Spend some time looking for arguments that use ridicule or humor to make their point: check out your favorite Twitter feeds or b
logs; watch for bumper stickers, posters, or advertisements; and listen to popular song lyrics. Find at least two different examples from two different media sources and explain how they make their emotional appeals and whether it's effective.
<em>"I notice that everyone in favor of abortion has already been born." </em>- Ronald Reagan 1980, in response to a question on his position on abortion during the presidential debates.
<em> "Keep Bush, Cheney, Ashcroft and Rumsfeld in office! After all, why change horsemen in mid-apocalypse?"</em> - found on a website during the 2004 Bush re-election campaign.
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In both sentences, humor is used sarcastically to make your speeches more acceptable and less thick or even absurd.</u>
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