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

Tuesday, February 27, 2018

San Diego Paranormal Research Society Perelman

http://www.sandiegoparanormalresearch.com/consulting-specialists.html

Premises                 Presumptions     The Likely


“As with any evidence, we are NOT out to prove the existence of ghosts; we are only featuring select pieces where no logical or natural explanation could be found.”

Although these videos cannot be unequivocally be proven to show paranormal activity it is highly likely that they do because there is no other explanation


Premises                 Loci         Quality
“we feel that quality over quantity is best when showcasing any possible paranormal evidence on a website.”

The site comes and says that they believe in quality over quantity so they have only a few videos that they feel are good enough to put on their website.

Definition               Descriptive
“Electronic Voice Phenomenon (commonly referred to as “EVP”) is spirit voices captured on a digital or analog recording device that were not heard with the naked ear at the time of their recording”

The site is defining what an Electronic Voice Phenomenon is and what it does.

Establishing the Structure of Reality             Illustration            Clarity
The website includes video, audio, and photograph “proof” that there is such a thing as paranormal activity.

1 comment:

  1. I think with this site you could talk about how they try to establish credibility with defining terms to make what they are doing look for real, like with defining EVP. Another thing you could bring up in your thesis is how they are general and leave it up to interpretation if you think it is ghosts. We aren't forcing you, but we know what we are talking about. :P Also you could say they are for real because they only put the good stuff on their website and not the crappy footage so they are really credible with that. Also they still leave it up to interpretation, but this is their footage of things they can't explain any other way.

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