- What logos does Quindlen use? What facts, stats, quotes from authorities, and logical cause/effect statements does she use? : “…car crashes are the No. 1 cause of death among 15- to 20-year-olds in this country.” “Between July 2004 and November 2006, only 12 provisional drivers were ticketed for carrying too many passengers. Good law, bad enforcement.”
- What pathos does Quindlen use? “What appeals to emotion, metaphors, rhetorical figures, and parallel sentence structures does she use? . Perhaps the only ones who wouldn’t make a fuss are those parents who have accepted diplomas at graduation because their children were no longer alive to do so themselves.” “If someone told you that there was one behavior most likely to lead to the premature death of your kid, wouldn’t you do something about that?
- What ethos does Quindlen use? How does she establish her credibility as an author? How does she deal with threats to her credibility? She writes for Newsweek, that means she has some credibility…sort of…
- How persuasive was Qunidlen overall? She might convince the parents of children that the age should be raised, but overall I didn’t believe that this was a very persuasive article at all.
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