Summary Of The Overachievers By Alexandra Robbins

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Alexandra Robbins wrote the Overachievers intending to make people aware of how stress on high school students has changed our education system. She wanted people to understand how stress on high school students affects their health and attitude. The Overachievers was written specifically towards students, educators, and counselors. Robbins proposes a solution to help limit the harmful effects of stress of students.
The appeals are used to persuade the reader to see the students stress from her point of view. Robbins uses an extensive amount of logos to overload the reader with statistical evidence proving her argument. Logistical evidence backing her claims can be shown when explaining the stress on students has created “16.5

An example of an emotional appeal when AP Frank describes in his diary " the number of times he has hooked up: 0". (Pg 45) After reading this the reader feels sympathetic towards AP Frank because of his lack of social life. Hearing his confession makes the reader begin to understand how stress can affect student’s social life because students are so focused on school they don't hang out with other students. Teenagers need to acquire a social connection to others to feel a sense of belonging. Using an emotional approach when making claims gives the author the power to persuade their reader’s emotions toward their

This was done to convey the thoughts of the students how they would talk naturally to each other. The run- on’s we placed to establish a stream of consciousness writing style in the mind of the students at Whitman. Rhetorical questions were used to help give an understanding to the students expect perspective of thought and how they would talk to themselves in the situations. Sam asks himself “if he could just boost his SAT scores just fifty points"? (Pg 24) Sam questioning his academic abilities gives the reader insight into the characters minds on the amount of pressure stud students put on themselves to succeed. Parallel structure was used when AP Frank expressed in his diary "the number of times I got drunk: 0". (Pg 45) the repetition of the “number of times I...." In his journal emphasizes the effect of what social opportunities AP Frank missed out on in high school because he was so pressured by his parents. The mixture of loose and periodic sentences is used in the book depending on the mood the author is trying to make the reader feel in her writing. A loose sentence of AP Frank's friend telling him “it’s due tomorrow, Frank “creates an urgent tone. (Pg 254) The urgency in AP Frank's voice is enhanced by the syntax. The variety of sentence structure develops a rhythmic flow. Syntax is used to accentuate the mood or feeling in the