Read the speech (ground zero mosque by michael bloomberg), keeping aristotle's rhetorical triangle in mind and identifying appeals to ethos, pathos, and logos. what elements of each of the four approaches to argument appear in this speech? which one does bloomberg make the most use of in constructing his argument? how effective is his argument, overall?

onto a large boat, and mark the water level that the boat sinks to. then, take the elephant out and put a bunch of marked weights onto the boat until it reaches the same water level. add up the masses of the weights to get the weight of the elephant.

answer: dinner and a movie with your friends this saturday night.

opportunity cost refers to the benefits that a person or business misses out on when choosing one alternative over another. opportunity costs are easy to miss, but they can be important for decision-making. in this example, the alternative that the person will miss out on is the opportunity to have dinner and watch a movie with friends on saturday, as he will have no money left after buying the cd.