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Mr. Piekarski,

You left us so fast today! There was no resolve to our class, but I can almost bet that was not without reason since, as rhetoric has shown us, most everything is with purpose. Very clever Mr. P. Way to make us come to your movie showing. I'll have to save my guess for Sunday.

Thank you, thank you, for an amazing class. Your ethos as a professor and as a human being made this class a fertile garden for personal growth and budding. You Sir successfully created an environment that made us/me feel comfortable to speak and to voice our/my thoughts, and if our fruitful, revolutionary, discussions aren't proof enough well then, you're just a horrible observer. Last year I saw you as a very witty, occasionally sarcastic, type of character that knew his material well and got us to learn quickly. But this year I was able to see a genuine warmth in your character that didn't convey with irony but spoke rather in the Vietnamese manner of speech without irony. It was refreshing.

I learned about Vietnam. I learned about Rhetoric. I learned about the Rhetoric of Vietnam, and on another level, I definitely learned a lot about myself in very tangible ways. This will help me on my journey and direction in life. Thank you for this, your advise, your knowledge, and your kindness.

Hmm White Russians. A Big Lebowski thing I'm guessing. I gotta get to them pearly white gates, so I suppose that means I have to see this movie!

You never cease to amaze me, so I reckon you'll continue to do so. I'm ready. Show me your tricks, magician. 

An Inconvenient Truth

1. Ethos
Gore tells us that he's been working on the global warming issue since he was in college with his professor Robert Revelle.
--> So believe him because he has experience on this topic since 1960-something

2. Humor
* Jokes about losing the presidency.
* "The student went on to become a drug addict and a n'vr-do-well. The teacher went on to become science adviser in the current administration."
-->serves to keep the audience engaged and interested.
-->asserts Gore's ethos as a well-rounded character who isn't just a lame glacier hugger
"you've heard of off the charts" when following the increasing CO2 level in the electric platform lift
--> really wants to emphasize the point of the super high CO2 level as a significant matter!

3. Visual images
Pictures of a pretty blue and green earth juxtaposed to melting glaciers, empty lakes.
--> used to make us feel anxious over immediate danger

4. Logos
--> Gore's visual graphs that represent trends of CO2 and temperature levels as they've increased throughout the years as evidence of global warming.

5. Pathos
Juxtaposition of images
ex. glacier in Argentina 1928: big white beautiful.
versus the same glacier in Argentina 2004: almost entirely gone

6. More Logos
"When there is more carbon dioxide, the temperature gets warmer because it traps more heat from the sun inside."

7. Ethos
* Gore's appearance: wearing a suit, freshly clean shave, nice hair, shiny shoes, professional presentation

8. Pathos
Brings up Katrina
--> wants us to get emotional through the images of people suffering and voice over of a man in distress.

9. Gore presents the material using language that's easy to comprehend. And if we don't understand his simple explanations, the Simpson's simplifies his point even further.
--> Gore has the audience in mind and wants everyone to understand.

10. POLAR BEARS!
The best rhetorical device in my opinion.
--> Gore seems to ask without asking, "You wouldn't want to make a cute, fluffy, polar bear drown now would you?!
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SOLVED

I'm ready for my four guesses.
Scratch that, keep your four guesses.
All I need is one.

Be amazed.