Bag Bans Bad For Freedom And Environment By Adam B. Summers

Writing Diagnostic Adam B. Summers uses strong claims, facts, and evidence, as well as logical and emotional reasoning in his persuasive writing about plastic bags. His simple connection with the reader throughout the piece allowed him to convey his view on the ban of plastic bags to the audience. The well-thought-out essay, Bag Bans Bad for Freedom and Environment, shows how Adam B. Summers uses many analytical features to strengthen the persuasiveness of his claim, plastic bags should not be banned. Starting out the essay, Summers uses emotional and logical reasoning to relate to the reader. Many politicians and debaters use emotional reasoning to make it seem as they are on an equal level of who they are talking to. Summers does not hold

For every claim that Summers makes, he is sure to provide that claim with evidence, examples, facts and statistics. For example, he claims, “The claims that plastic bags are worse for the environment than paper bags or cotton reusable bags are dubious at best.” In this sentence, he says that paper bags or cotton reusable bags are really not much better than plastic bags themselves. Then, Summers explains evidence like “reusable bags come with their own sets of problems” with examples such as, “the findings of several studies….to increased health problems due to food contamination from bacteria that remain in the reusable bags.” In this piece of evidence, Summers states facts that support why reusable bags are bad for a person, making plastic bags seem less harmful. He shows the cons of reusable bags and by doing so, he adds onto his argument that plastic bags are better than other types of bags.Throughout the piece, Summers also uses statistical data to prove his arguments, and show the reader sourced facts that are highly believable. For example, he quotes studies done by professors, as well as studies with percentages and actual data. Another example of Summers using data to build the evidence of his argument is when he states: “plastic grocery bags produce fewer greenhouse gases, require 70% less energy to make, generate 80% less waste, and utilize less than 4% of