A ‘scary’ professor is not scary based upon their appearance, but how their teaching methods are complex, or in some cases stressful and intimidating. On September 27th of 2015, Christian Yapor wrote "Why You Should Take Classes with the 'Scary' Professor" to inform and persuade readers that choosing an intimidating and difficult professor for a class can benefit you in the future of your life. Yapor main focus in writing this opinionated article was to convince anyone in the general public that is in the process of deciding whether to select an arduous professor or a less challenging professor. The writer begins to build his credibility by engaging with the reader, citing his beliefs and convincing facts, and towards the end including his
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Adding to this engagement with that particular moment, the author continues to engage with the reader throughout the article by also asking rhetorical questions at the end of his statements: “One teacher has a higher rating on the easiness of their class, but the quality you are learning is really low; while the other professor has a higher difficulty level for their class, but the quality of what you will be learning is excellent. So which instructor should you choose?” (Article Paragraph 2) Yapor asks the rhetorical question, “So which instructor should you choose?” to emphasize his point and to get the reader to think about his …show more content…
“I have had instructors in the past who were infamous for being the ‘scary’ instructor… At first I would think that these instructors were taking their jobs way too seriously, but at the semester progressed I found that they were being hard on me for a reason. They would hold me to higher standards for my work… those standards leaked into my everyday life.” (Article Paragraph 4)
By providing a cause and effect in his experience this example and strategy is an excellent way to catch the reader’s interest to be open-minded on how a ‘scary’ professor may be an advantage and makes the article more personal. Another anecdote he also includes is “Those instructors not only offered me the best advice in order to pursue my dream career as a writer. By pushing me to strive for a higher standard in my work, I found that all of their lessons were applicable in many other situations.” (Article) According to logos, this experience logically supported his claim by giving a reason why those ‘scary’ teachers guide him to be a stronger
Adding to this engagement with that particular moment, the author continues to engage with the reader throughout the article by also asking rhetorical questions at the end of his statements: “One teacher has a higher rating on the easiness of their class, but the quality you are learning is really low; while the other professor has a higher difficulty level for their class, but the quality of what you will be learning is excellent. So which instructor should you choose?” (Article Paragraph 2) Yapor asks the rhetorical question, “So which instructor should you choose?” to emphasize his point and to get the reader to think about his …show more content…
“I have had instructors in the past who were infamous for being the ‘scary’ instructor… At first I would think that these instructors were taking their jobs way too seriously, but at the semester progressed I found that they were being hard on me for a reason. They would hold me to higher standards for my work… those standards leaked into my everyday life.” (Article Paragraph 4)
By providing a cause and effect in his experience this example and strategy is an excellent way to catch the reader’s interest to be open-minded on how a ‘scary’ professor may be an advantage and makes the article more personal. Another anecdote he also includes is “Those instructors not only offered me the best advice in order to pursue my dream career as a writer. By pushing me to strive for a higher standard in my work, I found that all of their lessons were applicable in many other situations.” (Article) According to logos, this experience logically supported his claim by giving a reason why those ‘scary’ teachers guide him to be a stronger