Thesis Practice by Evan Branson https://padlet.com/evan_branson23/vobtgs77m47p Find your article column and make a padlet with your thesis. Then comment on the other theses about the same article. en-us 2017-11-06 15:41:52 UTC 2017-12-05 19:18:25 UTC hello@padlet.com John Xia https://padlet.com/evan_branson23/vobtgs77m47p/wish/203996520 The author appeals for gun control under a strong sense of social responsibility, while the article he writes is strong in emotion but weak in persuasiveness.
Firstly, the author's logic is not strict and the logical fallacies he makes confuses the audiences.
Though his logo is not well applied, his ethos are widely used throughout the article and help readers be aware of the urgency of the gun control.
Finally, the author's ethical appeal is rather minimal, since he did not mention his knowledge in this field.

]]> 2017-11-06 17:08:48 UTC https://padlet.com/evan_branson23/vobtgs77m47p/wish/203996520 JunXian Li https://padlet.com/evan_branson23/vobtgs77m47p/wish/203996895  The author Ron Insana takes a strong stand in his article " The time for public debate of gun-control is over" to support the gun-control act. The author makes a strong-tone argument but not a convincing one. Through the entire article, although the author uses the strategy of emotional appeal to the audience effectively, the fallacies on evidence and logical analysis make this article less persuasive. ]]> 2017-11-06 17:09:31 UTC https://padlet.com/evan_branson23/vobtgs77m47p/wish/203996895 Arka https://padlet.com/evan_branson23/vobtgs77m47p/wish/203997209 The author underlines the deep-lying problems in the society and argues that these problems would have existed even without the presence of guns. She uses logos to support her argument with the use of facts and data. However, her lack of expert opinion on this topic makes the readers circumspect on her analysis and evaluation.


]]> 2017-11-06 17:10:05 UTC https://padlet.com/evan_branson23/vobtgs77m47p/wish/203997209 Christian https://padlet.com/evan_branson23/vobtgs77m47p/wish/203997560  
Libresco demonstrates her credibility as a researcher and statistician.  She uses Pathos by describing her own move from being in favor of gun control to being against it.  All in all her article focus on logical arguments like modularity o guns and suicide rates of gun deaths to convince from her point of view in a situation of stucked and emotional situation, which is brilliant and highly effective.

]]> 2017-11-06 17:10:44 UTC https://padlet.com/evan_branson23/vobtgs77m47p/wish/203997560 Jiayuan Zhang https://padlet.com/evan_branson23/vobtgs77m47p/wish/203997596 Katrina vanden Heuvel convinces students that they should opt out of the standardized tests. She convinces the readers by citing the convincing the facts, using the words from the well-known authorities and employing her emotional appeals, however, some of her facts are not persuasive and too many emotions she expresses weaken her credibility and make her argument untrustworthy. ]]> 2017-11-06 17:10:47 UTC https://padlet.com/evan_branson23/vobtgs77m47p/wish/203997596 Yuteng Yang https://padlet.com/evan_branson23/vobtgs77m47p/wish/203997984 In his article, Insana uses a lot of logical and emotional appeals to convince his audience to stand against massive gun use effectively by quoting las vegas massacre and a lot of real events that happen recently. However, too many emotional appeals make the article less ethical.]]> 2017-11-06 17:11:29 UTC https://padlet.com/evan_branson23/vobtgs77m47p/wish/203997984 F https://padlet.com/evan_branson23/vobtgs77m47p/wish/203998016 Although his strategy of calling action by stimulating the audience’s emotion works somewhat effectively, too many of the emotional appeals make his argument less persuasive, with the room to include more logical and ethical appeals. ]]> 2017-11-06 17:11:32 UTC https://padlet.com/evan_branson23/vobtgs77m47p/wish/203998016 Jin Park https://padlet.com/evan_branson23/vobtgs77m47p/wish/203998280 Libresco claims that gun control would not be very helpful for people’s safety due to the problems in the society. With her claim, she used logical appeals and emotional appeals to convince the readers with her opinion about the gun control. However, her credibility would be better with more expert opinions to back up her opinions. ]]> 2017-11-06 17:12:03 UTC https://padlet.com/evan_branson23/vobtgs77m47p/wish/203998280 Seo-Hee CHoi https://padlet.com/evan_branson23/vobtgs77m47p/wish/204000686 Despite of using some ethical appeal, Insana's article has less power in persuading the audience by too much emotional appeal; absence of logical appeal and use of strong emotional words take credibility from the reader. ]]> 2017-11-06 17:16:06 UTC https://padlet.com/evan_branson23/vobtgs77m47p/wish/204000686 Yikyung Kim https://padlet.com/evan_branson23/vobtgs77m47p/wish/204002207 Katrina vanden Heuvel asserts that standardized test is not needed for students or teachers to test them.  She utilizes specific emotional words and anecdote as emotional appeal. And she uses authorities from superintendent and specific article to make audience see author as credible. However, in spite of utilizing those two ways to support her opinion, there are some fallacies in logical appeals. She uses logical appeal, but it is not that effective overall. ]]> 2017-11-06 17:18:44 UTC https://padlet.com/evan_branson23/vobtgs77m47p/wish/204002207 Changcheng Fu https://padlet.com/evan_branson23/vobtgs77m47p/wish/204004610 Heuvel, in her essay, starts to build her credibility with current events and appealing to authority, citing objective evidences and facts, and successfully using single words sentences with emotions. However, when she tries to make strong arguments, she unexpectedly uses fallacies like hasty generalization that finally weaken her credibility.  ]]> 2017-11-06 17:22:52 UTC https://padlet.com/evan_branson23/vobtgs77m47p/wish/204004610 Dev Manaktala https://padlet.com/evan_branson23/vobtgs77m47p/wish/204006519 Heuval adopts a systematic approach backed by logical appeal and emotional language to effectively convince the american audience that the tests are counter productive. Heuval's arguments are strengthened by her use of pathos to stir the emotions of the audience, use of logos to back her claims, and connection of her argument towards a broader problem. ]]> 2017-11-06 17:26:24 UTC https://padlet.com/evan_branson23/vobtgs77m47p/wish/204006519 Qilan https://padlet.com/evan_branson23/vobtgs77m47p/wish/204007157 Libresco builds her credibility as a statistician and a writer for FiveThirtyEight, using a lot of statistical evidence covered several aspects relative to gun-control policy. Besides, she successfully invokes the emotions like fear and worry of the audience by emotional loaded language. However, there are faulty causalities, missing claims, and some evidence that lack credentials which make her argument less trust-able.

]]> 2017-11-06 17:27:33 UTC https://padlet.com/evan_branson23/vobtgs77m47p/wish/204007157 Yikyung Kim https://padlet.com/evan_branson23/vobtgs77m47p/wish/204886986 Katrina builds her credibility successfully with specific emotional words and anecdote as emotional appeals, and authorities from superintendent and specific article as ethical appeals; however, she has some fallacies at logical appeals at persuading her audience, because she made conclusions based on unrepresentative evidences.  


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