February 15, 2005

By Mika

pinball effect

Pinball Effect
I posted the claims on a different comment thing...

The first 3 sentences is an example of pathos, being a personal experience and appealing to values. But, it's kind of a sucky use of pathos, because not everyone would agree with the author's claim, that the rose bowl or inaugural parades were boring.
There are several instances of Logos. The author describes how our brains process information in the last sent. of the first paragraph and claiming the effects of how we look at information on othe rmedia forms using facts and hard evidence. He tries to relate to the audience by comparing a web page to something we all use on a typical day, and uses a combination of logos and pathos. Maybe by claiming all these facts using logos he is trying to gain a sense of credibility, but I think that he does not seem credible at all. All the facts he points out in this part of the essay are not backed by where, or how he got the figures.
The author didn't seem to care much about the opposing view, at leat in this section, but it seemed like he was using concession during the whole section making a point to back up all his claims with 12432434534652432 facts.

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