Author Archives: Morgan Pearce

Post #6: Pentadic Criticism, Selection for Critical Essay #2

Artifact: Apple’s Diversity commercial “Inclusion inspires Innovation” Pentadic Elements: Act: Wanting people to be inclusive to better the world Agency: Uses many different Apple employees to express the diversity within the company Agent: Narrator/Apple Purpose: To promote diversity and individualism … Continue reading

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Post #5 Metaphoric Criticism

In this post I will be analyzing Lennon and Maisy’s version of “That’s What’s Up” using metaphoric criticism. The song was originally created and sung by Edward Sharp and The Magnetic Zeros but Lennon and Maisy have done a cover … Continue reading

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Post #4 Ideological Criticism

1.Tide Commercial (2013) Most laundry and cleaning commercials tend to fall into stereotypical tendencies of using women to promote their product. Tide’s 2013 commercial continues this stigma with a mother as the main spokesperson encouraging the use and purchase of … Continue reading

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Post #3: Generic Criticism

I will be using generic description to determine whether the Netflix original shows Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, and Iron Fist create a sub-genre of Misfit Superheroes. Generic description is used when multiple artifacts appear to respond to a similar situation … Continue reading

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Post #2 Neo-Aristotelian Criticism

This post will discuss the rhetorical situation of Jennifer Lawrence’s acceptance speech at The Hollywood Reporter’s Women in Entertainment in 2017. The rhetor, Jennifer Lawrence is a popular American actress that has participated in more than 20 productions. Her esteemed … Continue reading

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Post #1: Introducing My Blog

Hello, I am Morgan Pearce and these is my blog on Method’s of Rhetorical Criticism. I am a student at Longwood University with a major in English and minors in Children’s Literature and Rhetoric and Professional Writing. This blog will … Continue reading

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