Written communication is an important aspect of human social interaction. If someone wishes to influence a large target audience, authoring a document is an effective and efficient method for doing so. Therefore, it is important to study the appropriate usage of rhetorical situation and methods of influence such that there is a higher probability of perpetuating the author’s ideas to the audience, vice alienating them and not persuading them into the author’s favor. Rhetorical context, arts of persuasion, as well as argument structure and development all play important roles when devising a proposed concept for the ingestion by the public. An article written by Rodney S. Earle discussing technologies implementation into the classroom environment
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If it misses the rhetorical situation, it will not engage its audience in the intended manner. If it does not accurately balance its use of ethos, pathos, and logos, the audience may feel little connection to the arguments being displayed. If the argument structure is not carefully devised, the author runs the risk of having too stern an argument, or perhaps too weak, and therefore it will not take hold. Rodney S Earle’s article on instructional technology is a keenly written document from an author that undoubtedly understands the context of his academic readers. His use of inductive reasoning with rhetorical questioning mechanics both engages the audience, and properly portrays, develops, and persists the general points of his argument. By exploiting logos, Earle maintains that this document is intended for an academic audience, and thoroughly yields his points due to the simplicity and robustness in which they are presented. The Toulmin style of argument is well fitting the piece, such that the reader is prompted with suggestions that are thoroughly backed up by logic and citation, and any adverse ways of thinking are addressed within the document to preclude mis-decision by the viewer. Earle’s work, while may not be perfect, is masterfully crafted, and as such should be recognized as
If it misses the rhetorical situation, it will not engage its audience in the intended manner. If it does not accurately balance its use of ethos, pathos, and logos, the audience may feel little connection to the arguments being displayed. If the argument structure is not carefully devised, the author runs the risk of having too stern an argument, or perhaps too weak, and therefore it will not take hold. Rodney S Earle’s article on instructional technology is a keenly written document from an author that undoubtedly understands the context of his academic readers. His use of inductive reasoning with rhetorical questioning mechanics both engages the audience, and properly portrays, develops, and persists the general points of his argument. By exploiting logos, Earle maintains that this document is intended for an academic audience, and thoroughly yields his points due to the simplicity and robustness in which they are presented. The Toulmin style of argument is well fitting the piece, such that the reader is prompted with suggestions that are thoroughly backed up by logic and citation, and any adverse ways of thinking are addressed within the document to preclude mis-decision by the viewer. Earle’s work, while may not be perfect, is masterfully crafted, and as such should be recognized as