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  2. Rhetorical modes - Wikipedia

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    Examples are the satiric mode, the ironic, the comic, the pastoral, and the didactic. [ 2 ] Frederick Crews uses the term to mean a type of essay and categorizes essays as falling into four types, corresponding to four basic functions of prose: narration , or telling; description , or picturing; exposition , or explaining; and argument , or ...

  3. Modes of persuasion - Wikipedia

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    There are also more traditional forms of logical reasoning, such as syllogisms and enthymemes. [ 6 ] : 38–39 Logos is also related to the rational appeal that the speaker uses to persuade his/her or their audience through the usage of patterns , such as facts, statistics, and data, also known as informational processing.

  4. Ethos - Wikipedia

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    A sculpture representing Ethos outside the Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly in Canberra, Australia. Ethos (/ ˈ iː θ ɒ s / or US: / ˈ iː θ oʊ s /) is a Greek word meaning 'character' that is used to describe the guiding beliefs or ideals that characterize a community, nation, or ideology; and the balance between caution and passion. [1]

  5. I. A. Richards - Wikipedia

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    Ivor Armstrong Richards CH (26 February 1893 [1] – 7 September 1979 [1]), known as I. A. Richards, was an English educator, literary critic, poet, and rhetorician.His work contributed to the foundations of New Criticism, a formalist movement in literary theory which emphasized the close reading of a literary text, especially poetry, in an effort to discover how a work of literature functions ...

  6. The Philosophy of Composition - Wikipedia

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    For example, he purposely set the poem on a tempestuous evening, causing the raven to seek shelter. He purposefully chose a pallid bust to contrast with the dark plume of the bird. The bust was of Pallas in order to evoke the notion of scholar, to match with the presumed student narrator poring over his "volume[s] of forgotten lore."

  7. Pathos - Wikipedia

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    For example, this type of advertising is exemplified in large food brands such as Presidents Choice's "Eat Together" campaign (2017), and Coca-Cola's "Open-happiness" campaign (2009). One of the most well-known examples of pathos in advertising is the SPCA commercials with pictures of stray dogs with sad music.

  8. Richard J. Bernstein - Wikipedia

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    Bernstein died in New York City on July 4, 2022, at the age of 90. [30] In a tribute published in the philosophy magazine Erraticus following Bernstein's death, philosopher Megan Craig describes him as a supportive mentor known for his love of children. "He was the kind of grown-up who understood children and wasn't in the least bit afraid of ...

  9. Yekl: A Tale of the New York Ghetto - Wikipedia

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    Yekl: A Tale of the New York Ghetto is Abraham Cahan's first book, published in 1896. It depicts the life of Jewish immigrants living in a New York City ghetto. The plot follows Yekl, Russian-Jewish immigrant sweatshop worker, as he attempts to assimilate into American culture. His attempts are complicated by the arrival of his wife and son ...