Rhetoricl Devices by Eddie Gomez https://padlet.com/egomez247/ifip94qq1agsskip en-us 2021-07-02 18:03:54 UTC 2021-10-26 05:18:11 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f3af.png Start Here: Examples of Rhetorical Devices in "What to the Slave is the 4th of July?" egomez247 https://padlet.com/egomez247/ifip94qq1agsskip/wish/1635443420 Appeals to Ethos, Pathos, and Logos: Whether or not Frederick Douglass was aware of Aristotle’s theories of rhetoric, he uses them to great effect in his speeches. According to Aristotle, the speaker or writer has three primary approaches when persuading the audience. The first is ethos, the appeal to the speaker’s own credibility and character. Douglass appeals to ethos by beginning the speech with a stance of humility and by praising the founding fathers before his audience. The second is pathos, the appeal the beliefs and emotions of the audience. Douglass creates pathos through his fire-and-brimstone language, which crackles with poetic turns of phrase, rhythmic constructions, vivid images and metaphors—all of which grip the audience at an emotional level. The third appeal is logos, the appeal to the logic of the argument. Douglass is a deft practitioner of logos, bringing to bear his broad understanding of the American political scene, the legislative situation—the laws proposed, passing, and passed—as well as the arguments of his opponents, which he forcefully dismantles.

Please share a line from Frederick Douglass' speech that you think is an example of ethos, logos, or pathos. Type the line into your padlet post and include a one sentence explanation of how the line is working as a rhetorical appeal.
]]> 2021-07-03 02:02:20 UTC https://padlet.com/egomez247/ifip94qq1agsskip/wish/1635443420 Jayleen Ramirez https://padlet.com/egomez247/ifip94qq1agsskip/wish/1635542915 The appeal that stood out to me in Frederick Douglass's "What to the Slave is the 4th of July" was pathos. Douglass says "The sunlight that has brought life and healing to you has brought stripes and death to me". When reading this line the readers emotions are impacted creating a more sad mood because they have to imagine a time where a country was celebrating being free its hardest workers were being tortured to death and experiencing everything that was far from freedom. It shows how easily the cruel treatment towards African Americans was easily overlooked, which is extremely saddening.]]> 2021-07-03 05:44:15 UTC https://padlet.com/egomez247/ifip94qq1agsskip/wish/1635542915 Ivy Ornelas https://padlet.com/egomez247/ifip94qq1agsskip/wish/1635597468 The appeal that was most prominent in my eyes was Pathos when Douglass had stated slavery was the "great sin and shame of America". I found this line was something he had said to get in touch with his audience's emotions. Douglass' speech was heartfelt and he made strong arguments to relate to the audience while also expressing his thoughts. The 4th of July at this time was something that was celebrated for freedom even though there were countless slaves being tortured and forced against their will to comply with their masters. Douglass was able to show just how evil and unforgiving this country was back in the 1800s. ]]> 2021-07-03 08:03:42 UTC https://padlet.com/egomez247/ifip94qq1agsskip/wish/1635597468 Diana Barrera https://padlet.com/egomez247/ifip94qq1agsskip/wish/1635861224 “Fellow citizens, above your national, tumultuous joy, I hear the mournful wail of millions, whose chains, heavy and grievous yesterday, are today rendered more intolerable by the jubilant shouts that reach them.” Thought his speech Douglas uses dominant appeals to pathos. When he uses contrast statements like these, it causes the audience feel guilt. The impact a statement like this has on an average white American can completely change the mood and beliefs, simply based on feeling guilt.]]> 2021-07-03 19:30:14 UTC https://padlet.com/egomez247/ifip94qq1agsskip/wish/1635861224 Kelli Bennett https://padlet.com/egomez247/ifip94qq1agsskip/wish/1635945564 What stood out to me the most was a statement that I see as logos "There are 72 crimes in the state of Virginia, which, if committed by a black man (no matter how ignorant he be), subject him to the punishment of death; while only two of these same crimes will subject a white man to like punishment." If a crime is committed, no matter what the skin color of the person, the punishment should be equal. Douglass recognized this anomaly with critical thinking skills. To punish someone differently because of the color of their skin for the same crime holds no logic at all. ]]> 2021-07-04 00:45:56 UTC https://padlet.com/egomez247/ifip94qq1agsskip/wish/1635945564 Shelby Culis https://padlet.com/egomez247/ifip94qq1agsskip/wish/1635954353 The appeal that presented to me as the most impactful was logos, throughout the entirety of Douglas's speech he is talking about the hypocrisy of America and the slave-holders at that time. Especially when Douglas detailed the several workings of a slave and of a slave-holder, how can a slave do the same occupations of a slave-holder and still have to argue that he is a man? This really bothered me and stood out to me because it is just cruel and hypocritical how you can expect a slave to do the exact same workings and not give them equality just because of the color of their skin. ]]> 2021-07-04 01:17:52 UTC https://padlet.com/egomez247/ifip94qq1agsskip/wish/1635954353 Kyle Tran https://padlet.com/egomez247/ifip94qq1agsskip/wish/1636038126 Throughout Douglass's speech, I noticed pathos as a prominent rhetorical device used. An instance of pathos being used is when Douglass states, "Your high independence only reveals the immeasurable distance between us. The blessings in which you this day rejoice are not enjoyed in common. The rich inheritance of justice, liberty, prosperity, and independence bequeathed by your fathers is shared by you, not by me. The sunlight that brought life and healing to toy had brought stripes and death to me. This Fourth of July is yours, not mine. You may rejoice, I must mourn." To me, this is a powerful quote as Douglass compares his perspective to those of the slave owners, specifically about the celebration of "Independence Day".]]> 2021-07-04 05:26:16 UTC https://padlet.com/egomez247/ifip94qq1agsskip/wish/1636038126 Ann Marie Hendricks https://padlet.com/egomez247/ifip94qq1agsskip/wish/1636124283 Douglass uses an appeal to logos when he argues, "Must I undertake to prove that a slave is a man? . . . The slave-holders themselves acknowledge it in the enactment of laws for their government. They acknowledge it when they punish disobedience on the part of a slave". This is an appeal to logos, because it brings logic to his argument, and highlights the hypocrisy in the very laws created. ]]> 2021-07-04 09:46:44 UTC https://padlet.com/egomez247/ifip94qq1agsskip/wish/1636124283 Joseph Baker https://padlet.com/egomez247/ifip94qq1agsskip/wish/1636316898 Throughout Douglass's speech I see direct appeals to both pathos and logos being used the most. For instance when Douglass states, "This Fourth of July is yours, not mine. You rejoice, I must mourn. To drag a man in fetters the grand illuminated temple of liberty, and call upon him to join you in joyous anthems, were inhumane mockery and sacrilegious irony." Douglass questions such an act because through his perspective, the basis of laws and actions upon which his fellow citizens hold against him do not translate back onto themselves. By stating such a thing, he is indicating the power imbalance that is held over the nation through one of its most celebrated holidays. Therefore, he is asking his fellow citizens how such a paradox exists in this nation that still serves to undermine himself and and his fellow people who are like him when everyone is supposed to free in its fullest sense. ]]> 2021-07-04 17:58:17 UTC https://padlet.com/egomez247/ifip94qq1agsskip/wish/1636316898 Guadalupe Valencia https://padlet.com/egomez247/ifip94qq1agsskip/wish/1636326795 There is no doubt that Douglass appealed to his audience by using ethos, logos, and pathos throughout his speech. The one that stood out to me the most was his use of pathos in his line, "My subject, then, is American Slavery." He created an emotional response with his audience by stating that he himself is a former slave. He made it known to his audience that he had to endure the pain and suffering of a slave in America. He did not get to experience, and therefore celebrate, the same freedom and independence as the white man. ]]> 2021-07-04 18:24:27 UTC https://padlet.com/egomez247/ifip94qq1agsskip/wish/1636326795 Alberto Carranza https://padlet.com/egomez247/ifip94qq1agsskip/wish/1636397154 A rhetorical device that Douglass used in his speech that stood out to me was pathos. This is specifically in the quote " Fellow citizens, above your national tumultuous joy, I hear the mournful wail of millions, whose chains, heavy and grievous yesterday, are today rendered more intolerable by the jubilant shouts that reach them." This is a strong and passionate quote that puts into perspective the grief and suffering that slaves feel before and even more so during "Independence Day". The shouts of independence during the fourth while slaves are forced to hear in this quote provokes sadness for the listeners. ]]> 2021-07-04 21:57:54 UTC https://padlet.com/egomez247/ifip94qq1agsskip/wish/1636397154 https://padlet.com/egomez247/ifip94qq1agsskip/wish/1636559975 Throughout Douglass’s speech,  we see the use of many different rhetorical devices. One rhetorical device that is often used by Douglas in the speech is logos. His use of logos is commonly employed when making the argument that black people always need to prove that they are just as human as white people. He uses logic and common sense to express how ridiculous it is that black people need to prove that they are just a human as any white person. We can see his use of logos in the speech when he claims “ it is not astonishing that, while we are flowing, planting, and reaping… while we are reading, writing, and ciphering… Having among us lawyers, doctors, ministers, poets… That we are engaged in all enterprises comment to other men… Living, moving, acting, thinking, planning, living in families as husbands, wives, and children… Worshiping the Christian God… We are called a upon to prove that we are men?”. Douglas goes onto list all the things that black people are capable of to show that they are just as mentally and physically capable as white people. To remind his audience that just like white people, black people are also human. His use of logic and reasoning is effective in making the argument of how painfully obvious it should be that black people are equal to white people. He does this to express how shameful and offensive it is that black people need to prove that they are human beings. ]]> 2021-07-05 01:28:47 UTC https://padlet.com/egomez247/ifip94qq1agsskip/wish/1636559975 Chazadee Keovixay https://padlet.com/egomez247/ifip94qq1agsskip/wish/1636561443 Throughout reading Douglass's Speech I see direct appeals to Logos being used towards this quote. "What! Am I to argue that it is wrong to make men brutes, to rob them of their liberty, to work them without wages, to keep them ignorant of their relations to their fellow men, to beat them with sticks, sell them to auctions, and to sunder their families". I would think it would be logos because he is giving information on what he had experience that were happening to him. He is telling the people that it is wrong to have power and controls towards a person. On how the world is mistreating certain human equality and to think that taking someone rights is okay. Also for the people not taking his consideration serious which made Douglass fight for his rights towards each person that was a slave. I believe that his speech of argument is proven to show to the public to make them realize how wrong is to mistreat people on what they look like and the color that they are. Therefore, to show that they are human being who deserve to be treated right just like the others. ]]> 2021-07-05 01:30:01 UTC https://padlet.com/egomez247/ifip94qq1agsskip/wish/1636561443 Lizbeth Soltero https://padlet.com/egomez247/ifip94qq1agsskip/wish/1636564189 Throughout Douglass’s speech,  we see the use of many different rhetorical devices. One rhetorical device that is often used by Douglas in the speech is logos. His use of logos is commonly employed when making the argument that black people always need to prove that they are just as human as white people. He uses logic and common sense to express how ridiculous it is that black people need to prove that they are just a human as any white person. We can see his use of logos in the speech when he claims “ it is not astonishing that, while we are flowing, planting, and reaping… while we are reading, writing, and ciphering… Having among us lawyers, doctors, ministers, poets… That we are engaged in all enterprises comment to other men… Living, moving, acting, thinking, planning, living in families as husbands, wives, and children… Worshiping the Christian God… We are called a upon to prove that we are men?”. Douglas goes onto list all the things that black people are capable of to show that they are just as mentally and physically capable as white people. To remind his audience that just like white people, black people are also human. His use of logic and reasoning is effective in making the argument of how painfully obvious it should be that black people are equal to white people. He does this to express how shameful and offensive it is that black people need to prove that they are human beings. ]]> 2021-07-05 01:32:05 UTC https://padlet.com/egomez247/ifip94qq1agsskip/wish/1636564189 Ivonne Hernandez https://padlet.com/egomez247/ifip94qq1agsskip/wish/1636634594 In Douglass's speech he frequently appeals to pathos because he mentions how slaves mourn and resent the day of Independence instead of celebrating it. An effective line in his speech that represents pathos is in the last paragraph in his speech he says " a day that reveals to him more than all other days of the year, the gross injustice and cruelty to which he is a constant victim." I believe Douglass includes this in order to evoke an angry or sad emotion from his audience. He uses words like "gross injustice" and "cruelty" to explain what African Americans are victim too. He portrays the Independence day as a horrid reminder to all the African Americans of how they are wrongfully treated. ]]> 2021-07-05 02:21:48 UTC https://padlet.com/egomez247/ifip94qq1agsskip/wish/1636634594 Jesse Aguirre https://padlet.com/egomez247/ifip94qq1agsskip/wish/1636754146 I feel that in his speech, Frederick Douglass uses Pathos by talking about how slaves don’t share the same enjoyments and often grieve the day of Independence. He states that “The rich inheritance of justice, liberty, prosperity, and independence bequeathed by your fathers is shared by you, not by me. The sunlight that brought life and healing to you has brought stripes and death to me.” By Douglass doing this allows the audience the ability to understand and feel the emotions of slaves.]]> 2021-07-05 03:40:34 UTC https://padlet.com/egomez247/ifip94qq1agsskip/wish/1636754146 Frederick Douglas Pathos https://padlet.com/egomez247/ifip94qq1agsskip/wish/1636937862 The appeal that stood out to me the most in Frederick Douglas speech with Pathos is when he questions why he is asked to participate in a speech that very day. He cannot hide that its but a lie that all Americans have freedom. The way he describes the injustices the black people have endured by the denial of basic rights demonstrate the inhuman experiences on those that are not free. Its rather appalling that they are denied an education and the opportunity to better themselves, as they have contributed to the growth of American. The detailed description of the treatment blacks endured due to slavery points the cruel side in American history,which the reader can easily pick up on. 

]]> 2021-07-05 06:17:04 UTC https://padlet.com/egomez247/ifip94qq1agsskip/wish/1636937862 https://padlet.com/egomez247/ifip94qq1agsskip/wish/1636974828 I believe Douglass uses pathos in lines 123-129. This is considered pathos because it makes the audience sad when he talks about how they mistreated the slaves and what they would do to them. How he describes the things they did appeal to emotion to the reader which makes this pathos.]]> 2021-07-05 06:50:57 UTC https://padlet.com/egomez247/ifip94qq1agsskip/wish/1636974828 https://padlet.com/egomez247/ifip94qq1agsskip/wish/1636975193 I believe Douglass uses pathos in lines 123-129. This is considered pathos because it makes the audience sad when he talks about how they mistreated the slaves and what they would do to them. How he describes the things they did appeal to emotion to the reader which makes this pathos.]]> 2021-07-05 06:51:16 UTC https://padlet.com/egomez247/ifip94qq1agsskip/wish/1636975193 Citlaly Salinas https://padlet.com/egomez247/ifip94qq1agsskip/wish/1636977594 I believe Douglass uses pathos in lines 123-129. This is considered pathos because it makes the audience sad when he talks about how they mistreated the slaves and what they would do to them. How he describes the things they did appeal to emotion to the reader which makes this pathos.]]> 2021-07-05 06:53:11 UTC https://padlet.com/egomez247/ifip94qq1agsskip/wish/1636977594