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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