Rhetorical Analysis Of What's Wrong With Vocational School

In Charles Murray’s What’s Wrong with Vocational School he claims that only a certain percentage of high school graduates are going to college and will pass. Murray is trying to appeal to the students with high IQ’s and tell them that going to vocational school might be more educational and the students will learn more while getting jobs that pay more sometimes six figures. Murray also argues that sometimes going into the work force after high school is better than going to college because a certification can always be overlooked on certain jobs rather than experience is looked at on every job interview. Murray uses ethos, logos and pathos along with several other rhetorical devices to explain why college is not always the best choice. …show more content…
Some of those devices are rhetorical questions, repetition and allusion. Murray asks a rhetorical question after explaining that there are too many lawyers and physicians. He is explaining that the United States needs more master craftsman. The rhetorical question that he asks is “How many white collar jobs provide nearly as much satisfaction?”(678). The second rhetorical device that Murray uses is repetition. Murray repeats throughout the entire essay and the main point of the essay is that only a certain percentage of college students actually need or want to further their education at a college or university. The third rhetorical device that Murray uses is allusion. When he uses this rhetorical device he is saying that you do not need a degree to be an NBA player much less a great hacker at Microsoft or Google. He explains that you can be a great hacker without the college degree. He also explains that you can walk in Google and say that you are a great hacker and get a job. Murray may use rhetorical devices but the rhetorical devices help get his point across throughout the