Cannabis Legalization Is Key To Economic Recovery By Kris Krane

Authors are capable of conveying any kind of message, sometimes positive or negative, but nevertheless able to catch their readers attention and get a reaction. Through the article, Cannabis Legalization is Key to Economic Recovery, much like Ending Alcohol Prohibition Helped Us Out of the Great Depression, by Kris Krane, we are able to see how the author, Kris Krane was successful of getting his point across to the audience using rhetorical devices, such as circular reasoning and also using logos, pathos, and ethos to appeal to the audience when try to convey his message about the legalization of cannabis, and just how it will better America’s Economy. The author was effect in getting his points across using the rhetorical devices, and fallacies,

We can see the use of personification through this quote, “As the country begins what is likely to be a slow climb out of economic morass, federal, state, and local governments will be looking for new sources of revenue to replenish dwindling budgets and provide jobs to millions of Americans who find themselves out of work.” (Krane) “When we personify, we apply human attributes to inanimate objects, to nature, to animals, or to abstract concepts, sometimes complete with dramatic stories about their social roles, emotions and intentions. We can observe this linguistically through features like unexpected pronoun use or certain animate verbs and adjectives that are usually only applied to people.” (Luu personification) Through this definition of what it means the personify something, it is shown that the author, Krane was successful in using personification to grab the reader’s attention. Krane personified the nation by saying it was beginning its slow climb out, making it seem like the United States is trying to “climb out of something” when it cannot because it is not actually able to climb out of anything but rather his is giving

He knew that those would grab anyone’s attention, as well as, using hasty generalization as a way to get he is point across. Hasty generalization “This is a conclusion based on insufficient or biased evidence. In other words, you are rushing to a conclusion before you have all the relevant facts.” (Purdue logical fallacies) Throughout the article that the author is not present both sides of this topic but rather presenting all of the points as to why his side is the better or smarter decision, “It’s no surprise that states across the country have looked to cannabis to help their ailing economies” (Krane) In this quote we are shown that Krane’s agenda is to convince his readers that legalizing marijuana will better the