University:
East Georgia State College
Course:
ENGL 1101 | English Composition I
Academic year:

2019
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156

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2
Author:

Carissa Thomas

Chasing Coral Worksheet 1. What is the main argument of this documentary? (What is the claim and what is the reason?) [Hint: What does the film say is the solution? What do they say at the end of the film?] Coral reefs are vanishing at an alarming rate is the main argument of this documentary. Climate change and ocean change are deeply effective in this topic. 2. What types of evidence does the film use to support its main claim? What types of ethos? What types of pathos? What types of logos? (List two of each.) Ethos- One way character is used is when Zach Rago explains how important the Great Barrier Reef is to him and how excited he was to see it. Viewers can relate to his character when he explains how painful it was to watch something so beautiful die. The director also uses his character to show that he knows what he is talking about because of all that he has studied. After seeing how much he knows about the ocean and how. Much he has studied specifically about the ocean, viewers are more likely to listen to him. Pathos- The film shows visuals of the reefs dying and the color draining from them as they die. This makes viewers feel poorly about what is happening in the ocean. Another example is when they explain how people rely on these creatures to produce their food. It is upsetting to see that more people will become hungry in the near future because of this issue. Logos- Many facts are stated in the documentary throughout the whole entire film. He talks about how long it takes for each reef to die with visual proof of it. He also gives facts about how many people are being effected by these reefs dying off 3. What analogy does this film use? (Recall: What does it say the coral reefs are like?) Is this a good analogy? Why or why not? They use the analogy that a 2C fever can kill coral just as it can kill a person. This is a good analogy because it shows how easily the coral reefs can die by the same things that humans die by. 4. This film works to avoid fallacies. How does it avoid scare tactics or a slippery slope? Is there any appeal to false authority? Why or why not? How does the film avoid this? How does the film avoid a hasty generalization? A false causality? The film avoids slippery slope and scare tactics by using many facts and addressing them individually. There could be appeal to false authority but none drastic enough to pin point. The film also avoids hasty generalization by explaining each reef by themselves. Instead of using what is happening to one reef and saying that is happening to all of them, they speak about each one separately.

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