Monthly Archives: September 2015

Depression seems to be overlooked in our society and over-dramatized in the wrong ways by social media and entertainment. It isn’t always considered a serious mental condition and people may perceive depression as unimportant since they think it can be … Continue reading →

Who doesn’t know Tom Brady and the whirlwind of drama that has followed him as of late last year? According to this recent post by The Onion, Tom Brady has been physically unable to stop smirking in response to the overturned … Continue reading →

Had Pangaea not been discovered some hundred years ago, The Onion’s claim that Earth’s animals once formed a giant ‘super-animal’ may have been quite compelling. The article immediately established ethos, or a credible source of information, citing a recent study … Continue reading →

What is news? The onion often construes true events with satirical analysis to form comedic articles that it presents as “news”. In one case, The Onion describes complaints from the Republican Party about president Obama turning 50 years old. The … Continue reading →

The article first starts out by introducing a situation that many people can relate to because they’ve either experienced it for themselves or have seen another person experience it. This aspect is an example of Logos. The fact that a … Continue reading →

For centuries hoaxes have been around, manifesting in our daily lives without realizing it. They have tricked so many into believing their ridiculous tales. So if they are obviously not true and are completely farfetched, why is it that people … Continue reading →

The Onion is known for reporting modern ideas and events through satire and hoaxes. “Scientists Confident Artificially Intelligent Machines Can Be Programmed To Be Lenient Slave Masters,” is a great example of how rhetoric is used to create a persuasive … Continue reading →

Have you ever tried to start a garden in your back yard? I have, for my mother’s 50th birthday. I went to the store, bought a whole bunch of pots, soil, flowers, and vegetables. I planted said flowers and vegetables; … Continue reading →

In the short video “Domino’s Scientists Test Limits of What Humans Will Eat,” scientists ridicule American’s for their absurd eating habits. Using ethos, logos and pathos, the video satirically conveys the idea that many individuals consume foods that are almost … Continue reading →

Baseball is an entertaining sport in many ways, including the antics that players and even fans pull on live TV. For Jayson Werth, a star outfield player for the Washington Nationals of the MLB, catching astray foul balls is a … Continue reading →