Al Gore's Rhetorical Analysis: An Inconvenient Truth
Zac Slater
Mrs. King
AP Lang p.1
November 7, 2012
Rhetorical analysis inconvenient truth
There are many controversial claims that state global warming is a problem or global warming is something that doesn’t even exist. However, in his movie An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore masterfully uses ethos, logos, and pathos as well as strategies to support his claim in proving an effective argument that global warming is a real negative problem.
Al Gore uses his extensive background in politics to establish his credibility as well as appeal to his audience, the people of America. Al Gore served in politics and knows how much of an extreme problem global warming is. Because of this background he not only shows great credibility but also can relate …show more content…
The first thing that Al Gore does to make a logical argument for the problem of global warming is he provides a chart showing the carbon dioxide emissions as the years have gone by, this allows us to see real problems with global warming because it not only shows that global warming is real shows what’s going to happen if the traditional American ways are continued. Al Gore also uses before and after pictures to establish logos through inductive reasoning. He shows before and after pictures of the Earth as time has progressed and also shows us pictures of what happening to our glaciers and how they are melting by the second. This is a small observation that infers a larger theory without providing it. This basically proves effective because it shows us the extreme effects of global warming allowing us to believe that global warming is an extreme problem and is leading to the degradation of all these things. All of these effectively convince Americans that global warming is a problem resulting in them wanting to do something to fix it. The carbon dioxide graph also establishes logos through deductive reasoning, it gives us specific facts about the past, present and then the future if we continue to practice the things we are now. The give facts to his audience, the American people, and convinces them with number that truly establish global warming as a
Mrs. King
AP Lang p.1
November 7, 2012
Rhetorical analysis inconvenient truth
There are many controversial claims that state global warming is a problem or global warming is something that doesn’t even exist. However, in his movie An Inconvenient Truth, Al Gore masterfully uses ethos, logos, and pathos as well as strategies to support his claim in proving an effective argument that global warming is a real negative problem.
Al Gore uses his extensive background in politics to establish his credibility as well as appeal to his audience, the people of America. Al Gore served in politics and knows how much of an extreme problem global warming is. Because of this background he not only shows great credibility but also can relate …show more content…
The first thing that Al Gore does to make a logical argument for the problem of global warming is he provides a chart showing the carbon dioxide emissions as the years have gone by, this allows us to see real problems with global warming because it not only shows that global warming is real shows what’s going to happen if the traditional American ways are continued. Al Gore also uses before and after pictures to establish logos through inductive reasoning. He shows before and after pictures of the Earth as time has progressed and also shows us pictures of what happening to our glaciers and how they are melting by the second. This is a small observation that infers a larger theory without providing it. This basically proves effective because it shows us the extreme effects of global warming allowing us to believe that global warming is an extreme problem and is leading to the degradation of all these things. All of these effectively convince Americans that global warming is a problem resulting in them wanting to do something to fix it. The carbon dioxide graph also establishes logos through deductive reasoning, it gives us specific facts about the past, present and then the future if we continue to practice the things we are now. The give facts to his audience, the American people, and convinces them with number that truly establish global warming as a