Evan Cowgill<\/span><\/p>\n ENG 400<\/span><\/p>\n Dr. Cream<\/span><\/p>\n 4 September 2017<\/span><\/p>\n Rhetorical Analysis: Nature Valley Commercial<\/span><\/p>\n Link for Reference: <\/span>https:\/\/youtu.be\/1XDVDyDJ3s0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0This commercial for Nature Valley\u2019s snack bars, aptly entitled \u201cWould your kids respond in the same way as these kids? Raises an interesting\u201d by the YouTube user who posted it, argues that humanity is losing touch with nature (The Great Outdoors) as each generation of kids chooses their leisure-time activities. \u00a0Nature Valley claims that modern technology is to blame for this phenomenon.<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Delicately dramatic music breathes emotion into the audio\u2019s background as Nature Valley showcases a series of elderly people answering the question of what they did for fun during their childhood. \u00a0Their answers are stories full of wonder and excitement, fishing and fending off bears. \u00a0Then, abruptly (even menacingly), the music stops as a sample of today\u2019s children respond to the question with non-anecdotal answers like video games, texting, and somehow e-mail. \u00a0The elderly and oh-so-wise stars of the commercial shoot knowing glances at the camera as the children\u2019s parents cry and express their <\/span>fear<\/span><\/i> for the future. \u00a0Then, the music returns — this time, more hopeful — as Nature Valley connects their brand of snack bar to one simple solution: Rediscover the Joy of <\/span>Nature<\/span><\/i>. \u00a0Be sure to try their newest flavor, Appeal to Tradition. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Evan Cowgill ENG 400 Dr. Cream 4 September 2017 Rhetorical Analysis: Nature Valley Commercial Link for Reference: https:\/\/youtu.be\/1XDVDyDJ3s0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0This commercial for Nature Valley\u2019s snack bars, aptly entitled \u201cWould your kids respond in the same way as these kids? Raises an interesting\u201d by the YouTube user who posted it, argues that humanity is losing touch with … Continue reading “Rhetorical Analysis 1: Nature Valley”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-rhetorical-analyses"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhetoricofgaming.digitalwcu.org\/WeeklyWriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhetoricofgaming.digitalwcu.org\/WeeklyWriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhetoricofgaming.digitalwcu.org\/WeeklyWriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhetoricofgaming.digitalwcu.org\/WeeklyWriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhetoricofgaming.digitalwcu.org\/WeeklyWriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=69"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rhetoricofgaming.digitalwcu.org\/WeeklyWriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70,"href":"https:\/\/rhetoricofgaming.digitalwcu.org\/WeeklyWriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69\/revisions\/70"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rhetoricofgaming.digitalwcu.org\/WeeklyWriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhetoricofgaming.digitalwcu.org\/WeeklyWriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rhetoricofgaming.digitalwcu.org\/WeeklyWriting\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}