Question

By this point, you have analyzed what we mean by the rhetorical situation, and you have learned a number of key concepts and terms. It's time to put all the ideas together to examine a series of texts on a single subject. Following are four texts related to the 1969 Apollo 11 mission that landed the first humans on the moon. The first is a news article from the Times of London reporting the event; the next is a speech by William Safire that President Nixon would have given had the mission not been successful; the third is a commentary by novelist Ayn Rand; the last is a political cartoon that appeared at the time. Discuss the purpose of each text and how the interaction among speaker, audience, and subject affects the text. How does each text appeal to ethos, pathos, and logos

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Answer and Explanation:

Article from the Times of London: The text has the function of informing and reporting the facts that led to the execution of the mission in Apollo 11. This type of text has a less personal and deep relationship with readers, establishing itself in a more impartial and impartial way, using ethos and logos, using logic to justify their statements, but maintaining an ethical and formal conversation.

Speech by William Safire: It was intended to have a more intimate conversation, with a more nationalistic tenor and a deep meaning. The intention was to stimulate the population's pride in the success of the mission, which is why it makes a strong appeal to ethos, as a way of strengthening pride and emotion with the public.

A commentary by novelist Ayn Rand: This text aims to express a brief opinion and is done in a very short way quickly and directly, without any flowers for the audience. In this text there is an appeal to ethics with ethos and an emotional appeal to patthos.

Political cartoon: It aims to establish a very fast and dynamic language, with a strong appeal to logic and consequently to logos, it promotes a very fast interpretation of the message you want to convey.