Mass casualties at schools have become more widespread in recent years and therefore so have discussions about how to prevent them. Nadia E. Nedzel is one of these such people. In her article “Concealed Carry: The Only Way to Discourage Mass School Shootings”, she proposes a new solution to this emotional argument. Nedzel creates an effective and therefore persuasive article using techniques such as a thought provoking organization, pathos, and logos to engage readers on how to discourage mass school shootings. Nedzel uses the organization of the article to prepare each paragraph to build on itself. She uses each and every word in “Concealed Carry” to build tension until the final paragraph where she gives her ultimate opinion and provides
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Nedzel initially catches every person’s eye by starting off the very first sentence by listing every school shooting. Nedzel uses pathos in that moment to set a serious tone and begins to engage reader’s attention. The author notes that school shootings are shattering and has concerned society from the start. “Concealed Carry” shows how school shootings started as an individual killing one or two people, but has evolved to an individual killing a large number of faculty or students. Some parents or grandparents reading the article written by Nedzel immediately begin to visualize their children or grandchildren sitting innocently in the classroom when a terrifying being barges in the door with a gun ready to shoot their precious child and their friends. The idea of children, teens, and teachers being killed tugs at the heartstrings of many and absorbs individual’s attention. The author effectively uses pathos to engage readers from the beginning of the article to hook the reader to continue to read “Concealed Carry”. Nedzel primarily appeals to reader’s emotions to motivate readers to want to end tragic mass murders of students and …show more content…
“Concealed Carry” is approached carefully, since it is a sensitive topic, but is still clear enough to get its point across. Although unique in her perspectives, the author succeeds in making her ideas seem reasonable which helps the reader follow along. Whether actually right or not, because of the proof and technique, the author makes the reader believe in taking her side and making an impact because of
Nedzel initially catches every person’s eye by starting off the very first sentence by listing every school shooting. Nedzel uses pathos in that moment to set a serious tone and begins to engage reader’s attention. The author notes that school shootings are shattering and has concerned society from the start. “Concealed Carry” shows how school shootings started as an individual killing one or two people, but has evolved to an individual killing a large number of faculty or students. Some parents or grandparents reading the article written by Nedzel immediately begin to visualize their children or grandchildren sitting innocently in the classroom when a terrifying being barges in the door with a gun ready to shoot their precious child and their friends. The idea of children, teens, and teachers being killed tugs at the heartstrings of many and absorbs individual’s attention. The author effectively uses pathos to engage readers from the beginning of the article to hook the reader to continue to read “Concealed Carry”. Nedzel primarily appeals to reader’s emotions to motivate readers to want to end tragic mass murders of students and …show more content…
“Concealed Carry” is approached carefully, since it is a sensitive topic, but is still clear enough to get its point across. Although unique in her perspectives, the author succeeds in making her ideas seem reasonable which helps the reader follow along. Whether actually right or not, because of the proof and technique, the author makes the reader believe in taking her side and making an impact because of