Rhetorical Analysis Of How Millennials Are Changing Travel By Amanda Machado

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Traveling around the world is a luxurious experience for which some wish; however the cost eliminates the yearning. In the article “How Millennials Are Changing Travel”, Amanda Machado argues that millennials should continue to travel despite the economic hardship. Through the usage of ethos, sentence structure, and conversational tone she persuades her audience.
Machado constructs her argument using Aristotle's ethos strategy more so than logos or pathos. She gives an important background information on herself; Such as how she wish to travel since high school. She connects with the millennials by letting them know her age and show how she rarely travel beyond the United States. Then she states that in 2012 just couples years after the recession she left home to travel the world. “I backpack through South America, South Asia, Western Europe, and the Western United States”, all while working a variety of jobs in exchange for food and shelter. She implies that millennials could travel without staying at fancy hotels, and still have an
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“I hiked the Inca Trail, skied the Alps, hitchhiked through Patagonia, and trekked through the Himalayas.”
Machado’s credibility also allows her to asserts pathos to appeal to millennials emotions by restating how the recession prevents them from exploring the world. However, she gives them hope by painting how she was able to experience all these rare adventures and further encourages millennials to travel and gain experiences outside their career.
Machado utilizes a conversational tone to attract the millennials.She composes a conversational tone through usage of word choice, sentence structure, and personal experience. She begins stating “A disillusioned, recession-battered generation is investing in overseas experience—and

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