Rhetorical Analysis #6 - Source Paper B

"Overscheduled and Overcommitted"
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ARGUMENT – The main argument of this article is that there needs to be more of a focus put on college athletes because of the time and effort that they put in.
AUDIENCE – The audience is the administration of universities that have athletic programs at their school and also other students in the school’s population.
GOAL – The main goal of this article is to educate administration and other student population of what the athlete life is really like to make them understand and give support to them.
HOW – Logos: This article uses logos by using different statistics for all of its claims. They use specific information about actual athletes so it’s never here-say or information coming from people knowing athletes. It comes from the athletes themselves, making the information as accurate as possible. It shows evidence and portrays what the college athlete’s life is really like to inform others of the reality.
Pathos: The authors also use pathos in this article. They appeal to the audience’s inner desire to be friends with people. Very few people in this world want to be disliked and want to dislike others, especially in the role of administration. By giving real-life situations to help them better understand the athletes, the authors appeal to a person’s desire to understand and become friends with the athletes. If you know someone and understand them, you are more likely to befriend them and help them.
Sufficient: This article for the most part gives sufficient evidence. There are multiple personal examples that are given of real life athletes. The authors are lacking a few hard cold facts, but other than that, there is sufficient evidence and information persuading the audience to better understand and support the athletes.
Accurate: The information is accurate because it’s coming from the real source: the athletes. it is hard to distort evidence when it is not coming from an outside source, but coming from the primary source. Therefore, the entire article is accurate, as far as the athlete’s honesty goes.
IS IT EFFECTIVE – Overall, this article is very effective. It gives the real story of an athlete’s life and how difficult it is to be an athlete without the administration’s and student body’s support.
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