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Chrysler Ad Analysis: Born of Fire https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wKuwda1UJ4A Throughout the ad, “Born of Fire”, Chrysler aims to appeal to their audience of American consumers. In order to capture and motivate their viewers they use a few different techniques. Chrysler focuses on both pathos and ethos, to persuade their audience to purchase their cars, as well as the context of their economy to emphasize why to buy an “Imported from Detroit” car. Some of these themes are also applied in another ad created by Chrysler titled “It’s Halftime America” In order to sell the idea that their product is a luxurious product of hard work, and one that buyers can be proud of, Chrysler includes an appeal to pathos through determination and hope. To invoke a feeling of determination within the viewers, Chrysler includes a strong statement in the beginning of the narrative.  This narrative is paired with a clip of a street sign passing by that says Detroit on it and is portrayed by a strong
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Thoughts on  Euthyphro and The Apology by Plato Post reading Plato’s dialogue, Euthyphro and The Apology, one concludes that Socrates is one of the wisest and the humblest men among Greek Philosophers. However, the citizens of Athens did not acknowledge Socrates’ wiseness and the fact that he seeks nothing but the truth. In fact, he was accused of impiety and corrupting the youth.  Even though Socrates has no writings on his own, his student, Plato, proclaimed a wealth of his teachings through the dialogues he wrote. These writings reveal Socrates point of view about dying and death. In the dialogue, Socrates claim, “a man who is good for anything ought to calculate the chance of living or dying; he ought only to consider whether in doing anything he is right or wrong-acting the part of a good man or of a bad.” This suggests that Socrates is more concerned about the quality of life, rather than its length and how one decides to live it. This wise philosopher does not think that d
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Beyonce's Music Video Analysis: Pretty Hurts Beyonce’s music video, Pretty Hurts, uses a montage of disturbing clips, story   progression, references to beauty pageants, and gender stereotypes to portray how women are pushed to adopt a certain standard of perfection. The video contains shots of model-like women behind the scenes of a beauty pageant. The presented clips include a fast-paced presentation of close-ups and long shots that expose the hardships the women endure in order to maintain the beauty standards society places on them.  The first scene shows behind the scene type images of the beautiful women getting ready for the pageant. This sets the tone of realism for the entire video. The music video also has a storyline that pauses the music for dialogue. One of these story pauses include Beyonce answering what her aspiration in life is.  Immediately after that question is asked, quick paced shots of Beyonce submerged in water, and suffering through beauty pagea
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Public Syllabus

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The History of Music 101 Syllabus Instructors: Savannah Cooley, Allison Salo, Wajiha Fawaz, and John Gonek Course Meeting Times: Monday and Wednesday from 11:00 a.m.-12:15 p.m. Course Description and Importance      Our lives are surrounded by music daily. Whether we have it playing in the background or we are singing along to it in the car. Music is always there, and it has been for decades. The interesting part about music is how far along it’s come from the 1920s to the 21st century. The genres of music have drastically changed from swing music with the blues all the way to rap and pop rock. Music has changed throughout history but it has also changed history. Music has opened countless gateways between topics like race and gender. Some people don’t understand the amount of importance that music has brought to the world, more specifically the United States of America. Over the past decades music has evolved substantially and has largely affected and shaped the culture in t
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How to be successful writer

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To provide a good argument one must use strategies in order to attract the audience to the topic and keep them interested in the subject. The first step that one can take into consideration is assessing the audience: determine who is your audience and what expectations the listeners have and what are their opinions on the topic. Audiences play a major role in determining the success of the presentation. To provide for a good audience, the writer must identify the demographics of the listeners. For example, a presentation that is being delivered to adults is different from one that is presented for children, even if it discusses the same topic. Become familiar with your audience and their types of opinions towards related subjects to deliver a clear message. The second strategy is to choose media to fit your subject and how to present along with your subject such as graphs, presentation slides, and posters. A great form of presentations are pictures and videos to send a message to the a
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