What Fraser S Argument

from Why I Stopped Being a Vegetarian What is Fraser’s argument? (Be careful and thorough in your answer.)

List arguments FOR eating meat

List arguments AGAINST being vegetarian

List points of concession that Fraser then refutes

A good argument contains a balance of pathos, logos, and ethos. Give examples of each in the essay: pathos— logos— ethos—

Tone—choose ONE word to describe her tone: ______Choose 3 words that help create that tone:

Choose 3 phrases that help create that tone:

Chose 1 sentence that helps create that tone:

Explain why her tone is or is not effective for her audience and purpose. Find examples of the following rhetorical devices in the essay AND, most importantly, explain how the use of each helps her achieve her purpose: points of view (choose an example that particularly strike you as important to the purpose) first

second

third simile exaggeration allusion oversimplification rhetorical question

For each of the examples below, name the rhetorical device used AND, most importantly, explain how the use of each helps her achieve her purpose (you may need to look at the quote in context): “I had to decide between men and meat.” (¶ 5)

“It was political, it was emotional, and it made me special, not to mention slightly morally superior”(find 2) (¶ 3)

“This, of course, could be genetic.” (¶ 8)

“If I were hungry enough, I’d kill a cow in a heartbeat.” (¶ 14)

“use up piggish amounts of water, grain, and crop land” (¶ 16)

Find examples of two other rhetorical devices; give an example of each, label it, and explain its purpose. pathos—“there was a fair amount of pressure to be something in those days” logos—references to texts ethos—“the truth is” anaphora (it was political, it was emotional, and it made me special) apophasis (not to mention slightly moral) alliteration (meat and men) point of view (first, second—somewhere between 4 and 10 percent of “us”—us = everyone, “you added 3 cups of grated cheddar to everything but the granola) also exaggeration parenthesis (this, of course, could be genetic) allusion (Peter Singer’s philosophical treatise on animal rights) (low cholesterol Olympics) oversimplification (cholesterol—don’t you lose weight to lower your cholesterol?—also animal rights) rhetorical questions (Do animals really suffer if they have happy, frolicking lives before a quick and painless end?) hyperbole (If I were hungry enough, I’d kill a cow in a heartbeat.) metaphor (piggish amounts of water, grain, and crop land) simile (ripping into it like a starving hyena, felt like I had a bass note playing in my body to balance out all those soprano carbohydrates)