Body In Trouble

This essay, by Nancy Mairs, talks about how Nancy is "free" from sins because she is "confined to a wheelchair". But how she also explains that she belongs to the catholic church and wants to do good. And so she decides to write because through that way, people can hear her.

How To Tame A Wild Tongue

How To Tame A Wild Tongue starts out describing how the author, Gloria Anzaldua, grew up having her language oppressed by adults and teachers. The story then talks about the languages the author speaks, who she says each language to, and how some of the languages are distinct and how the languages pronounce certain words. But this story mainly focuses on what makes the author who she is, to which she says is through her soul, not the mind. It also focuses on how people change who someone else is.

"If Black English Isn't a Language, Then Tell Me, What Is?"

In this essay by James Baldwin, Baldwin goes on to explain what the definition of language is and how it grows on cultures and people to make them sound different. And it's in this essay that he tries to prove Black English, such as "Jazz" or "Sock it to me!", is a real language.

Prison Studies

In this essay, by Malcolm X, He explains his time in prison and believes people can make the most out of being in prison because he learned how to read and write in his cell. The essay starts with some logos where Malcolm started with his prison studies in Charleston Prison. But this essay focuses more on ethos and pathos. For his ethos, He says in the beginning how people who have seen or read his speeches must think of him as someone educated over eighth grade, but credits his time in prison for the education. He also tells in the essay how he would read a dictionary and copy the words on a tablet, giving him credit for spending time in jail to study. As for his pathos, he expresses a need for curiosity to read many books wherever he goes and a need for importance to make the best time out of being in prison.

Advertisement Rhetorcal Analysis

This commercial, for ice cream, cannot appeal to many audiences. It may not appeal to anybody. It's logos can be understandable but its ethos and pathos make it unappealing to people. Starting with the ads' logos, it's just a guy eating the ice cream that he's covered with. But at the end, the narrator says, "Ice Cream is a feeling." They narrator (the man covered in ice cream) also says "Little Baby's Ice Cream leaves him happy and young." This would explain why he would be covered in ice cream. But, this also affects the pathos of the ad because when people imagine an advertisement, they imagine something to persuade the viewer to buy the product the ad is selling. Not a silent man staring at you while eating ice cream off of himself. The music in the background also creates a creepy atmosphere in the ad as well. As for its ethos, it's credibility, you only have the narrator (the ice cream man) to trust. As the pathos pointed out, the man is creepy, and people would not trust creepy people.

"They Treat Girls Differently, Don't they"

In this story by Timothy Harper, it focuses on a gender bias within the classroom. The first sentence alone states, "Boys get more attention in the classroom than girls." It goes on to say that classrooms can reflect society at large and that there is a reluctance to put a blame on this gender bias. The report argues that girls receive less attention in classrooms causing girls to grow up with low self-esteem and making them less likely to enroll in classes such as chemistry, calculus, and other sciences. But this report also explains how observers think the gender bias is not from teachers but from whoever raises their hand first to a question. observers also think that boys are getting negative attention from teachers to make sure the boys pay attention. They also say that boys will grow up to be highly successful with jobs or they may drop out of school and/or abuse drugs. The author after explaining both sides of this argument, gives many tips to parents at home, parents at school, and teachers on how to prevent a gender bias in the classrooms and to give equal amounts of attention to every student, both girls and boys.