Shelbourne's Rhetorical Strategies To Quit Smoking

My Mom was an avid smoker; I remember coming home from elementary school after a day filled with presentations by firefighters. They always said to convince your parents to stop smoking, so my twin sister and I would tell my mom that every time we had one of those presentations. Eventually, we were the cause to make my Mom quit smoking. Simon Shieh is the author for one school newspaper article, he is a student at San Diego State University who argues that the smoking ban on campuses is breaking up groups. He believes that there should be no smoke ban; in addition, his main audience is really any student, faculty, or staff on campus that could be effected by smoking, they could be smoker, or even a non smoker. Diona Shelbourne is the author …show more content…
At one point she states, “It’s not water vapor either. E-cigarettes emit an aerosol, which contains toxins like lead, formaldehyde and nickel, which not only pose health risks to those who use them, but to people around them as well” (Shelbourne). This use of the rhetorical strategies supports her argument because she uses facts she acknowledges the dangerous chemicals in e-cigarettes and how they can be very similar to cigarettes. In a way this rhetorical strategy uses both pathos and logos. Pathos is involved because of the fact that she states that these toxins are dangerous to people around e-cigarette smoke; which correlates to this first paragraph about her personal story, where she can’t walk through campus without being effected by secondhand smoke. Therefore, this makes us feel sorry for her and once again, and helps persuade the audience to agree with her argument. Then, logos is involved because she gives scientific facts about what is actually in an e-cigarette, and how dangerous they can be. This definitely helps pursued the audience to agree with her and understand the importance of a smoking ban to specifically her, but to many other people as