John G. Maguire

“That horrible and strange article about writing by John G. Maguire” by Steve Krause posted by stevenkrause.com argues how inaccurate John Maguire’s article posted by The Washington Post was. Steve seemed to be projecting to an audience of parents, students, and educators. He was arguing how students are not, not educated enough to form sentences but they may just not be “good” at doing it. Steve wants to show how they're probably not a huge issue with students being able to write, and even show how the article was written to promote John Maguire’s book. He even argued that John Maguire's writing skills lack and his article would not apply to students because he related his article to a movie made 15 years ago. The goal of the article was to change the students, teachers, and parents minds and …show more content…
Steve wants to show that students indeed probably can form a sentence and that anybody's mood should not be negative about themselves, their students, or their children because chances are they can write a sentence. It also affects the mind because it forces the reader to think about which author is more credible and if Maguire really had any place of writing his article. Krause’s article focuses on blame because he states how Maguire doesn’t have the correct level of education to even be stating anything. Steve states: “He has no training or scholarship in writing pedagogy, and, as far as I can tell from his resume, he is a freelance writer and an adjunct professor.” This shows how Krause is blaming Maguire and how he had no place to even write the article. Ethos, logos, and pathos all were used in the article. Ethos (gut) is used because as the reader you must decide which author is more credible. With all the information the reader has about both articles they must use their “gut instinct” to decide which author is