The article “How Elmo Ruined Sesame Street” by Kevin Wong, is an article where Kevin attempts to make his argument on how he believes Elmo ruined the show “Sesame Street." Kevin also includes the use of secondary arguments in order to act as support for his main argument. Kevin implements many writing practices in his article that are meant to sway people towards his side of the argument. Kevin presents his argument by using two of the three rhetorical proofs, logos and ethos, and by implementing a Cicero type of arrangement in his article in order to ensure maximum persuasion.
Kevin wrote this article in order to persuade the audience to believe the proposition that Elmo made Sesame Street worse. The author does this by creating a Cicero …show more content…
This statement is used as both a hook and a means to establish the topic of his argument. In his introduction, the author also states that he knows that Elmo is loved by millions and that his argument is difficult. After the introduction, the author dives into his narration where he establishes the background of how Elmo came to be such a star in Sesame Street. In the narration, the author incorporates his secondary argument and speaks about how Elmo “never made a mark, and was kicked from puppeteer to puppeteer,” until finally landing with Kevin Clash (Wong). The author then proceeds into the partition where he summarizes his argument of Elmo’s childishness and selfishness. Then the author begins his confirmation where he explains how Elmo’s persona is a bad role model for kids. You see this when the author states “At his worst, Elmo encourages immature behavior rather than discouraging it” (Wong). After the author’s confirmation came the refutation where the author answers some counter arguments that he has found, one of which being that Elmo does sometimes star in more “serious sketches” (Wong). Some serious sketches were of Elmo getting a new friend that might have autism or HIV, which involved Elmo explaining common myths and stereotypes …show more content…
The writer begins by establishing his logos argument, in which he states lots of facts pertaining to Elmo’s background and how he came to be the star of the show “Sesame Street.” The author explains how Elmo was kicked around from puppeteer to puppeteer from the early ‘70s until 1984. He also explains how Elmo was to be “unfailingly cute, cheerful, and naïve” (Wong). The author then compares Elmo to other characters explaining how all the characters represented something more, such as Oscar the Grouch representing the poor and underprivileged while Elmo only standing for himself (Wong). Other evidence of Kevin using logos for his argument could be found when he compares Big Bird’s stories to Elmo’s stories. Big Bird’s stories usually involved a wider range of emotions encouraging mature behavior, such as the story when Big Bird had to face the concept of Mr. Hooper’s death, compared to how Elmo’s story used guilt to tag along on Gina and Jesse’s picnic, resulting in showing the kids that it is okay to guilt people for your needs (Wong). These logos arguments and more are used throughout the entire article by the author in order to logically persuade the audience. Another route that the author takes in presenting his argument, is by establishing an ethos with the reader. He does this by including information about him having a 13-month-old son and how he prevents
Kevin wrote this article in order to persuade the audience to believe the proposition that Elmo made Sesame Street worse. The author does this by creating a Cicero …show more content…
This statement is used as both a hook and a means to establish the topic of his argument. In his introduction, the author also states that he knows that Elmo is loved by millions and that his argument is difficult. After the introduction, the author dives into his narration where he establishes the background of how Elmo came to be such a star in Sesame Street. In the narration, the author incorporates his secondary argument and speaks about how Elmo “never made a mark, and was kicked from puppeteer to puppeteer,” until finally landing with Kevin Clash (Wong). The author then proceeds into the partition where he summarizes his argument of Elmo’s childishness and selfishness. Then the author begins his confirmation where he explains how Elmo’s persona is a bad role model for kids. You see this when the author states “At his worst, Elmo encourages immature behavior rather than discouraging it” (Wong). After the author’s confirmation came the refutation where the author answers some counter arguments that he has found, one of which being that Elmo does sometimes star in more “serious sketches” (Wong). Some serious sketches were of Elmo getting a new friend that might have autism or HIV, which involved Elmo explaining common myths and stereotypes …show more content…
The writer begins by establishing his logos argument, in which he states lots of facts pertaining to Elmo’s background and how he came to be the star of the show “Sesame Street.” The author explains how Elmo was kicked around from puppeteer to puppeteer from the early ‘70s until 1984. He also explains how Elmo was to be “unfailingly cute, cheerful, and naïve” (Wong). The author then compares Elmo to other characters explaining how all the characters represented something more, such as Oscar the Grouch representing the poor and underprivileged while Elmo only standing for himself (Wong). Other evidence of Kevin using logos for his argument could be found when he compares Big Bird’s stories to Elmo’s stories. Big Bird’s stories usually involved a wider range of emotions encouraging mature behavior, such as the story when Big Bird had to face the concept of Mr. Hooper’s death, compared to how Elmo’s story used guilt to tag along on Gina and Jesse’s picnic, resulting in showing the kids that it is okay to guilt people for your needs (Wong). These logos arguments and more are used throughout the entire article by the author in order to logically persuade the audience. Another route that the author takes in presenting his argument, is by establishing an ethos with the reader. He does this by including information about him having a 13-month-old son and how he prevents