The topic I chose for my rhetorical analysis is child abuse. I chose this topic because ever since I was in high school (junior year), I’ve wondered why children are sexually abused and if they know what it is and how to prevent it. When I was in my junior year of high school, I asked one of my teachers if they knew the answers to those questions and all she told me was “no, but that would be interesting to know.” The reason why I was curious to know about child abuse is because I heard my friend talking to her sister about how her mother’s friend didn’t believe her daughter that her father sexually abused her. Ever since my friend mentioned that, I have been curious to know if children know what it even is. My questions led to me looking for
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The category that trust falls under is ethos. Ethos was used in the article by telling that the name of the author is Mary L. Pulido, PhD. This piece of evidence is ethos because she has her PhD, which makes me know that she knows exactly what she is talking about since she has her PhD. When I began reading the name of the article and the author’s name I noticed the abbreviation “PhD” which made me realize that it’s important who the author is and if I should trust them or not. After seeing the “PhD” after the name I quickly knew that I could trust the author because they have a doctorate …show more content…
The category that emotion falls under is pathos. An example of how pathos was used in this article was by telling that children who are abused go through health problems that are both physically and mentally. This piece of evidence is pathos because this makes me feel sad that innocent children have to go through problems that they didn’t know they would get since they never knew about sexual abuse. This piece of evidence helps understand why it is important for children to know about sexual abuse. The fourth piece of evidence that I found in this article was logic. The category that logic falls under is logos. An example of how logos was used in the article was by telling what research showed two decades ago on child abuse and how it increases so many things. This piece of evidence is logos because it listed the things that child abuse increases and it gave the evidence that it was shown on research from two decades
The category that trust falls under is ethos. Ethos was used in the article by telling that the name of the author is Mary L. Pulido, PhD. This piece of evidence is ethos because she has her PhD, which makes me know that she knows exactly what she is talking about since she has her PhD. When I began reading the name of the article and the author’s name I noticed the abbreviation “PhD” which made me realize that it’s important who the author is and if I should trust them or not. After seeing the “PhD” after the name I quickly knew that I could trust the author because they have a doctorate …show more content…
The category that emotion falls under is pathos. An example of how pathos was used in this article was by telling that children who are abused go through health problems that are both physically and mentally. This piece of evidence is pathos because this makes me feel sad that innocent children have to go through problems that they didn’t know they would get since they never knew about sexual abuse. This piece of evidence helps understand why it is important for children to know about sexual abuse. The fourth piece of evidence that I found in this article was logic. The category that logic falls under is logos. An example of how logos was used in the article was by telling what research showed two decades ago on child abuse and how it increases so many things. This piece of evidence is logos because it listed the things that child abuse increases and it gave the evidence that it was shown on research from two decades