Video One: Texting & Driving
Summary: A teenager is driving in a Honda Pilot with 3 of her friends and a text comes through from her mom. She automatically picks up the cellular device and responds to her mom. As she is responding to her mom, her car drifts into the other lane. Right before the cars collide, the mother in the other car comes out and talks to the teenager. The mother begs the teenager to not finish the text and look up because her children are in the car. The teenager's responds is that there is not enough time that she is sorry. Then, the video ends by having the cars collide.
Observation: The teenager is texting, ,and when the mother greets the teenager, she asks if she was texting. As well, when the teenager gets back into the car, she has this guilty look on her face.
Rhetorical Appeals: Logos- the mother tries to say that there is enough time to look up, and that everyone in her car and the teenagers car, will be fine.
Argument: Syllogism- mother claims that there is enough time to look up, but the teenager denies that she will.
Evaluation: The audience would be towards drivers, more specifically teenagers that drive. The teenager would not listen to the mother and the teenager feels that texting is more important than saving the lives of all the people in both cars.
Video Two: Don't Text & Drive
Summary: Three teenagers are in a small compact car. The girl in the passenger seat is playing a game with the driver. The driver plays along and then receives a text. She checks her phone and fails to stop at a stop sign. Failing to stop at the stop signed caused a large truck to t-bone the car and flip multiple times.
Observation: The driver is distracted with other in the car. When she receives a text, she looks down and causes the crash.
Rhetorical Appeals: Pathos- after the car stops flipping, a message appears and says "If you're texting, you're not driving". making the audience believe that the teens are seriously injured.
Argument: Toulmin- Claim "If you're texting, you're not driving" , data is the wreck that takes place in the video, warrant is people who are texting and driving are more likely to be found in a wreck.
Evaluation: The audience would be towards drivers, more specifically teenagers. When the driver was replying to the text and failed to stop at the stop sign, it put the teenagers in a dangerous wreck.
Video Three: Dear Mom & Dad
Summary: It opens up with videos, pictures, and scenes of the young girl's life. A laptop then starts typing a letter to the girl's parents. She says that she is sorry for driving distracted and that she realized what pain she put her parents through. She then asks her parents to spread the word about turning off their cell phone while you drive to reduce more deaths.
Observation: The young girl regrets driving distracted and that she hopes to save others lives by promoting to turn off their cell phones before they drive.
Rhetorical Appeals: Pathos- sympathy cards and past memories of the girl's life.
Argument: Syllogism- turning off your phone can reduce the rick of car wrecks. It could of possibly saved her life if she listened to her parents.
Evaluation: The audience is intended for new drivers and families who have new drivers. It only takes two seconds to turn off your phone and those two seconds could save your life.
Video Four: The Last Words
Summary: A mother is driving with her son in the car. Once they arrive at their destinations, the mother gets out of the car and tells her son that she is so proud of him. As the son walks away, he picks up a coffin with a few other men. After the son carried the coffin to the burial site, words are said to show that the man who died was father and husband to the son and mother. When the last words are being given, the son pulls out a phone that seems to be cracked and watches a video of the family. The mother then comes and joins the son and they mourn over the death of their love one together.
Observation: In the car ride, the mother and son seem to be fine. Once they arrive at the destination, they are sad.
Rhetorical Appeal: Pathos- shows how sad the son and wife are with the death of this man. The son even pulls out a cell phone that looked like it was in the wreck.
Argument: Toulmin- Claim that texting and driving kills many people, data this wreck that caused the death of a father/husband, warrant is that people who text and drive have a high risk of accidents.
Evaluation: The audience is towards drivers with family because driver with children and young family members should look after one another. It's sad to see that the son will grow up without a father.
Summary: A teenager is driving in a Honda Pilot with 3 of her friends and a text comes through from her mom. She automatically picks up the cellular device and responds to her mom. As she is responding to her mom, her car drifts into the other lane. Right before the cars collide, the mother in the other car comes out and talks to the teenager. The mother begs the teenager to not finish the text and look up because her children are in the car. The teenager's responds is that there is not enough time that she is sorry. Then, the video ends by having the cars collide.
Observation: The teenager is texting, ,and when the mother greets the teenager, she asks if she was texting. As well, when the teenager gets back into the car, she has this guilty look on her face.
Rhetorical Appeals: Logos- the mother tries to say that there is enough time to look up, and that everyone in her car and the teenagers car, will be fine.
Argument: Syllogism- mother claims that there is enough time to look up, but the teenager denies that she will.
Evaluation: The audience would be towards drivers, more specifically teenagers that drive. The teenager would not listen to the mother and the teenager feels that texting is more important than saving the lives of all the people in both cars.
Video Two: Don't Text & Drive
Summary: Three teenagers are in a small compact car. The girl in the passenger seat is playing a game with the driver. The driver plays along and then receives a text. She checks her phone and fails to stop at a stop sign. Failing to stop at the stop signed caused a large truck to t-bone the car and flip multiple times.
Observation: The driver is distracted with other in the car. When she receives a text, she looks down and causes the crash.
Rhetorical Appeals: Pathos- after the car stops flipping, a message appears and says "If you're texting, you're not driving". making the audience believe that the teens are seriously injured.
Argument: Toulmin- Claim "If you're texting, you're not driving" , data is the wreck that takes place in the video, warrant is people who are texting and driving are more likely to be found in a wreck.
Evaluation: The audience would be towards drivers, more specifically teenagers. When the driver was replying to the text and failed to stop at the stop sign, it put the teenagers in a dangerous wreck.
Video Three: Dear Mom & Dad
Summary: It opens up with videos, pictures, and scenes of the young girl's life. A laptop then starts typing a letter to the girl's parents. She says that she is sorry for driving distracted and that she realized what pain she put her parents through. She then asks her parents to spread the word about turning off their cell phone while you drive to reduce more deaths.
Observation: The young girl regrets driving distracted and that she hopes to save others lives by promoting to turn off their cell phones before they drive.
Rhetorical Appeals: Pathos- sympathy cards and past memories of the girl's life.
Argument: Syllogism- turning off your phone can reduce the rick of car wrecks. It could of possibly saved her life if she listened to her parents.
Evaluation: The audience is intended for new drivers and families who have new drivers. It only takes two seconds to turn off your phone and those two seconds could save your life.
Video Four: The Last Words
Summary: A mother is driving with her son in the car. Once they arrive at their destinations, the mother gets out of the car and tells her son that she is so proud of him. As the son walks away, he picks up a coffin with a few other men. After the son carried the coffin to the burial site, words are said to show that the man who died was father and husband to the son and mother. When the last words are being given, the son pulls out a phone that seems to be cracked and watches a video of the family. The mother then comes and joins the son and they mourn over the death of their love one together.
Observation: In the car ride, the mother and son seem to be fine. Once they arrive at the destination, they are sad.
Rhetorical Appeal: Pathos- shows how sad the son and wife are with the death of this man. The son even pulls out a cell phone that looked like it was in the wreck.
Argument: Toulmin- Claim that texting and driving kills many people, data this wreck that caused the death of a father/husband, warrant is that people who text and drive have a high risk of accidents.
Evaluation: The audience is towards drivers with family because driver with children and young family members should look after one another. It's sad to see that the son will grow up without a father.