Rhetorical Analysis: Putting A Price On A Human Egg

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Rhetorical Analysis: “Putting a Price on a Human Egg”
Ashby Jones worked at a law firm as a litigator and clerked for federal judge. A current report at the Wall Street Journal graduated from Haverford College and the University of Michigan Law School. He joined Wall Street Journal in 2005 and lead writer of the law blog from 2009-2011 and he had wrote over 4000 posts. Ashby Jones is the author of the article “Putting a Price on a Human Egg.” And published by Wall Street Journal in July of 2015. In the article, Ashby Jones employs and clarifies his argument with facts, statistics, claims and evidences with is reputable sources, and the article is designed to connect to people about the worth of Human Egg. Jones capitalizes the amount of Human Egg and the caps that was being made by the organizations which was in charge of price guideline
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He uses “She” to portray a relevant experience to the audience. The author’s tone is formal, he supports is claims with logic evidence and clarifies his article with seriousness which makes it persuading. Jones acknowledges his opposition viewpoints through is sources and uses rhetorical strategies such as appeal, emotion, and logic to convince the audience. Jones appeal to logic is clarified and straight forward, for example “The women claim the price guidelines adopted by fertility clinics nationwide have artificially suppressed the amount they can get for their eggs, in violation of federal antitrust laws.” He supports the claim that organizations in charge of the price guideline put “caps” on the amount they can get for their eggs in order to prevent misuse or force to donate eggs. Jones testifies that the issue was brought to court, but it denied women not to specify the money they can get for their eggs rather than fertility clinics should decide the amount they will pay which is reasonable enough to avoid laziness, in order for human not to rely on egg donation

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