Analyze Body Paragraphs and Supporting Evidence Logos, Pathos, Ethos

Analyze Body Paragraphs and supporting evidence – logos, pathos, ethos

Analyze paragraphs – where do you see logos? Pathos? Ethos? Parallel structure? Rhetorical devices? Look at the topic sentences – can you tell how they support a thesis? Do they sum up the topic of the paragraph? Can you find the persuasiveness and call to action in the paragraphs? What kind of evidence is used to prove the topic sentences? Do the quotes support the topic sentences? Do the paragraphs leave the reader convinced? What are the strengths and weaknesses of the paragraphs?

Irregular facial features can often be demoralizing to teenagers, and their gloom is compounded upon when bird-brained bullies bash their abnormalities. Hundreds of thousands of students skip school every day because of bullying, fearing the mental abuse that they receive on a daily basis. A teenage girl from South Carolina, Renata, “resisted going to school, forcing her parents to homeschool her” because she could not bear the embarrassment of her “oversized nose” (Second Chances). Many kids can associate with Renata’s problem, dreading to attend school because of their assumed flaws. The counter argument to letting kids have plastic surgery is that kids are “letting the bully win” and “not teaching kids how to deal with adversity”. Although these arguments may be valid, teenagers staying at home and not getting an education is unacceptable. Dr. Sam Rizk does not see a problem with kids getting plastic surgery because “it is no different than kids getting braces for crooked teeth” (qtd. in Coffey). If kids are the victim of bullying because of their appearance, plastic surgery should be an option.

The most severe consequence brought from using tanning beds is none other than melanoma.

Melanoma is the deadliest form of skin cancer which kills one person every fifty minutes (“Dangers of

Tanning”). Craig Burkhart, a pediatric dermatologist from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, warns that “ even one exposure to an indoor tanning bed increases your risk for melanoma.” There are no health benefits from tanning beds which cannot be achieved else where, but that has not stopped the amount of users to increase throughout the years. Young adults, younger than thirty-five, are especially attracted to tanning beds and are unaware that they are increasing “their melanoma risk by 75%” with every visit (“Dangers of Tanning”). Every established health organization, including the FDA,

CDC, and World Health Organization, have drastic warnings against any kind of indoor tanning use. The risks of other cancers rank high in most citizens minds and tanning bed risks are ignored, but

“worldwide, there are more skin cancer cases due to indoor tanning than there are lung cancer cases due to smoking” (“Study Finds”). Once the UV rays penetrate the deepest layers of skin, causing melanoma, the horrific process starts. If caught early enough, the tissue can possibly be removed and there be no other worries. However, in extreme cases the cancer can quickly multiply and spread into the bloodstream. At this point, doctors will try chemotherapy, radiation, and experimental drugs with unknown side effects (“Understanding The Cancer”). These experimentations often have no significant effect other than more complications. Getting a temporary tan from a tanning bed is no where worth such an excruciating experience. Besides the melanoma, eye cancer “is a potential consequence of excessive UV ray exposure” (Welton). This type of ocular melanoma can lead to painful, tumor like growths, eventually causing the loss of vision if becoming too severe. Brittany Lietz Cicala, a former Miss

Maryland, began her tanning at the age of seventeen and was quickly diagnosed with melanoma only three years later. Her excessive use of these beds has caused over twenty-five scars on her body and constant doctors visits to make sure the cancer does not spread (“Indoor Tanning”). Cicala was lucky it was caught so early, for her situation could have quickly become much worse. The detrimental effects of tanning beds, like cancer, should make them more than undesirable for the public.

Dance promotes health for young children with physical disabilities in many ways. Dancing is good for young children with physical disabilities because of the repetition of the movement. Blackfriars

School explains that, “Such repetition was vital for the children to refine the action and bring it under their autonomous control,“ (Owen). This was said in regards to dance classes that were being held for children with disabilities. Repetition helps these children because it appeals to their learning style. Most children that have special needs, learn best by repeating what they are trying to learn, over and over again.

International trade sanctions put in place by the United Nations have had a very detrimental effect on the education system of Iraq and have severely limited the educational opportunities of women and girls. In 1991, the United Nations placed trade sanctions on Iraq which prohibited “trade in all ‘non-essential’ commodities” (Safi). These sanctions placed limits on the access to school supplies, severely limiting opportunities for education, most seriously affecting women and girls in Iraq. An author and observer of Muslim affairs, Louay M. Safi, stated that, “UN sanctions are so watertight and unsparing that even school supply does not escape. The most basic school supplies, such as blackboards, chalks, pencils, notebooks, and paper (designated as ‘non-essential’ by the Sanctions

Committee), are inaccessible” (Safi). These school supplies that Iraqis are not able to obtain are compulsory for achieving a lasting education. “UNICEF estimates that more than 50 percent of schools in the south and centre of Iraq are unfit for teaching and learning: “Schools are not being maintained and repaired and experience severe shortages of basic school supplies, classroom furniture, textbooks, and teaching aids” (Al-Ali). Students must be able to practice and apply what they learn. Without such school supplies, learning becomes a great hardship.