In “Yoga Offers Range of Health Benefits,” initially published in 2015 in the Harvard Men’s Health Watch, argues, when examined through research, yoga offers a wide range of health benefits to people who practice this particular form of exercise. The general purpose of this article appears to be both informative and persuasive. To go more in depth, I gather that the purpose is to inform readers about yoga and how it can affect their lives in order to persuade them to attempt it. In doing so, the article discusses specific topics regarding what yoga is, yoga’s affect on health, yoga’s affect on the heart, who yoga is for, and how to begin doing yoga.. Therefore, even though this article is considered to be an educated written article about
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For instance, the article brings in a quote from Maren Nayer, “It [yoga] packs a powerful punch” (5). This doesn’t offer the article any form of worthy support. Rather it makes the article appear to be rather wordy. Likewise, as stated earlier, the article discusses who can participate in yoga. Within this individual section, it explains how the amount of individuals who participate in yoga has increased over the years (5). Also, the article brings about the notion of how men shouldn’t down put the idea of trying yoga (5). These details mentioned, don’t offer valuable argument towards the persuasive purpose of the article. Irrelevant information causes the reader to lose sight of the actual intent of the article. Instead, the article may have been better off by omitting this …show more content…
yoga offers a range of health benefits” (5). One of the factors is how the article doesn’t use valuable and complex material to support its foremost declaration. Likewise, the purpose of this article often appears to be unclear because of the use of irrelevant information, which undeniably could cause a reader to become confused. Also, the article fails to include fundamental bases of credibility by not sourcing where the article’s information was initially
For instance, the article brings in a quote from Maren Nayer, “It [yoga] packs a powerful punch” (5). This doesn’t offer the article any form of worthy support. Rather it makes the article appear to be rather wordy. Likewise, as stated earlier, the article discusses who can participate in yoga. Within this individual section, it explains how the amount of individuals who participate in yoga has increased over the years (5). Also, the article brings about the notion of how men shouldn’t down put the idea of trying yoga (5). These details mentioned, don’t offer valuable argument towards the persuasive purpose of the article. Irrelevant information causes the reader to lose sight of the actual intent of the article. Instead, the article may have been better off by omitting this …show more content…
yoga offers a range of health benefits” (5). One of the factors is how the article doesn’t use valuable and complex material to support its foremost declaration. Likewise, the purpose of this article often appears to be unclear because of the use of irrelevant information, which undeniably could cause a reader to become confused. Also, the article fails to include fundamental bases of credibility by not sourcing where the article’s information was initially