Thursday, February 19, 2009
Bottled Up Fear
Who knew a bottle of water could be so dangerous? Believe it or not, the neurotoxins, carcinogens, and cancer causing benzene found in bottle water come free; you don’t even have to pay for them. According to Joshua Ortega, Americans need to fear bottled water and oppose privatizing the water industry at all costs. After all, it is our patriotic duty. Ortega uses heavy doses of fear and occasional over-exaggerations to impose his view upon the readers, hoping to worry them into taking his side. Using the fear aspect of pathos and the factual side of logos, Ortega attempts to sway his readers into shunning bottled water and taking active measures to prevent the privatization of the water industry.
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The first few sentences of your analysis appear to be more an essay on the dangers of bottled water than an analysis of Ortega's article.
I see your point. I guess I'm assuming that my audience has read the article because those are all things that Ortega said that I am sort of repeating with a sarcastic tone. But, you have a good point and I will look into this for my final draft.
I also agree with what Kyle said, but I like how your started your paper off with a question. It is important to start with a strong into so that your reader isn't bored.
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