Position On Dodgeball Rhetorical Analysis

Persuasive techniques such as Ethos,Pathos,Logos are used to help state and support a claim when writing.In the persuasive article, “Position on Dodgeball,” by NASPE, the author uses persuasive techniques as a means to support their claim on dodgeball. Pathos is the use of emotion in persuasion. Dodgeball and other physical sports should not be a required part of physical education classes.For instance, the author shares with readers, The knowledge, skills, and confidence needed to be physically active for a lifetime. (986) This reveals we are meant to understand that to create an understanding that dodgeball does not provide an appropriate physical activity. This is important because the author is trying to explain how skills and confidence

Additionally, the author shares with the reader, “The goals of physical education can be obtained by a wide variety of physical activity”. (986) The point of this quote from the article is to use the use of authority to create a sense of trust in the reader. This is important because dodgeball is not an appropriate physical activity for many because its not safe and also not beneficial to a healthy lifestyle. Clearly, the NASPE is a good authority on what is right and whats wrong with physical education in schools. Logos is the use of logic for persuasion. As a final example, the NASPE provides child data when saying, 61.5% of children aged 9-13 years old do not participate in organized physical education during their non-school hours. (986) This quote is effective because it uses either, or techniques to explain that children are either active after school or inactive. This is important because it gives you facts about how children from 9-13 don't get much physical activity after school hours, this can be a problem to a childs well being. As you can see, logos are used in this article to show the facts of physical well being of children and how that can affect them in