Education was expensive for the previous generation because students had to pay an exorbitant tuition. However, education is common today as many teenagers and kids get social welfare to avoid any tuition. Perhaps it gives an opportunity for everyone to study, but it probably causes students to stop putting any effort or treat their education seriously. In " Education Is Not A Luxury," Stephen Joel Trachtenberg expresses the majority of students treat their education insignificantly which is affected by the traditional culture. Public supposes schooling is not treasurable, just the " part time occupation." To evaluate whether Trachtenberg's argument is effective, we should consider his persuasive methods that includes comparison, example and suggestion.
In the introduction section, Trachtenberg compares the culture between last century and nowadays to point out even though the society is developed, students still treat their education insignificantly. Comparison is a clear way to demonstrate the different which can help readers understand the issue and background easily. Since the purpose of argumentative article aims to convince the readers to support their ideas. If the readers are not familiar about the topic, it is impossible to convince
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Trachtenberg accords his friend experience to discuss part of the students express lectures are meaningless for them to learn which talks about sex, drugs or other useless material. He assumes a possible situation to explain his ideas clearly. Due to examples can help readers understand more about the situation, they usually get the ideas easier. The consequence of examples may provide the critical thinking part to readers or ask them to think about their perspectives or learning outcomes. The first step of persuasion is getting readers attention. Trachtenberg's article can react readers think about the issue that achieve the first step of successful