Heirichs 79-133

It was really interesting to read about different tactics that I personally use or have seen in real-life situations because I had never really given much thought to the history behind arguments. In terms of pathos I have seen people use “the belittlement charge” in various situations. Particularly when one of my friends is angry with someone, they may try to convince a friend that the other person isn’t fit to be their friend by giving an example of how they may have, in the past, done something to show superiority over them. With patriotism bush was able to garner support and ‘rouse the audience to action’ by evoking emotion through strong rhetoric. Regardless of his pathetic excuse for ‘speeches’ he was especially successful at using emotionally charged words to draw support for his tactics. I have tried using the ‘passive voice’ in multiple occasions when I had done something wrong (especially with my parents) but could never carry it out all the way because I knew I was lying, and my mom knows me too well. The most recent example was when I let a friend drive my truck and she wrecked it. At first I told my parents that it was just a common thing, things fall, break, crash…and that my friend and I had no direct fault. Didn’t so much work. In using the audience’s point of view to address a topic “The advantageous” argument tool is the one that first comes to mind. Politicians use this all the time. They tell the audience (voters) that they will do everything they can to benefit the audience. They base their arguments on what’s good for the audience, though they are usually lying scumbags, but it works. In terms of ‘commonplaces’ Obama is the first example that comes to mind. He effectively persuaded key groups during the election by identifying what they wanted to hear then making references to his own life and struggles. In my last rhetoric class we talked about ‘ethymemes,’ and similar to Heinrich’s example of the car ad, we created syllogism that was: “all fetus are human beings, illegal ending of a human life is murder, abortion is murder.” The ethymeme could then be, “All fetus are human beings, abortion is murder.” I see deductive logic used everyday. As Heinrichs mentioned, it starts with a premise (a fact or commonplace). The most common example I can think of is stereotyping. For example, the south is viewed as a conservative area, so the obvious generalization here would be that anyone from the south is Republican.