Response To Texting My Be Taking A Toll

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Response Revisions for “Texting May Be Taking a Toll” Heather Daniel Eng 101-18 In Katie Hafner’s article, “Texting May Be Taking a Toll”, she uses logos to build her ethos effectively, by not only providing links to support her information, but also by getting her information from credible sources. For example, she quotes what many psychologist, and professors that have studied to make her argument valid. She also uses the information to state her opinion for her, in her argument. The author also has an interesting invention to her writing, which makes it easy and enjoyable to read. I feel like she provides accurate information, to put across her argument, which is clearly texting is not positively affecting teenagers, without having to actually state her own opinion. Hafner logos in her writing, to build her credibility, he does this by providing a wide range of reliable sources. As you can see in the fifteenth paragraph she uses information from ”Peter W. Johnson, an associate professor” to state that excessive texting could lead to physical damage of a person, just as computer users have experienced repetitive use to lead to musculoskeletal disorders. Ms. Hafner next provides the information to point out that texting not only negatively affects teenagers physically, but also mentally. She provides the source of actual children that have suffered academically due to texting. She states in paragraph twenty-two, Reina Hardesty’s excessive texting, was making her grades drop . The author then tells us in paragraph twenty-four that after her parents limited Reina’s texting her grades were brought up. I think providing sources from not only professionals, but also actual people who have suffered, build the credibility of her argument. It does this by showing that it happens in real life, and not only in studies. This article is easy to relate to because

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