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Roger Ebert on Finding Nemo

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Roger Ebert promoted the Pixar film, "Finding Nemo" as an excellent kids movie that is also pleasurable for adults. His article is ascribed with rhetorical devices that help to persuade anyone reading it. He uses many allusions and pathos that help make his piece emotional and persuasive.Roger uses compare and contrast and classification rhetorical discourses. He makes the piece flow flawlessly using all of the devices and different types of rhetorical discourse. Allusions are within his review that help readers understand what the movie is about. Finding Nemo has all of the usual pleasures of the Pixar animation style--the comedy and wackiness of Toy Story or Monsters Inc. or A Bug’s Life.”(Ebert)This allusion works because it gives the person reading an idea of what the animated movie is going to be about.He helps to persuade the reader to want to watch Finding Nemo if they liked any of the other movies that were listed. Roger uses pathos in his review to help the reader feel the types of vibes you get from the movie. “The movies take place almost entirely under the sea, in the world of colorful tropical fish--the flora and fauna of a shallow warm-water shelf not far from australia. The use of color, form and movement make the film a delight even apart from its story.”(Eberts) In that one sentence the reader gets a very optimistic feeling. Roger uses bright and uplifting words that persuade you to want to watch the movie. Within the article Roger uses the compare and contrast rhetorical discourse. Eberts states “‘Finding Nemo’ has all of the usual pleasures of the Pixar animation style--the comedy and wackiness of Toy Story or Monsters Inc. or A Bug’s Life.” He is comparing Finding Nemo to the rest of those movies. He uses this discourse to help and show the reader that if they loved any of those three movies they will enjoy Finding Nemo just as much. Roger incorporates classification rhetorical discourse in his

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