Is The Relevance Of Position On Dodgeball In Physical Education By Rick Reilly

When authors are trying to prove a point or win an argument persuasive techniques such as Pathos, Logos, and Ethos backup and support his/her claim. In the articles “Position on Dodgeball in Physical Education,” by The National Association for Sport and Physical Education, and “The Weak Shall Inherit the Gym,” by Rick Reilly, both authors focus on using persuasive techniques to make claims about the relevance of dodgeball in physical education. Using a more serious tone in “Position on Dodgeball in Physical Education,” the author used Logos to support her claim that dodgeball should be banned in schools. To demonstrate that many parents believe that keeping adolescents active is a struggle, the author states “61.5% of children aged 9-13 years do

When talking about how other parents feel about dodgeball, Reilly states “They want their Ambers and their Alexanders to grow up in a cozy womb of noncompetition, where everybody shares toful and Little Red Riding Hood and the big, bad wolf 30 set up a commune.2 Then their kids will stumble out into the bright light of the real world and find out that, yes, there's weak and there's strong and teams and sides and winning and losing”(1010). In other words, Reilly believes that parents want their kids to grow up in a world where everything is equal and there is no such thing as winning or losing Reilly is saying that in the real world, things aren’t always equal, there are going to be winners, losers, the strong, and the weak. As one can see, Reilly's use of emotions can strike agreement or even anger in the readers as a way of supporting his argument. As a result, Reily’s use of emotion through humor and fear helps support his claim that removing dodgeball from schools can limit kids from learning valuable lessons that can apply to the real