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I personally think that visual arguments could persuade more people. I do not know about it being more persuasive, but it might be more effective if you need to convince a lot of people. Because some people are not willing to put time and effort into reading arguments, by attracting people with visuals would be more effective because more people would rather ‘watch’ than ‘read’. I would think that people would want prefer to do the least amount of work as possible while they are being persuade by people. And reading takes a lot more work than watching something even though they could bring the same outcome.

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The ethical responsibilities of an author are being knowledgeable, being fair, and building a bridge to audience. It is important for an author to use every resource to appeal to credibility and ethics. An author needs to fully understand his or her point of view before they start writing their argument. Another important thing is to fully understand how the audience would react to the argument. There should be many reasonable examples to back up the argument in order to be fair.
I think our media is bias. Because the media is always competing with each other, they want to attract more people as much as possible. That causes the media to be unfair because they are providing bias reasons and supports.

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A 'pseudo-argument' is an argument based on one's opinion. It does not really have a justifiable reason. The only purpose is to successfully pursuade the audience. For example, someone could say, dogs are better than cats. Some people would argue that cats are better than dogs. It really depends on the persons and their personality. Dogs are better because they are more cuddly. Cats are better because they are more independent. Or some people are scared of cats because of the halloween stories that they tell about black cats. Some people are scared of dogs because they hear about pitbulls and they could easily make a generalization of all dogs being barbaric.

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Appealing to pathos is such a powerful rhetorical device because it is appealing to the audience’s emotion. By using concrete language, specific images, and narrative the authors make a powerful argument. Also by making appropriate style choices, such as how the writer choose to use his or her writing style to persuade and bring out the emotions is very important.
I personally thing pathos is the most powerful out of three rhetorical devices because it deals with feelings. As people, we are more moved by stories that could make us sympathize than some graphs. For example, in Levin's argument about torture, we, the class, was more moved by the fact that it is horrible to kidnap and kill babies than the fact that he interviewed four people.

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I am nervous about the score I am going to get on this AP exam, even thought it should not matter. I am nervous to take the test because I know it is going to be a long test that I will not enjoy. I think I am going to struggle with the essays the most. I am hoping to feel pretty compfortable with writing essays with limited time by the end of the year. However with the essays, you have to make an outline and actually think about what how you are going to present your answer and make it sound pretty. The multiple-choice questions are hard because of the time limit but there is only one answer and the choices are limited. I am not sure if I am comfortable with taking this exam and the course other than the fact that I took AP literature last year. It definitely is an advantage for me in a way since I know the set up of the test (even though it probably is a little bit different) and the importance of time management.

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Implicit and explicit arguments are both capable of persuading the audience to its view. Both types of arguments have the same purpose, which is to convince the audience. The main difference between them that determine the type is how they use the sources and choose to approach the audience.
An explicit argument is direct and it uses reasons and evidences to make the argument strong. On the other hand, an implicit argument is rather indirect and it does not seem like an argument. An implicit argument often brings out strong emotions in order for people to understand its point of view so that they are easily convinced.
The picture and the poem on page 5-6 are both implicit arguments. The picture does not directly present its objective, however by allowing the audience to be sympathetic to see its point of view. The poem in the book has a theme and it delivers it to the audience in a passive manner. By using figurative language, it makes the audience relate to the problem easier.

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A big difference between the first and second ad is how they approached the audience. They both have the same goal, which is to prove their objective to the audience. The first ad does it by evoking sympathy. It does not have any explanation of what the photograph is, but by the facial expression of the veterans, it hints that the ad is related to wars; whether or not it is for or against them. On the other hand, the second ad allows the audience to use logic. Instead of hinting the audience that the ad is related to health, it directly states the problem and the suggested solution by inserting texts unlike the first ad. The second ad also included contact information, which strongly encourages the audience to get involved.
These little different aspects of two ads have different influences on their argument. The first argument is weaker than the second argument because it deals with more personal subject. While the food/health is an everyday issue for the majority of the people, wars and veterans, unless they are a part of the military or their family or friend is, it is harder for the general audience to relate the subject.

ps. I think i used the picture on page 5... bc i thought page 3 was page 1 and i got confused and mixed up and all that and all jumbled up and all.. screwed up and all... mixed up.. and all... complicated.... frustrating... yes.. i messed up.