A Rhetorical Analysis Of The Parental Adage

In her essay, The Digital Parent Trap, Eliana Dockterman carefully builds her argument by using ethos, pathos, and by using purposeful word choice to strengthen her argument that there are benefits to early exposure to technology for children. She supports her claims with evidence by using quotes, and by citing data from research studies and interviews. She leaves out any fluff and unnecessary words which makes the words remaining even stronger.

Elise Hu wrote an informative article to all parents raising children, giving insight on consumption and content their toddlers should be viewing. Hu starts off with commenting about her own children and how well they are able to adapt to technology. Hu argues that there is a tension in modern parenting with technology because it is something new that we never had to deal with before. Hu states that parents want their children to adapt to technology, but not to become addicted to it; which is a challenge when there has not been enough time to form the studies necessary for the best guidelines to reveal themselves.

The relationship between a father and their child is tremendously salient, and will influence the life of both the parent and the adolescent in many ways. Often, it can be difficult for someone to share their personal relationships that they had with their father, as it can be a very delicate subject. Despite this, renowned authors Brad Manning and Sandra Cisneros are two people who chose to write about their unique experiences and childhoods that they shared with their fathers. Both Brad and Sandra felt their childhood relationships with their fathers were unorthodox. This was explicitly outlined in Brad's freshman composition paper titled Arm Wrestling With My Father and Sandra's magazine article titled Only Daughter. Through varying rhetorical strategies, the authors purpose and audience is clearly portrayed in both selections.

Far too often foster children are not given the appropriate care and attention required to successfully rehabilitate mentally. In the article, “Foster Youth are Traumatized Enough: Why Psych Meds Should be Better Regulated” Tisha Ortiz discusses the need for improved mental health services for foster children and closer monitoring of prescription psychotropic medication for children. Tisha Ortiz is a former foster child and student at California State University, East Bay. Ortiz creates a compelling argument for improved prescription psychotropic medication monitoring and mental health services for foster children by using ethos, pathos, and logos. Ortiz’s most effective mode of persuasion is ethos because of her ability to speak on the topic

Daniel Quinn creates a connection between a human and a gorilla as his way of accusing the human standings. In his very own opinion, human society has taken the wrong road onto a very withering expedition towards worldwide domination. Quinn basically questions the nature of human presence as a whole, and reexamines everything we (as humans) have done wrong and how we ought to correct our mistakes. Quinn uses many rhetorical devices in the novel to get his point across.

In this brief editorial adapted by Eliana Dockterman, "The Digital Parent Trap" portrays the current battle between a child's world with and without technology. As many schools and parents are split between the two decisions, Dockterman finds a way to be the tie breaker through her persuasion and smooth rhetorical devices. Docktermon tries her best to convince the readers that technology is okay in moderation, and builds her argument through word choice. With the formality of her diction and her many reliable sources to persuade the reader, she seems to have everything she needs to get the job done.

Today, every person lives in an era where technology rapidly develops. For this reason, in 2013, the culture writer for the online magazine, Time, Eliana Dockterman wrote the article “The Digital Parent Trap”. In this op-ed piece, Dockterman argues that there are more benefits than drawbacks in children using technology at an early age. Therefore, this article tries to inform its audience about how technology has advantages and disadvantages by using different people’s point of views. Although, Dockterman’s article may interest its audience, her argument is enfeebled because of her unsupported claims, credibility, and citations, being unable to support the tones used in two parents’ narratives and the crude humor by Jim Taylor.

In her article “Selling to Children: The Marketing of Cool” Schor discusses the techniques used by ad makers to manipulate children. She points out that marketers look at consumers to understand what is cool for youth—by tapping hip-hop and rap culture—and the reverse, creating a feedback loop. Also, Schor argues that cool is usually associated with an antiadult sensibility, and thus ads portray children with a blatant adverse attitude towards authority, such as parents and teachers by promoting an antisocial and mischievous behavior. Furthermore, ads are targeting kids using products and messages initially conceived for an older audience—strategy knows as age compression. A perfect example of this new trend is the Victoria’s Secret “Bright

Do you know what the dead cannot do? See. Hear. Choose anything. The dead cannot comprehend the light. Because they are in darkness. Utter darkness. Jesus said to the educated lawyers and doctors you will die in your sins. Why? Because they did not believe or recognize Him. He said, you are not of my sheep. Who the Father draws, will come to Him, and those who come to Him, He will in no wise cast out. How are they drawn? Through belief in The Son, the work of God. To whom He hardens, He blinds, lest they should believe and He should heal them. But if they don't believe they are condemned of Him already being made vessels of wrath. But those who believe, He has had mercy on, that they have been given the power to become the sons of God. Only

Many Authors vary their usage of multiple rhetorical devices to persuade their readers into looking at an argument from a different perspective. Dockterman uses these devices to persuade her readers that early exposure to technology has its benefits. The Digital Parent Trap is an article written by Eliana Dockterman published in 2013. In this article, Dockterman talks about how technology plays a valuable part in American schools and how it affects these families. Dockterman shares multiple points that support her argument, but she also talks about how parents feel about the technology that is used in schools.Through the use of Logos and Pathos, Dockterman persuades her audience that there are benefits to early exposure to technology

In this paper I will address why technology has a direct correlation with the soaring childhood obesity rate in our society. In the fast past sedentary lifestyles we live today make technology such an efficient way to get things done. Although technology has it perks and has made a remarkable contribution to our society, it is often overlooked that it is negatively affecting our health. For parents, it seems easiest to just give your child a phone or computer to play on to keep them occupied. What parents aren’t realizing by doing so is that that is a

My favorite part about this movie is that there was very little talking, yet there was so much language and expression being portrayed. I think it almost puts us in the perspective of the infant. There was some talking in another language but I did not understand it, this is the same for a baby. They hear the talking but do not make sense of it. Instead in this video we must rely on our other senses to get the story. We need to vigilantly watch the setting and body language of people to understand what is going on. We cant just half watch and listen like we all do to other movies we aren’t interested in. Like an infant, we must use more than just our hearing. There are three topics I want to bring up that jumped out at me in this movie. The first is the immense amount of communication skills present as an infant. Then, I want to touch briefly on some imitation that I saw. Finally, I want to compare the four babies and how their language skills are culturally affected.

Technology has advanced a lot within the last couple of years. It definitely has its pros and cons when it comes to how it affects our personal lives. Some people may take this to an extreme and become very dependable on their technological devices. There is a large gap between the generations of when all there was, was pen and paper and now where we see even 6-year-olds with the latest iPhone. In “What’s the Matter with Kids Today” by Amy Goldwasser, the author explains how different life was without technology and how it's so commonly used now.

Parenting Teenage Girls is a podcast that informs the listener about difficult subjects with girls. The author states that way we view teenage girls is wrong and that we negatively reflect onto how teenage girls act. Many times, the way we view girls are negative, from the way they dress, to the way they act, to the way feel. The point of this paper is to describe what the podcast was about, the key concepts of the podcast, and one thing learned about the topic.

War in Afghanistan against the Taliban has been raging for well over a decade. Lives have been lost; families have been broken and torn apart. Suffering thousands of losses on both sides, each must cast these unthinkable circumstances aside to communicate compassion without speaking a single word. The untitled picture of an Afghan citizen, offering tea to an American soldier and his brigade, speaks volumes against the stereotypes bystanders are exposed to regularly; employing the villager to demonstrate selfless love, and the soldiers to testify to faith and vulnerability the photographer commands us to see that language is not a barrier when replaced with respect.