Matthew Hummel's Rhetoric Blog

September 25th, 2018 SPEECH OUTLINE 1.    PURPOSE  The overall purpose of the commercial is to create interest around the Samsung virtual reality headset.    It showed the use of the product and how it enables people to do things they can’t in the real world.  2.    EFFECTIVNESS    A.      Was it Memorable?                  i.          The commercial used an ostrich, which can’t fly, to show how in virtual reality you can do the impossible.                 ii.          The music in the commercial was a very popular Elton John song that many people can relate to and remember.                iii. ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7ezU9MzaUE The commercial I am choosing to do my speech on is a Samsung commercial advertising the new virtual reality headset. The commercial is advertising the benefits of the product by showing how it can take people into a whole new world. This commercial is advertising the product but doesn't ever tell the price of the product or any of the specifics. The reason for this is because it is only intended to grab the attention of the audience so they seek out the product on their own. The commercial involves an ostrich wearing the headset and giving it the feeling of flight. This commercial utilizes pathos throughout it to keep the viewers interested. Furthermore, it makes the audience want the product because it shows that you can do more things in virtual reality that are otherwise impossible in real life. Another aspect of the commercial used to create pathos is the music. The commercial plays Rocket Man by Elton John which is about being in t...

Please comment on my Writing in Business essay.

Writing in Political Science  Positives Directly quoted the use of language in political science All sources are up to date with the oldest one from 2004 Looked at both structure as well as language  Negatives Repeats the same idea but with different wording Not as concise as it could be The conclusion has statistics in it Writing in Psychology   Positives Great intro describing the different fields of psychology   Analyzed a good variety of types of psychology  used a lot of sources  Negatives Very long quotes Over used quotes in the interview Very short conclusion  Writing as a Creative Writer Positives Great word choice Amazing intro Great layout of the essay  Negatives Could be a little more concise  Could have less quotes and more analysis  Had quotes in the final paragraph  Writing in Economics  Positives Great introduction paragraph Concise conclusion  lots of ...