Organ Donation Organ donation is a process where the organs of a person who is no longer living are given to those who are in critical condition and could die without them. Kevin Thurm, the author of the article "The Ultimate Gift: Sharing Life," works to persuade his audience of the positive effects of organ donation and why they should register to do so. Throughout his argument he uses the aids pathos, an emotional appeal, logos, a statistic-based appeal and ethos, a credibility-based appeal, in order to speak to a more vast audience. These appeals are widely shown throughout this article by the use of an emotional anecdote, startling statistics and credible sources. Through the use of these appeals, Thurm is working to persuade his audience
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Thurm uses a variety different emotions including fear, happiness, and sadness in order to better get his point across. For instance, when he states that “Among our greatest fears is the tragic and unexpected loss of a loved one,” Thurm is creating a common ground with the reader by stating something that most everyone is able to relate to or imagine, while also creating an aspect of worry or fear in the reader. The author then expands upon this with an anecdote of a doctor who lost both his wife and his daughter in tragic accident. This appeals to the readers emotion of sadness and causes them to have sympathy for this man. However, shortly after this, the topic at hand is brought up in a happy manner. Through the continuation of this anecdote they state that the organs of the doctor's wife and daughter were donated and saved the lives of 13 people, including a 12-year-old girl and a father of two children. This causes the audience to feel joy knowing that even though some lives were lost they aided the lives of so many others. Through the use of pathos this happy ending to a heartbreaking story adds to Thurm’s argument tremendously, as this joy sparks the idea of organ donation in the minds of
Thurm uses a variety different emotions including fear, happiness, and sadness in order to better get his point across. For instance, when he states that “Among our greatest fears is the tragic and unexpected loss of a loved one,” Thurm is creating a common ground with the reader by stating something that most everyone is able to relate to or imagine, while also creating an aspect of worry or fear in the reader. The author then expands upon this with an anecdote of a doctor who lost both his wife and his daughter in tragic accident. This appeals to the readers emotion of sadness and causes them to have sympathy for this man. However, shortly after this, the topic at hand is brought up in a happy manner. Through the continuation of this anecdote they state that the organs of the doctor's wife and daughter were donated and saved the lives of 13 people, including a 12-year-old girl and a father of two children. This causes the audience to feel joy knowing that even though some lives were lost they aided the lives of so many others. Through the use of pathos this happy ending to a heartbreaking story adds to Thurm’s argument tremendously, as this joy sparks the idea of organ donation in the minds of