Rhetorical Analysis Of Grigg

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Griggs must have known this was a debatable subject because he uses logos, pathos and ethos in article to really prove his point. Griggs uses logos when he quotes Julie saying "lies have destroyed nearly 40 million pre-born children and disfigured the lives of tens of millions more." Griggs also quotes Dr. Charles Rice of the University of Notre Dame Law School saying " to allow for abortions in the "hard cases" is to say that the question of which babies will be killed is negotiable." In this he is giving us an expert opinion of someone who practices law. Another way is by bringing the Roe v Wade case which shows a historical event. Griggs gives the reader a sense of pathos through Julie's husband’s heartfelt words to Lee about how he was

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