Rhetorical Analysis Of Gen Z's Dating Revolution By Daniel Cox

In Gen Z’s dating revolution, Daniel Cox uses ethos to develop trust to the reader. There are many real-world examples used to help create a connection to the reader. In the article, he portrays there is a problem at hand with the current dating world and shows that the first love is very near by along with creating beneficial sentence structures and solid word choices.
Daniel Cox, the author, establishes his credibility early into the article by giving a fact about the percentage of people who knew their future spouse before they started to date, “46% of married Americans reported not knowing their spouse before they started dating” (Cox). With giving his fact, it creates ethos and provides understanding of the his credibility to the reader.

In his research, he found that single individuals are more likely to date and marry individuals within their own group. With this structure, it provides reassurance to the reader that they do no have a problem in their own dating life. “They are influenced by and contribute to ongoing conversations, controversies, debates, and cultural trends” (Bullock 123). This quote really explains the structure Cox followed within his article. He understood the audience of the readers with their current situation and established comfort within the audience. The paragraph structures that Cox used built trust by providing a statistic and continuing to give his own reflection on that information given. After a statistic was given, Cox gave his own advice to handle situations, “challenging the idea that young people ignore prospective partners who are stuck in the "friend
Wendt 1 zone." As Cox continued into his article he developed a picture mentally in his head that he wanted to portray to the readers. “How does this image make you feel?...Sympathy? Concern? Anger?” (Bullock 129). It was simple that he wanted the reader to understand that even though you are single, there is still hope.
Cox’s ability to incorporate modern vocabulary into his article improved it. He used phrases and words like; “friend zone”, talks about “Netflix”, “filtered photo”, and “dating apps.” These terms help relate to the younger generation and make it more comprehensible for that type of