As a current student in college majoring in Psychology, I chose to center my rhetorical analysis on an essay written by Rosie Anaya, also a student in English at a university. Rosie Anaya first wrote this speech for a Professor in her English 102 class that looks at the depiction of psychological disorders in films as scenes of happiness versus in news stories. Rosie Anaya presented the argument of how students with emotional and psychological problems varying from anxiety to depression undergo social stigma and obstacles and their college and/or university must do more to help them overcome (Anaya pg.84). In an interview Rosie Anaya explained her experience writing “The Best Kept Secret on Campus” as a very personal process. Ms. Anaya adjusting
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This was a cogent thing to do being that she was trying to show how many people are affected by psychological disorders and how many people will be affected in the coming years if something is not done. This gives the audience a sense importance in changing the way mental illness is viewed in news stories and how not addressing the issue could only lead to a vaster impact. She cites a 2011 survey given by the American College Health Association, The American Psychiatric Association, a study published in Journal of Mental Health Counseling, and other sources as well. Compiling these resources together with alarming percentages she gives the ground breaking evidence for her thesis. “A 2011 survey conducted by the American College Health Association found that 50% of students have experienced overwhelming anxiety, more than 80% have felt emotionally exhausted, 30% have been so depressed that they had trouble functioning, 20% have been formally diagnosed with depression, and 7% have contemplated suicide (Anaya pg.84).” Beginning the body of her essay with those staggering statistic helped to establish her credibility with the audience due to the fact that the resource came from an organization whose sole purpose of research is college students. Anaya also follows her source with an …show more content…
She begins the next few paragraphs with brief pauses indicated by yet another period which can be envisioned as a deep sign for Ms. Anaya. “As unfortunate as it is, social stigma is not the only barrier to treatment faced by students with mental illness (Anaya pg. 86).” Beginning with a statement allow the audience to somewhat sympathize with Rosie Anaya because she elicits the idea of yet another obstacle for college students battling with getting treatment. Also she makes it clear that not only are students having to deal with their disorder and not being to seek help because of social stigma but, the help given is not as accessible. Ms. Anaya goes on to speak of legal issues centered on the help students can receive by mentioning the Americans with Disabilities Act, yet another obstacle that creates what Rosie calls ‘an awkward dilemma’ (Anaya
This was a cogent thing to do being that she was trying to show how many people are affected by psychological disorders and how many people will be affected in the coming years if something is not done. This gives the audience a sense importance in changing the way mental illness is viewed in news stories and how not addressing the issue could only lead to a vaster impact. She cites a 2011 survey given by the American College Health Association, The American Psychiatric Association, a study published in Journal of Mental Health Counseling, and other sources as well. Compiling these resources together with alarming percentages she gives the ground breaking evidence for her thesis. “A 2011 survey conducted by the American College Health Association found that 50% of students have experienced overwhelming anxiety, more than 80% have felt emotionally exhausted, 30% have been so depressed that they had trouble functioning, 20% have been formally diagnosed with depression, and 7% have contemplated suicide (Anaya pg.84).” Beginning the body of her essay with those staggering statistic helped to establish her credibility with the audience due to the fact that the resource came from an organization whose sole purpose of research is college students. Anaya also follows her source with an …show more content…
She begins the next few paragraphs with brief pauses indicated by yet another period which can be envisioned as a deep sign for Ms. Anaya. “As unfortunate as it is, social stigma is not the only barrier to treatment faced by students with mental illness (Anaya pg. 86).” Beginning with a statement allow the audience to somewhat sympathize with Rosie Anaya because she elicits the idea of yet another obstacle for college students battling with getting treatment. Also she makes it clear that not only are students having to deal with their disorder and not being to seek help because of social stigma but, the help given is not as accessible. Ms. Anaya goes on to speak of legal issues centered on the help students can receive by mentioning the Americans with Disabilities Act, yet another obstacle that creates what Rosie calls ‘an awkward dilemma’ (Anaya