Exercise # 3
An advertisement that appeals to fear:
There is an organization caused every fifteen minutes. The company goes around to high schools and colleges all around the nation during alcohol awareness week. In the advertisment images are shown of death, crushed cars, and accidents. Also shown are statistics of deaths per year from alcohol abuse, the percentages of age demographics that die each year, and the reactions from families and friends at funerals. In the end it advertises to not drink and drive because every fifteen minutes someone dies from drunk driving.
I think this advertisement is a good argument to appeal to fear because it is definitely fearful to everyone I know who has watched it. The advertisement gives information on how to prevent drunk driving as well as what to do to stop it from happening. This is what makes it a good argument because it doesn’t substitute one concern for all others.
I really liked your example on Appeal to Fear, because we all know, people do not really realize what can happen to them if they drink and drive. Your example can related to almost everyone and I also agree with you that it is a good argument. It manipulates and scares people so that they will then learn their lesson and do the right thing. From observations and experiences, I have seen many of my friends who think they are okay to drive after being intoxicated. Even though my friends and I always tell my friends not to drink and drive because accidents may really happen, they do not listen. -__-
ReplyDeleteI'm assuming you're a SF Giants fan since your title says it all. Highfive to that!:D Anyway, I like you example for Appeal to Fear, drink and driving is definitely something should have something to have fear on. Even though this incident occured to a lot people already, people still drink and drive and do not realize how much danger they're putting lives into. Luckily for me, I don't drink since I am allergic to alcohol so I don't have to worry about hearing or seeing my friends or any of the people I know to drink and drive because I could just drive them home safely. Great example.
ReplyDeleteI liked your example for appeal to emotion. It definitely helps when you show grisly details of what something could happen to you if you do something stupid like drink and drive. As unfortunate as it seems, I believe sometimes the only way for people, especially teenagers to grasp the concept to not drink and drive is to go to the extreme with gruesome pictures. Since they use statistics and facts, it definitely adds more support to the argument to the organization’s mission. When people see numbers and graphs and sorts, I think it really does bring everything into perspective. So good job on finding this example of appeal to emotion!
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