Rhetorical appeals are all around us. In all kinds of readings, from educational readings to general entertainment. If there is something an author wants you to think/agree with, the author includes Rhetorical appeals. Throughout the article Social Media and Adolescent Health, written by Maggie R. Guinta and Rita M. John, there are a great multitude of Rhetorical appeals. Specifically there are a great amount of appeals to Pathos and Logos.
To gain a better understanding of the rhetorical appeals throughout the article. First the reader must understand what the reading, Social Media and Adolescent Health, is about. The article starts off talking about a young girl named Julie, who was brought to a clinic out of concerns about her use of
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An example of this appeal in the article Social Media and Adolescent Health by Maggie R. Guinta and Rita M. John is “
Unfortunately, parents may be unaware of what their child is doing while using social media, leading to possible legal implications for the teen (Seelye, 2017).”(Guinta and John 1). This is an appeal to pathos, pathos which is an appeal to emotion. The appeal is made here through the use of the word “unfortunately” which has a negative connotation in addition to already meaning something going wrong. The negative connotation, makes the reader look at how they are doing with being aware of what their child is doing.
An example of another rhetorical appeal in the article Social Media and Adolescent Health by Maggie R. Guinta and Rita M. John is when the authors state“Problematic Internet Use (PIU) affects approximately 4% to 6% of young adults and adolescents in the United States.” (Guinta and John 1). This is another appeal to emotion, Pathos. Through the use of the acronym, for the excessive use of the internet, PIU, standing for Problematic Internet Use. Any word could have been used for this but a word such as excessive, which means the same thing in this scenario, does not have as much of a negative connotation, as problematic. Where the authors are calling the use of the internet to that extent to be a problem. Making the reader/ any parent feel the need to ensure that their families are not feeding into the number/percentage of people who are the