Both authors give a great argument, but David Epstein does a better job at getting his point across and giving strong evidence to support it. Malcolm Gladwell explains throughout his exert that…
I am writing in response to your request that I analyze Vanessa Friedman’s “Don’t Ban Photos of Skinny Models” and to make a recommendation for or against the publication in The Shorthorn newspaper. I have considered the rhetorical appeals of Friedman’s article and come to a conclusion that the readers of The New York times will find it quite convincing. Even though it could be unpersuasive to some readers, I am in support of publishing her work because readers all over are likely to find the piece to be a good read as it is a topic most people can relate to. Friedman’s main point is that banning photos of skinny models is not the answer to the problem. She provides three reasons to support her claim, which she mentions in the write-up: “banning something simply makes it much more intriguing; It’s also because to judge a body healthy or unhealthy is still to judge it.…
Nancy Wood’s published her book, Perspective on Argument, in 1995. Throughout the text, Wood refers to a variety of books that help further the reader’s understanding. She cites these sources with footnotes, as they are located at the bottom of each page. She uses small sections of a variety of sources. Also, Wood uses sources published in the 1990’s.…
The article I read was entitled, “The Case for Good Taste in Children’s Books” written by Meghan Cox Gurdon, Children’s book reviewer, The Wall Street Journal. This author has been the children’s book reviewer for the Wall Street Journal since 2005. Her work appeared on numerous other publications such as Washington Post, San Francisco Chronicle and more. She worked as overseas correspondent in many different countries; Asia, Europe, Africa and in the Middle East. She graduated from Bowdoin College in 1986 as magna cum laude achievements.…
The authors' claims are not similar in both of these articles. The author of "Just Take Away Their Guns" was against gun control and the author of "America Used to Be Good at Gun Control. What Happened?" is for gun control. Wilson, the author of "Just Take Away Their Guns," claimed that guns don't kill people, people kill people. (1994)…
Evaluation Article In the article "Say no to guns on college campuses" by Jade Reindl and Jean Cocco, they are trying to get the audience to see that guns shouldn’t be allowed on college campuses or any school campus at all. They also use good backup reasons to support the message they are trying to send, along with credible sources, making the article convincing. The target audience isn't just other school students and academic audiences, but also Non-students because any and everyone can be affected by the issue that is being discussed. Cocco and Reindl use how the FSU president and the Police Chief are strongly opposed to the issues in the article.…
Introduction: When thinking about learning a foreign language people always think of the mainstream languages, French, Spanish, German, but what about Greenlandic? “Death by Monoculture” by Stephen Pax Leonard is about how globalization and consumerism is slowly getting rid of some cultures and languages. However according to Leonard the internet might help save these cultures and languages. This article was effective because it was understandable and to the point, Leonard did not go off on tangents and used statistics and facts in order to help the reader understand.…
Rod Dreher begins his argument opposing the view stating that the Christian solidarity means nothing unless they change their views. He goes on to state that Christians should not condemn violence as it is against the Bible. He also states that an advance of L.G.B.T. rights would be a utter loss of religious expression. He finishes with calling the absurdity of the Orlando attack being pinned on Christians as it was not the intention. Julie Rogers makes the strong claim that Christians must bridge the gap between saying that everyone is welcome, and actually making them welcome.…
Another example of an argument was brought up by Foer, in this last reading. Foer believed that eating animals was wicked. If Foer shared his opinion on the internet there would be numerous people on both sides, creating a vicious and offensive argument. Gray proved that hateful or angry arguments…
Also, I can use past experience in my text. This something I like to do often when writing. I can use my views to compare with people opposing views. Rogerian allows people to build a good argument. I like rogerian being as though I can add my own experience.…
My argument would differ because unlike the Rogerian or invitational perspective, I would only be talking about my topic which is animal testing and how it's morally wrong. The approach that would work better would be invitational perspective, this would work better because we want people to come together and stop this issue. The audience I would want to address is everyone but it's mostly directed to animal lovers and people who are against animal abuse.…
Following Through First Reaction: I was agreed with the author, David Fryman. I have had certain professors who were very bias in class and made it quite obvious to his/her students. Second Reaction: I agreed with his point, but noticed he did not have any solution stated.…
In the article “You’ll Never Learn,” Annie Murphy Paul, a journalist and frequent contributor of articles on education and science, informs readers about the way students in today’s educational landscape use media to multitask while learning. Paul argues that this practice hinders the quality and quantity of information that students retain. The author explains the myriad of negative outcomes due to multitasking, particularly with media, while learning. Paul supports her argument with numerous studies; nevertheless, definite weaknesses arise in her case. The article Paul presents, reads as a bleak presentation of facts without sufficient commentary and no significant passion.…
Ian McCarthy Professor Keaton Lamle English 1101 4 October 2017 Klosterman vs. Zinczenko For about the past fifteen years, there has been an argument circulating around the Americas and the UK. This argument comes at the height of what some may refer to as the fast-food crisis or the obesity epidemic. McDonalds is a large corporate company that is known to serve undeniably unhealthy food at fast speeds, thus being why it’s food is called fast-food.…
1. The Rogerian argument came from American psychologist Carl Rogers. He came to a conclusion that once his patients had an idea or argument, they stuck to it, and it was hard for him to change their thought through a rational argument. His theory to influence his patient’s train of thought was by trying to figure out how to drain the conflict in order to influence their attitudes. His work was so relevant that it was used and spread from regions including South Africa and Northern Ireland.…