Over the years, as you have interacted with others, you have built a mental database that you can draw on to make conclusions about what a person’s looks tell you about their personality. Instead, you quickly took in the information and made an informed, and likely somewhat accurate, decision about that person.
Now as you performed this kind of analysis, you likely didn’t walk through each of these questions one by one, write out the answer, and add up the responses to see what kind of person you are interacting with. For most of us, many of the people we encounter in a given day are subject to this kind of quick analysis. If you don’t tend to notice any of these things about your professors, you certainly do about the people around you-your roommate, others in your residence hall, students you are assigned to work with in groups, or a prospective date. You might have also noticed her shoes, her jewelry, whether she wears a wedding ring, how her hair is styled, whether she stands tall or slumps, how quickly she walks, or maybe even if her nails are done. It is likely that the above observations were only a few of the observations you made as your professor walked in the room. You might have noticed what kind of bag she is carrying-a tattered leather satchel? a hot pink polka-dotted backpack? a burgundy brief case? You probably also noticed what she is wearing-trendy slacks and an untucked striped shirt? a skirted suit? jeans and a tee shirt?
The moment your professor walked in the room, you likely began analyzing her and making assumptions about what kind of teacher she will be. Imagine the first day of class in first year composition at your university. Implement rhetorical analysis in your own reading and writing.Identify how rhetoric is used in writing and media.Define Rhetorical Analysis and the rhetorical triangle.public diplomacy initiatives do not take Nasrallah’s rhetoric and legitimacy into account. policies, which focus on supporting the Lebanese Armed Forces, the Internal Security Forces, developing stronger civil society, and promoting democratization, do not counter Hizbullah’s power partly because U.S. policies towards Lebanon and note the ways in which these policies may not resonate with the Lebanese population. To answer the second question, I review current U.S. Additionally, I note that he often appealed to values widely held through the Arab world, including the sense of karaama, or dignity, and taDaamun, or solidarity, in his remarks. I also demonstrate that Nasrallah chose his words to foster a sense of community and common purpose. In tandem with Hizbullah’s self-identification as a resistance movement, I show that Nasrallah continuously qualified Hizbullah’s mission as defensive. policies towards the Middle East, and specifically in Lebanon? I argue that Nasrallah framed his message in these speeches using three particular themes: the “us versus them” narrative the fulfillment of a divinely inspired mission, also known as the NasR ilaahi, or the divine triumph theme and Hizbullah’s role as the protector of the Lebanese and the Palestinians. To do so, I perform content analysis on the seven major speeches that Nasrallah delivered during the war in order to answer the following question: How did Nasrallah utilize rhetoric to maintain his legitimacy as Hizbullah’s leader throughout the 2006 war between Israel and Hizbullah? I then draw upon these observations to discuss my subsidiary research question: How does having a better understanding of political rhetoric, particularly in terms of Hizbullah, affect U.S. Noting this paradox, I examine how Nasrallah maintained his legitimacy, defined as having an accepted claim to authority, throughout and after the war. Yet despite Hizbullah’s instigation of the war, Sayyid Hassan Nasrallah, Secretary-General of Hizbullah, largely retained both his popular appeal and his legitimacy during and after the conflict. In 2006, Hizbullah operatives captured two Israeli soldiers in a cross-border attack, prompting a 34-day war in which neither Israel nor Hizbullah emerged victorious.