Thursday, November 3, 2011

week ( Oct. 30- Nov. 5) - q2 pg 195

Make up an appeal to some emotion for the nest time a traffic officer stops you.

Oh. Officer was I going over the speed limit? I am truly sorry, I had just has a hard day at school and work. I am just so tired going to school full time and also work full time. I promise to place aside everything else and pay complete attention to the speedometer from now on. I am sure a strong, intellectual and very understanding officer like you can understand that I did not mean to speed.

In this statement I am appealing to pity and to vanity. I first make myself seem miserable from school and work which he or she can probably connect with. The appeal a full time job with full time school may pull some pity appeal from the officer. Then I appeal to vanity by saying how strong, smart and understandable he (hopefully) or she look like
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  1. Ralph LaurenNovember 4, 2011 at 10:56 PM

    I think your argument has a good possibility of persuading the officer to let you off the hook. You used an appeal to pity by stating your hardships that he or she might find relatable. By doing so, the officer is able to understand where you are coming from and will then hopefully feel sympathetic for you. You then used an appeal to vanity but sweet talking the officer. If the officer was in a bad mood, he or she would probably call you out on the whole list of compliments you threw at them. But, if the officer was in a good mood he or she would probably appreciate your kind words and be more inclined to let you go.

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