Nate Londa's 'Silence The Violence'

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Nate Londa's visual piece depicts a gray and dreary background with a toddler still in his or her diaper turning on the tv to watch violence through war, fighting, gun-play, and destruction. Below the errie illustration, the title is in bold letters, "Silence the Violence"(Londa). The picture creates the argument that children still in their diapers can be exposed to an array of violence through media and can become aggressive by watching such programs. The drawing is powerful, and so are the words and facts at the top of the piece.
The words and the picture include all the foundations of designing a persuasive argument: logos, pathos, and ethos. The words written appeal to the authority of the American Academy of Pediatrics. The emotion

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