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In the article from November 2017 titled “The End of Cash?” The author, Carl Staffers, argues why cash should be replaced by electronic alternatives. Staffers uses facts and logic in his piece to appeal to logos through statements such as “90 percent of all purchases in the country are made electronically” and “it’s safer to carry around a password protected phone than a wad of cash”. With this piece the author is trying to convince readers to switch to electronic payments instead of cash. The target audience of this article are people who have not yet made the switch to electronic payment methods - specifically wealthier people as the article mentions that this won’t necessarily be the best option for poorer people.

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In “The End of Cash?” Carl Stoffers explains that a world based on electronic payments and no physical cash will benefit the economy. He states that Electronic payments are preferred by the government because the IRS would collect less taxes “according to a recent U.S. government estimate. With this article, Carl Stoffers is trying to prove that people will benefit much more with electronic payments than using handheld cash. His audience would consist of the “higher ups” of countries, such as government heads or leaders, or anyone that makes decisions for a country’s well-being.

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The author uses tactics that make cash seem "outdated" or "uncool". He does this to promote a new easier way of paying for things. His audience is basically anyone with cash willing to buy things.

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In The End of Cash, Carl Stoffers argues that digital payments are better than cash payments. He uses the fact that electronic payments are more efficient than cash and “up to 15 percent more transactions per hour can be performed”. Stoffers attempts to convince the audience that digital payments are more beneficial than cash. This is directed toward the economists to persuade them that digital is better than cash.

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In the article “The End of Cash” Carl Stoffers the writer is explaining how people around the world are starting to use mobiles to pay for things rather than regular cash. He states that around 90% of all purchases in Sweden are through mobile and in China 70% of people no longer use cash. The author is supporting his claim that mobile cash apps are the future by statistically proving himself, he displays many places who no longer use cash to strengthen his statement, it seems in his passage he is also with the no more cash movement. Stoffers audience consists of anyone using cash one way or the other, who are interested in the digital way of payments.

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In "The End of Cash" by Carl Stoffers (Nov 20, 2017), Carl argues that society should move towards a less cash, and more digital economy. In his article he compares the US to other countries that have moved towards a cashless society, implying that the US is "behind". By doing this, he wants to people to be open to the benefits of a completely digital economy by seeing how the rest of the world is moving. Carl is trying to persuade consumers, businesses, and taxpayers that a more digital society will benefit them.

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Carl appeals to logos by including statistics, ¨Up to 15 percent more transactions per hour can be performed when no cash is involved,¨, this statistic appeals to the audience because the faster transactions can occur, the more convenient it is for themselves. Carl appeals to ethos by showing sincerity, ¨Most of those 24 million people are poor.¨, Carl is bringing up how a cashless society would leave those with no bank account, the poor, behind. By showing his concern for those people the audience is able to see his care and believe his sincerity. The target audience for this article is people who are curious about what a cashless society would mean.

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Carl appeals to logos by including statistics, ¨Up to 15 percent more transactions per hour can be performed when no cash is involved,¨, this statistic appeals to the audience because the faster transactions can occur, the more convenient it is for themselves. Carl appeals to ethos by showing sincerity, ¨Most of those 24 million people are poor.¨, Carl is bringing up how a cashless society would leave those with no bank account, the poor, behind. By showing his concern for those people the audience is able to see his care and believe his sincerity. The target audience for this article is people who are curious about what a cashless society would mean.

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In Carl Stoffer’s “The End of Cash” article, Stoffer exemplifies the motives why businesses and some countries are abandoning the use of cash. Stoffer uses fact and statistics that are an appeal to logos when he says, “Now, at least 70 percent of people in China no longer carry cash in their wallets,” and “They prefer digital payments, according to a recent Reuters report,” to further prove the motives of a cashless world. The goal of his article is to elucidate how it would be beneficial to the economy and to businesses too. This article was written for those who are curious about why the world is shifting away from cash and who want to learn more about the topic.

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In “The End of Cash” the author claims that many businesses are switching to digital alternatives to cash. The author used facts and statistics such as how it was mentioned that cash transactions have gone down 36% in five years and also how businesses are recognizing that digital transactions influence people to spend more money. The use of facts and data helps convince the reader that the author knows what they are talking about and why what they are saying is important and credible. This article was intended for people who are interested in business or the move to a more digital society.

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In his magazine article ¨The End of Cash¨ Carl Stoffers is elevating the use of digital payment because it is more rapid and effortless compared to the use of cash. Stoffers supports the use of digital payment by apealing to ethos and mentioning the experience of a busy college student who digitally paid for her meal at a restaurant and believed that the lines moved much faster and that she was ¨in and out quicker¨ which, demonstrates how using technology as a payment method is beneficial as it does not waste anytime. By showcasing a college student's experience Carl Stoffer proves that using technology as a method of payment can save people time as no time is wasted on the hustle of getting out cash. The article was intended for anyone who lives a very busy life whether it be a working adult or a school attending teen who is looking for a more convenient way of payment.

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In The End of Cash, he argues that we should transform the use of handheld cash to digital cash. He uses quotes from businesses and people who are for digital cash, “‘It took some getting used to, but I don’t mind now,’ says Lori McGuire, a 22-year-old student. ‘The line moves much faster, and I’m in and out quicker.’” This shows that he wants to argue the fact that we should move forward in the idea of using digital cash.

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The article “The End of Cash” the author explains how cash is becoming less popular and also includes the benefits and disadvantages of getting rid of cash. He uses reasoning to show how no longer using cash could have downsides, but it is recently not being used much. The purpose of the article was to show the advantages of using digital pay and no longer using cash. The intended audience was adults that often make purchases, or that still rely on cash.

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The author of The End of Cash is Carl Stoffer and he is arguing that cash should be made electronic. Through the use of word choice and explanations, he argues that cash should become digital. An example of this would be how the pictures and word choice in the article is all for getting rid of cash, and there are no pictures about keeping cash. The audience of this article is people who go shopping and pay for things.

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In the article "The End of Cash" the author argues that individuals should change to digital currency and not actual tangible cash. The authors reasoning for this change is that it is an easier, more efficient way to handle finances. The author appeals to ethos by mentioning his experience in college utilizing digital financing. He referenced how quick and easy things were when money was digital. This is used to persuade the audience that digital money is the way to go.

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Carl Stoffers (Nov 20, 2017) in an article about the use of cash explains the ongoing trend where digital payments are becoming more popular and why they have the potential to replace cash. The author describes the history behind digital payments and lists several advantages linked with digital payments. By using experts and numbers describing digital payments the author can utilize logos to show to readers the facts and statistics about digital payments and the different advantages linked with digital payments. He wants his audience to understand more about digital payments and help them weigh the advantages of a digital economy and its potential to replace cash payments.

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“The End of Cash” by the New York Times from 2017 November argues the positive impact of the digital payment takeover on American economy and society through appealing to logos with statistics and facts. For example, statements like “China invented paper money... 70 percent of people in China no longer carry cash in their wallets'' from the article asserts to the readers the effects and changes brought by digital or electronic payment are overthrowing cash. The article’s purpose is to persuade people about the positive outcomes that come with the movement towards electronic payment. The audience of the article are anyone who might be debating whether or not to switch to digital currency or payment.

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The author of the End of Cash, Carl Stoffer, asserts his opinion that all cash methods should go forth to be in electronic form. By inserting various quotes and pictures from different websites, Stoffer supports his article adequately and gets his point across. His purpose is to persuade others to resort to electronic money instead of cash. This is intended for audiences that are willing to make changes to their methods of money management and for the government to agree with him to change it.

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In “The End of Cash”, The writer persuades the readers by using quotes and visual aspects like pictures and little writings about china and small companies. By slowly introducing the positives and real life scenarios of how digital currency is being used, the writer is slowly increasing the reader into a overly positive writing which makes the concept of digital currency viable and much better than normal cash. The authors main purpose is to convince the reader to switch to digital currency. The audience for this article is everyone who use cash.

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In the article “The End of Cash” by Carl Stoffers, (November 20, 2017) he defends the idea of a cashless society by providing facts and logic about the benefits of going cashless. Stoffers explains how “it’s safer to carry around a password-protected phone than a wad of cash” as well as using words to hint that cash is “out” or “old fashioned”  (par. 6, par 16). Stoffers’ wrote this article with a bias towards moving for a cashless society, and in an attempt to persuade others of this opinion. Stoffers’ audience is economists, as well as the general public who uses money to purchase goods.

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Carl Stoffers published “The End of Cash” article on November 2017 and explains the impact digital payment has on our society and economy. Stoffers uses an appeal to logos to argue that “the line moves much faster...more convenient to swipe an app to pay...electronic payments...create an instant record in case there’s a dispute…[and] it’s safer this way and it saves [banks and businesses] money” (Stoffers). The author is attempting to make a currency seem like the best option for American society and the development for our economy by providing the endless benefits it brings. Stoffers’s audience is anyone debating or resisting the switch to the cashless trend.

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This author is trying to use word choice to argue that we should use digital instead of cash. He/she uses persuasive examples and facts such as pictures that show no trouble when people are using digital cash. The author is trying to make it appear that cash is bad and no one uses it anymore so we should all switch to digital cash because it’s the “new thing”. There audience consists of anyone who is eligible to have digital money and can switch; to make there life easier.

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In their article The End of Cash, the New York Times asserts that digital money is the future. The article attempts to do this with several of its images including one at the top with a phone replacing cash in a wallet. The author is attempting to persuade the reader into supporting the end of physical money. Practically every adult is targeted by this article because of how large the scope of money is.

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On November 20th 2017, Carl Stoffers wrote his "The End of Cash" article to convince his fans that virtual payment is better than cash. He appeals to logos by giving more information in favor of virtual payment than in favor of cash "'Every advanced society on earth is exiting cash, so we in the U.S. need to catch up.'”. Carl is attempting to convince his audience that virtual payment's convenience and digital record make it a better payment method than cash .  His audience is people who already use virtual payment.

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In “The End of Cash?”, Carl Stoffers argues that cash should be replaced by electronic methods of payment. Stoffers uses the claim “its safer to carry around a password protected phone than a wad of cash” and also uses facts from other countries such as China and Sweden to prove his point of using electronic methods of payment. Carl Stoffers directs his argument towards important people in the government systems. Directing his argument toward this audience would improve his chances of using electronic payment methods.

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In the November 2017 article “The End of Cash”, author Carl Stoffer explains that when the world disregards the use of physical currency and reverts to electronic payments, the economy will benefit. The authority so used statistics to get his point across for example he points out that “cash payments now only make up one quarter of all transactions in the US according to a Federal Reserve Bank Study.” The overall goal of the authors statement is to more so encourage the reader to make a personal choice on what to use.