Analysis Of A Logical Argument

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Even though my boyfriend’s dad drives an SUV (and I think it’s okay), I was not persuaded by this essay either. With large families on long trips, the extra space makes for a more pleasurable drive. In my opinion, the essay appeared to be set up as a logical argument at first, although I did not find enough rigorous, factual statistics to support his logic.

Arguably, I found the emphasis to be opinions referring to his emotions and ethics. For example, he referred to safely driving his 9 year-old daughter and safely driving in the snow. Safety and family responsibilities are ethos and family members also bring out our emotions, pathos.

The outline of criticisms support a logical argument, however, it appeared he was whining about how

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