Ji Hwan Bae: An Analysis Of A Persuasion Of The Liberal Arts

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Ji Hwan Bae This author uses a variety of persuasive techniques in his essay to craft an extremely well thought-out argument for why liberal arts is useful. The author purposely evoked certain feelings such as anxiety and empathy, which kept the readers engaged throughout the passage. He proceeds to alleviate these concerns by providing liberal arts education as an alternative, thus making the readers want to peruse the liberal educations. This is further emphasized through the incorporation of credible evidences and listing some of the most successful cases as examples. The author is mindfully persuasive from the very beginning, introducing the topic with a dramatization that draws the reader in. The passage starts off by describing a…show more content…
In order to effectively contradicts these claims, the author appeals to the parents by mentioning relative examples such as son’s unemployment and “relinquish[ing] hopes for a charming daughter”. After mentioning these concerns, the author claims that these thoughts are trivial and assures them by stating benefits that the students could acquire such as “variety of professional fields and career paths, [while] molding open-minded, curious problem solvers”. Furthermore, the author ends the paragraph by sentence written in the first point of view of the student, shown through the first quote of “mom and dad”, the author appealed to both students and the parents by assuring them that the author considers both perspectives of the parents and the students. Although the author’s initial rebuttal argument specifically targeted the parents by mentioning reasons that may be their common concern, the author’s sincere purpose was to refute against the conventional thoughts of the parents, not the parents themselves; this structure amplified the effectiveness of message convey as it was written is the relative

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