{"id":209,"date":"2015-08-25T01:33:19","date_gmt":"2015-08-25T01:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/davis\/?page_id=209"},"modified":"2015-08-27T17:00:32","modified_gmt":"2015-08-27T17:00:32","slug":"pathos-introduction","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.dwrl.utexas.edu\/davis\/courses\/rhe-330e-pathos\/197-2\/pathos-introduction\/","title":{"rendered":"Pathos Introduction"},"content":{"rendered":"

This meme originating in 2008\u00a0was passed around Facebook yet again last week:<\/p>\n

\"Obama\"<\/a><\/p>\n

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  1. What emotion(s) do you think this meme is designed to provoke?<\/li>\n
  2. What aspects of this meme (the image and the accompanying text) provoke these emotions?<\/li>\n
  3. Take a few minutes to read the history of this meme on Snopes Urban Legends<\/a> site. Using that information, compose a new text to accompany the image that still evokes emotion but that is intended to give the (American) reader a sense of calmness, comfort, and security.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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    Let’s look at another one. This is one’s from 2013:\u00a0Glenn Beck <\/a>\u00a0making a pathetic appeal that uses emotionally charged language as a build-up and then offers a shocking visual, which is a modern-day use of what Aristotle called enargeia<\/em> (bringing to life before one’s eyes).<\/p>\n