Generating the validity of mental illnesses as an actual genetic issue or something society controls has come to the surface for researchers. Those that self evaluate themselves by diagnosing a mental illness are ones that are the focus point for whether mental illness is actually an illness, or if societal opinion is corrupting their personal belief about their state of mind. An article that comes from Opposing Viewpoints-Overview of Mental Illness, gages the question of society being an aid to mental patients in order to obtain treatment. The article that is at hand describes the background of mental illness, gives examples of treatment, and the causes behind the diagnosis. An article that is comparative in rhetorical devices as well as
…show more content…
Both of the articles bring in outside research from scholars, medical researchers, along with the insight of many institutions in order to prove the claims that were placed in the articles. Opposing Viewpoints-Overview of Mental Illness uses the structure of making a claim with the answer following in suit. For instance a claim that was made was, “Western society now generally considers mental health as a medical issue.”(Gale Learning, 3) The sentence that follows in proof behind the claim coming from the outside source of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). The use of ethos here gives facts along with statistics to inform the reader that the author knows what he or she is talking about. On the other side of the spectrum, the authors of Social Capital use ethos regularly through the use of statistics. Most of the information given through charts, tables, and graphs is how the information is presented. The main facts that were represented in the charts is contradictory in which it comes from many case studies that have recently taken place. In order to get down to the right and wrongs that come from each case study, is to identify which ones correlate with others. The article goes on to prove the comparisons by stating, “All but two studies were set in the developed world with 80% (17 of 21) set in the UK or the USA.” The …show more content…
The audience varies for both of the articles, but they are relevant by the topics reaching the audiences that are interested in mental health. Readers of Opposing Viewpoints-Overview of Mental Health, are readers that want to engage in defining what a mental illness is whether or not they are valid, or simply an out for not conforming to social norms. Social Capital also reaches an audiences that wants to be able to define a mental illness, but looks at the cause of an illness coming from different aspects of life alone, not only the social aspect. With the use of higher including lower diction, readers can choose whether they want to read an article that is completely formal by being fact driven, or an article that is a combination of different points of views of researchers that is less formal as well as less filled with facts. The audiences, no matter whether they are looking for a formal or informal information. The audience is anyone between the ages of 8th grade and higher that is interested in the cause and effect that society has on the human
Both of the articles bring in outside research from scholars, medical researchers, along with the insight of many institutions in order to prove the claims that were placed in the articles. Opposing Viewpoints-Overview of Mental Illness uses the structure of making a claim with the answer following in suit. For instance a claim that was made was, “Western society now generally considers mental health as a medical issue.”(Gale Learning, 3) The sentence that follows in proof behind the claim coming from the outside source of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). The use of ethos here gives facts along with statistics to inform the reader that the author knows what he or she is talking about. On the other side of the spectrum, the authors of Social Capital use ethos regularly through the use of statistics. Most of the information given through charts, tables, and graphs is how the information is presented. The main facts that were represented in the charts is contradictory in which it comes from many case studies that have recently taken place. In order to get down to the right and wrongs that come from each case study, is to identify which ones correlate with others. The article goes on to prove the comparisons by stating, “All but two studies were set in the developed world with 80% (17 of 21) set in the UK or the USA.” The …show more content…
The audience varies for both of the articles, but they are relevant by the topics reaching the audiences that are interested in mental health. Readers of Opposing Viewpoints-Overview of Mental Health, are readers that want to engage in defining what a mental illness is whether or not they are valid, or simply an out for not conforming to social norms. Social Capital also reaches an audiences that wants to be able to define a mental illness, but looks at the cause of an illness coming from different aspects of life alone, not only the social aspect. With the use of higher including lower diction, readers can choose whether they want to read an article that is completely formal by being fact driven, or an article that is a combination of different points of views of researchers that is less formal as well as less filled with facts. The audiences, no matter whether they are looking for a formal or informal information. The audience is anyone between the ages of 8th grade and higher that is interested in the cause and effect that society has on the human