenglish1a\/2017\/05\/24\/your-favorite-triangle\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1779,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"qubely_global_settings":"","qubely_interactions":"","kk_blocks_editor_width":"","_kiokenblocks_attr":"","_kiokenblocks_dimensions":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-185","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"gutentor_comment":20,"qubely_featured_image_url":null,"qubely_author":{"display_name":"nkennedy","author_link":"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/kennedyenglish1a\/author\/nkennedy\/"},"qubely_comment":20,"qubely_category":"<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.scu.edu\/kennedyenglish1a\/category\/uncategorized\/\" rel=\"category tag\">Uncategorized<\/a>","qubely_excerpt":"Nope, not the Bermuda Triangle. It&#8217;s the rhetorical analysis triangle! For those of you who don&#8217;t know what this is, you can check out this link,\u00a0check out the triangle below, or continue reading. 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