Teenagers And College Students Need To Work While In School Jeffery Selingo Summary

A Persuasive Argument

When Jeffery Selingo jabs at teens in his quote, “Today’s college graduates don't have enough experience learning from failures or hardships, they are not skilled at prioritizing and dealing with difficult clients.” he exemplifies his utilization of rhetorical strategies. (Selingo 5). Selingo uses various literary elements like this to create his powerful essay about why teenagers need to be working. With the decline in teen jobs, the issue has become more prevalent and by using these elements he, talks about how critical money and experience are to young workers. In his piece, “Why More Teenagers and College Students Need to Work While in School” Jeffery Selingo argues that more teenagers and college students should work while

Since his argument would be weak without an outside source, Selingo gathers information from, “Tony Carnevale, director of Georgetown University’s Center on Education and the Workforce. With this new ethos, Selingo’s credibility skyrockets, enhancing his overall argument. After introducing the table, Selingo proves that it’s trustworthy by citing it. Underneath the table are the sources such as, “National Postsecondary Student Aid Review; National Center for Education Statistics [and] Post Secondary Financing Strategies,” (Selingo Table). This emphasizes his credibility and persuasiveness to his audiences since he cites such prestigious sources. Later on in the essay, Selingo again builds his argument to persuade his audience when he quotes the “New York Times columnist Frank Bruni,” (Selingo 14). One of the main reasons he includes this quote is because almost everyone recognizes the New York Times. By providing the readers with a familiar source, he gains the reader’s trust, making them feel more inclined to lean toward his side of the argument. With the use of ethos, Selingo is able to continuously convince his audience throughout the