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Fallacy in an advertisement:       In this ad the slippery slope fallacy is used. Slippery slope is when it is assumed that one thing is going to have a series of consequences lead to a worst case scenario.  If you don't do this, then this will happen, then this will happen, and so on. In the ad it shows that if you do not have direct tv and only have cable, all of these bad things will happen to you. First, you'll get angry at your cable tv for being on hold, then need to blow off some steam, then get hurt, then get an eye patch, then people will think you're tough, then those people will fight you to see how tough you are, and finally you'll end up waking up in a ditch. If you got rid of cable in the first place and had direct tv, none of these other things would have happened to you. Fallacy in a tv show: The Simpsons, season 13 episode 10- Half Decent Proposal ( https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0701104/ )      Hasty generalization is used in th...

Burke's Pentad to Former President Bush's 9/11 Speech Act- The act includes the president at the time, George Bush, who is addressing the nation. He is speaking out about the 911 attack that happened at the time, trying to give the American people some reassurance and a sense of safety. Letting American citizens know that they are trying to find the people who committed these acts and that he is with all of the people who might have lost somebody important to them in this horrible tragedy. Scene- The physical broadcast took place in the White House, but the actual place that this situation happened took place in New York and in Washington DC (at the Pentagon and at the twin towers). It happened September 11 of 2001. Agent- The agent is George Bush. He was the one who performed the action of giving the broadcast. He was the president at the time so he was the person that everyone looked to when this horrible tragedy happened. Everyone looks toward who is in charge, which is th...