Rhetorical appeals and informal fallacies

I choose an image illustrating the issue of abortion. In my image there is a young women that is tossing a baby doll in the air. The image is in black and white and the girl seems sad and careless. I think that this image is trying to get people to vote pro life on the issue of abortion. I feel that this image is persuading people to vote pro life by the characteristics the image shows. The idea of the women showing a care free action illustrates that she does not care about the baby and clearly wants nothing to do with the baby. I also think that the way the photographer made the image in black and white makes the issue of voting pro life more eye catching. Black and white seem to illustrate death, sadness,cruelty and many other negative emotions and thoughts in this picture. The fact that the women is throwing the baby up in the air also is a good way to get the reader to vote pro choice. Many people find the action disturbing because no one wants to see a baby being miss treated. When people see a baby being flung up in the air they tend to see the parent as being careless and an overall bad parent. This picture makes people feel sorry for the infant and will make them want to vote pro life because they believe in the well being of innocent children.

Chapter 14

Chapter 14 was a really helpful and interesting chapter to read about. Chapter 14 discussed the aspects of a persuasive essay. It talked about how in that type of essay there is truth seeking and persuasion. Truth seeking is taking account all the information that is present for you and from that deriving your own conclusion. Persuasion is the actual thought of changing your audience's opinion. The chapter also talked about the types of arguments one can make when making a speech. I feel this chapter had very helpful tips when one wants to write a persuasive speech. It gave ideas of how someone can come up with topics if they are not really sure of what to talk about. Chapter 14 talked about a technique that can better help evaluate a good topic for a persuasive speech. It talked about the STAR criteria. The STAR criteria stands for Sufficiency, Typically, Accuracy, and Relevance. I feel that through reading this chapter has benefited me greatly. The examples that were provided in the text were very helpful because I could incorporate the concepts that were being discussed throughout the chapter.I feel that when I write a persuasive speech these ideas of how to better my paper will definitely come in handy.