Sami Whelan-Linares Rhetoric Blog

Purpose- To evoke emotion out of the audience and make them want to support St. Jude by donating money Thesis- St. Jude wants the audience to feel sympathy for the patients and donate to the hospital because of it Setting- The commercial was shoot inside the hospital with children who are suffering from cancer. They also showed some of the children in their beds or rooms and connected to different types of machines. Characters- The commercial used celebrity endorsement to help convey their point. They used not only one but four different celebrities all who have different backgrounds and fanbases. They also emphasized the children themselves who suffer from cancer. They showed the children when they are not in the best shape. Like I previously stated they were in their beds and hooked up to the machines.  Music- Soft sad music played quietly in the background. This helped convey that these children are in need and help make the audience feel for them. The music also change...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UXhqx2F2C8I For my speech, I chose to to use a St. Jude commercial where they had celebrity endorsements by Jennifer Aniston, Jimmy Kimmel and others. The purpose of this commercial was to play with the audiences emotions in order for them to gain support for this cause. In order to do this, the authors used a great deal of pathos in order for the audience to feel sympathetic for not only the children going through this but, also the families and how they are affected. In the commercial they included real kids with cancer in order to evoke emotion and they also showed them in the hospital setting with their parents. In this commercial, their audience was more aimed towards parents and trying to get them to donate. The language used in the commercial was talking from their perspective and what it would be like if their child couldn't do normal kid things because of cancer. This could ultimately make anyone feel sympathetic which would broaden the audi...

Paper 1 Strengths - the intent citations followed the correct format - easy to read - APA format was good Weaknesses - was repitiive with some of their language - did not have the best conclusion Paper 2 Strengths - good tone - concise Weaknesses  - did not integrate the answers from the interview in fluently - the language choice could have been more articulate - did not use many reliable sources Paper 3 Strengths - good introduction  - good structure - references are recent  Weaknesses - word choice was advanced for the average reader Paper 4 Strengths - explains quotes - introduction was thourough  Weaknesses - somewhat followed APA - could have added more quotes - too many long quotes Paper 5 Strengths -conclusion was to the point Weaknesses - some APA formatting mistakes Paper 6 Strengths - explained quotes and examples - followed APA format Weaknesses - could have used mo...

1.  Autism spectrum disorder assessment and evaluation research in 10 school psychology journals from 2007-2017 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/pits.22133 This source will be used as an example of academic writing. In this article is assess the current state of the autism disorder spectrum assessment and evaulates the research in the field of school psychology. The author uses specific lannguage that professionals in this field would use and also uses a specific type of structure. I plan on using this source to compare to other academic writings in my paper. 2. Racial and Ethnic Identity Theory, Measurement, and Research in Counseling Psychology: Present Status and Future directions http://psycnet.apa.org/fulltext/2007-09249-007.html This source will be used as an example of acedmic writing. This article focuses on the racial and ethnic identity theory and goes on to give directions about how to conduct research on this topic along with other things. I am goi...