Response to Last Presidential Debate

Benjamin Nguyen                                                                                                                 Ms. Ross

10/22/16                                                                                                                              Ap Language

                                                           Third Presidential Debate

     This third and final presidential debate between Donald Trump and Hilary Clinton entailed a series dirty and low attacks to one another. Overall, this election has been the most vulgar and tasteless presidential debate in the history of the United States. Instead of debating with one another on sensible policies and ways to improve America as a whole, personal attacks and defamation littered the debate.  Clinton quotes, "Well, that’s because he'd rather have a puppet as president than the United States and it's pretty clear" (NPR, 2016). Trump can be stated saying in return, "No puppet. You’re the puppet" (NPR, 2016). These series of low blows and attack perpetuate every stereotype foreigners have about Americans, and is a mockery of past great presidents like Abraham Lincoln and George Washington. I hope this election has been just desperate attempts to hurt each other's credibility, and that whoever wins the election, will carry themselves more presidentially.

Sleeping Pill Ad Reaction

Benjamin Nguyen                                                                                                          Ms. Moccia

10/9/16                                                                                                                           AP Language

                                                                   Ad Reaction
   
     My reaction to the ad that was shown during class of the sleeping pill was one of realization and surprisingly, a compulsion to buy. The ad was effective in that it was a textbook definition of what a medicine ad should be like. It shows a gradual change of an actor, who acts sleepy and irritable in the beginning, but after taking the pill, is revitalized, almost a new person. The color of the ad differentiated from beginning to end with dark and gloomy colors to bright and awake colors. This was effective as it plays on pathos with the usage of dark and bright colors to introduce a juxtaposition of feelings. The ad mainly centralized on the concept pathos, lacking ethos in the fact that the actor was not very well known or a television star at that. By having a television star to play the role of this women in the ad, the ad would have increased it's credibility and enticed more fans of that specific actor to buy the pill.  The ad also lacked in logos, failing to show any comparison or statistics on how they rival against other competitor sleeping pills. However, the ad still persuaded me to buy the product by playing on pathos and one of the strongest emotions, happiness. My mind associated happiness with buying and taking the pill, which ultimately made me want to buy it.