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Controversy: The Use Of Animals In Entertainment

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Should anmals be used for entertainment all around the world? Some peple say no animals should not be used for entertainment because it can damage thier wildlife. Other people say animals should be used for entertainment because of the awards and prizes they get. This controversy was discused in a video,” Should Animals Be Used As Entertainment” an article,” The Use Of Animals In Entertainment” another article,” Jump To It”. While the authors presented their arguments to the same people, they used different sources to persuade the people to support their claim. All three sources, went about revealing the arguments using similar tone, supporting their claim with relevant evidence, and adressing the same audiance, specify those people. Another similarity between two sources is Biased. Evidence to support Biased is similar between “The Use Of Animals In Entertainment” states,” Entertainement depicts them in a humiliating way, and can be damaging for the conservation …show more content…

One difference between two sources is trying to either persuade, or illistrate, or explain to the audiance something in your mined, and those sources are “The Use Of Animals In Entertainment” and “Jump To It”. “The Use Of Animals In Entertainment” says the authors are trying to illustrate the negative effects of using animals as entertainment. “Jump To It” says the authors are trying to explain details about frog jumping contests. Evidence to support that statement in “The Use Of Animals In Entertainment states,” The process of obtaining and using animals for entertainment compromises there welfare, depicts them in a humiliating way, and can be damaging for their conservation of wildlife.” Evidence to support the other statement in “Jump To It” states,” Constestants come from all over the country to test their frogs in the home of frog jumping, partly for the honor, but the prizes draw them

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