Rhetorical Analysis Of Hooking Up '

Ebony Pressley
Ms.Johnson
English Comp
3/13/23

If hooking up was to become the new disease of this generation, there would be no cure for it. Author and Writer Donna Freitas effectively demonstrates why hooking up is unhealthy in her article "Time to stop hooking up. (You know you want to)" using the rhetorical appeal of facts and analysis to get her point across. Donna uses strategies such as exemplification, compare and contrast, and also cause and effect analysis to explain her argument effectively on how hooking up has long-term effects on society whether they are known or unknown. Author Donna Freitas brings attention to her argument by using exemplification to demonstrate what makes the argument effective for the audience. Within

The author of the text stated “Of students who reported hooking up, 41 percent used words such as“regretful," "empty," "miserable," "disgusted," "ashamed," "duped” and even “abused” to describe the experience. An additional 23 percent expressed ambivalence, and the remaining 36 percent said they were more or less “fine” with hookups— “fine” being the most common description. Asserted effectively, the author demonstrates the use of compare and contrast and how the argument is presented. The author compares and contrasts one group of students to another percentage of students and how each was affected by the actions of hooking up. The argument being presented demonstrates how compare and contrasts are being used effectively within her argument showing the negative side of hooking up with different groups of students she had interviewed. The author uses to compare and contrast with the statement “Aside from the few students who said hooking up made them happy, the vast majority used less-than-glowing adjectives such as “whatever” and “mostly okay,” or were indifferent about it” (Freitas 2). The statement indicates the use of compare and contrast is an effective reason for the argument allowing it to be accurate. Compare and contrast is a great use of showing effectiveness as the rhetorical analysis takes one thing and puts it against another using the same concept. Not only is the author using compare and contrast to make her argument effective, but she also uses cause and effect to