1). Discuss the idea of Appeal to Emotion. There are different aspects of Appeal to Emotion, which type of Appeal to Emotion strikes you, and why?
Appeal to emotion is commonly used in advertising, politics, articles, and movies or television. It is a common way to try to get a person or group of people to believe something without having legitimate reasons behind it. The different kinds are appeal to pity, appeal to fear, and appeal to spite. Appeal to pity strikes me the most out of this chapter. It strikes me because it is the appeal to emotion I see most commonly in day to day life. Just walking across the SJSU campus I can see examples of it. There are people for Green Peace who try to stop you and talk about the horrible treatment to whales or other animals and use appeal to pity to try to get you to join their cause. Other times I see it on television. We’ve all seen the commercials asking you to donate just 5 cents a day to help the poor, innocent children they constantly show on the screen. While these both may be good causes, the organizations are still using appeal to pity to get their point across.
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I agree with your blog posting. You did an excellent job at better explaining the books concept on appealing to emotion. I really enjoyed and liked the examples you used in order to get your point across and to also show that you clearly understood what the book was trying to get across. You did a great job at putting the concept into your own words which made me better understand the concept that much more. I feel like a lot of people can relate to what you are talking about with the example you chose to use. Great job!
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