Cooking Up The Perfect Argument Analysis
Cooking Up the Perfect Argument There are hundreds of different genres of writing that exist today. Each of those subcategories has certain characteristics that would make it either a good or bad piece of writing. When it comes to opinionated writing, there are several underlying elements that dictate how influential an author is if he or she uses them correctly. However, you must also know how to recognize these traits to be an informed reader. Ethos, pathos, and logos are three distinct variables that work together to form an argument. They embody credibility, emotional connection, and logic, respectively (Ludsford and Ruszkiewicz 26). A writer has to have ‘the perfect recipe’ and balance each component correctly to make a convincing, persuasive argument.
Another component to a good opinion piece is rhetorical context, or how outside variables shape the writing. First, the rhetor is the person responsible for whatever idea is being portrayed. This can be a person or group of people that are either authors …show more content…
It is important to understand this balance in order to read and analyze any given opinionated article simultaneously. It is a skill that will lead to more informed citizens, that will use their own background of knowledge to take into consideration the opinions of others and form their own intelligent response, rather than flock to the first idea thrown at them. On the reverse side of this idea, having this skill set leads to better formation of original arguments (Ludsford and Ruszkiewicz 93). Knowing how much, what manner, and to whom these appeals are applied make up the perfect formula to writing a persuasive anything. I used this article as an example to show that even the most highly accredited authors can get the recipe wrong sometimes, and through the use of rhetorical tools I can still form an informed decision about the
Another component to a good opinion piece is rhetorical context, or how outside variables shape the writing. First, the rhetor is the person responsible for whatever idea is being portrayed. This can be a person or group of people that are either authors …show more content…
It is important to understand this balance in order to read and analyze any given opinionated article simultaneously. It is a skill that will lead to more informed citizens, that will use their own background of knowledge to take into consideration the opinions of others and form their own intelligent response, rather than flock to the first idea thrown at them. On the reverse side of this idea, having this skill set leads to better formation of original arguments (Ludsford and Ruszkiewicz 93). Knowing how much, what manner, and to whom these appeals are applied make up the perfect formula to writing a persuasive anything. I used this article as an example to show that even the most highly accredited authors can get the recipe wrong sometimes, and through the use of rhetorical tools I can still form an informed decision about the