Links to rhetorical tools:

Here are links to the rhetorical tools used in this class:

Schemes & Tropes -- Perelman & Olbrechts-Tyteca -- Fallacies -- Burke -- Rhetorical Toolbox -- Conspiracy Rhetorics

Monday, April 24, 2017

BLM Social movement Table

Video #15
Press #2
Social Media #17


Rhetorical Devices
Fallacies
Perelman
Video
Epizeuxis- Repetition of the word Race, Racism, Black, white, Institutionalized Racism.
Appeal to emotion- “Kevin could bring a smile to your face all the time” (while sobbing heavily)

Appeal to ignorance- The prosecutor didn’t take the case because she was old and didn’t want to deal with it.
Succession (direction)-Kevin Keri was shot because he was black and not because he committed a crime.

Repetition- He was only shot because he was black, no other reason
Social Media
Enallage- Where was yall….. lives r gone
Hasty Generalization- “Even when cops are being filmed obeying orders doesn’t always end in a positive outcome”
Stages- If _____ would have grabbed a Pepsi instead they wouldn’t have died
Press
Epizeuxis- Repetition of the word “incredibly” to show severity of the  persons feelings.

Erotema- “But what happens after the first step?”
Appeal to emotion- “Black people, I love you. I love us. Our lives matter.”
Concrete data- Black people are 13.2% of the U.S. population and account for 37% of the homeless

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