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Persuasion Through Humor

Material in a Persuasive Sermon, it was hypothesized that humor has two important roles in speechmaking: persuasion and increasing...

The Political Role of American Mass Media

In many ways it could be said that we are being lulled into a sense of complacency by the glowing light and ever present hum of th...

Literature Review on the Persuasion and Communication Study Conducted by Yale University

basis for assessing personality traits, characteristics, communication variables and emotional elements as they influence the proc...

Persuasion and its Relation To Critical Thinking

than it must be true (Kemerling, 2001). The most recent example of this is the current war that the US is fighting in Iraq. Presid...

Liberals and Conservatives, Pro and Con

varies considerably from the twentieth century definition quoted above. Regulation, of course, is typically implemented by govern...

Business Plan for the Speak Up! Program

costs. Introduction A seasoned middle school teacher commented that she had come to see the middle school years as "the fro...

Persuasion: Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

with ethos. This is clearly seen when he then states his credentials, so to speak: "I have the honor of serving as president of th...

Gun Control Essays and Rank's Persuasion Model

where it happens" (Snyder PG) is the crux of his thesis. In a sense, he uses the tactic of diversion because he essentially blames...

The Mentally Ill and Assertive Community Treatment

when not much was known about mental illness and the right way to treat it. Many medications used today were not developed at the ...

David Koresh's Branch Davidians and Persuasive Techniques

In ten pages this cult's history and its techniques of persuasion are analyzed. Ten sources are cited in the bibliography....

Persuasion in Print and Film

Modern movie adaptations of classic novels are often hard to compare to the originals. This report discusses the film version of P...

Satire Types

such as "U.S. Urges Bin Laden To Form Nation It Can Attack" (12C). In fact, Bin Laden jokes are beginning to crop up and while peo...

President George W. Bush's National Cathedral Memorial Address and the Application of Aristotle's Rhetoric Theory

In a paper consisting of five pages Aristotle's three points of rhetoric are applied to the President's speech in terms of word pe...

Presidential Power by Neustadt and Persuasion

In five pages this text by Neustadt is discussed in terms of the power of the President that according to Dahl resides primarily u...

Ethics and Advertising

In a paper that contains eight pages the motive for the existence of advertising through profit and persuasion are examined within...

Male Characters in Persuasion and Emma by Jane Austen

the novel, Frank Churchill, though a very important supporting character, for it is his contrast with the more refined George Knig...

Persuasion, Ethics, and TV Evangelists

In ten pages this paper discusses television evangelists, the techniques of persuasion, and ethical considerations are also addres...

Anne in Persuasion by Jane Austen

Admiral and Sophia Croft share the steering of a carriage and save them all from disaster (Austen 114). Sophia says of her sea li...

Presidential Candidacy of Al Gore and Media Coverage

In ten pages this paper examines the candidacy of Al Gore in a consideration of tactics of persuasion and the media bias concept. ...

Jane Austen's Writings and Social Conservatism of the 19th Century

In 8 pages this paper discusses how the socially conservative attitudes of the 19th century manifest themselves in Jane Austen's P...

19th Century Literature A Comparison of Heroines from Two Stories

This paper compares Charlotte Bronte's heroine of Villette with Jane Austen's heroine of Persuasion. It discusses the roles of the...

Rhetoric in Kenneth Burke and Quintilian Compared

In twelve pages the topic of rhetoric is examined in a comparison of Kenneth Burke and Quintilian's thoughts on the subject with a...

Judicial Reasoning and the Views of Jerome Frank and Karl Llewellyn

In eight pages this paper examines the theoretical perspectives of persuasion, doctrine development and constitutionality as conce...

When the Tuition Bill Arrives Remain in School!

A one page paper contains a letter of persuasion directed toward school administrators that claims a student's grades, commitment ...

Comparative Analysis of the Rhetorical Persuasion Approaches by Cicero and Longinus

historical play Julius Caesar. Cicero believed rhetoric was the most effective and persuasive when practically employed. He emph...

Analysis Of Change Process In A Hospital

all staff members. In so doing, he also followed Kotters next step which is to communicate that vision to the staff (Kotter, 1996)...

Presidential Persuasion

status provide bargaining advantage. The U.S. has a government where there is a sharing of power (Neustadt, 2008). That is, there ...

Target Of Attempted Persuasion

know if I was interested in applying for a new low-interest, no fee card they had just released. I told him no because I dont nee...

Non-Profit Organziations

boys and girls. They might share many responsibilities with YMCA volunteers, but also be required to do things like pick up groups...

Convincing Others Using Various Communication Formats

Communication can take a number of formats. This is true in the business world, in the academic world, and even in our...