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A Rhetorical Analysis Of Persuasive Essay By Grant Penrod

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Every persuasive essay is likely to have some form of bias. So, since everyone usually sides with people who are similar to them, there is no surprise that Grant Penrod wrote this essay in favor of intellectuals. Even with the very limited knowledge we have about him, it is very evident that he is more interested in academics than athletics and therefore can sympathize with nerds and/or geeks. Persuasive essays also tend to generalize in order to gain support for their side of the story. Trying to persuade someone that all jocks are mean is much easier if you don’t mention that the nicest person you have ever met was on the football team. In this essay, Penrod uses a lot of stereotypes and generalization, even though he speaks out against stereotyping,

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