Rhetorical Analysis: The Terrible Teens

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“Conscience is a man’s compass” (Van Gogh). It would only be of nature for a teenager to prove Van Gogh wrong, and Elizabeth Kolbert identifies this in “The Terrible Teens”. She appeals to the opinions of experts in neurology and psychology, and deconstructs the adolescent brain to her audience through the use of metaphors. In “The Terrible Teens”, Elizabeth Kolbert uses methods of development and rhetorical devices at a high caliber to justify why teens act the way they do. An effective way to explain a complicated subject is by referring to those of expertise in that particular field of work. For starters, Elizabeth Kolbert calls upon experts in neurology and psychology to explain why teenagers act the way they do. Frances Jensen, a neurologist,