1) The anecdote used gives John McMurty credibility in his argument by providing his own personal experience to the issue. Because he has actually lived through this, he knows exactly what problems he faced and it was not based on oppinion.
2) John McMurty's comparison of football to war is very convincing. By presenting actual facts such as the similar languages, practices, and principles show the logical appeal to the comparison.
6) Paintball. The use of weaponry and similar tacticts proves the game of painball to have a militaristic side.
8) Media stars who associate themselves with sports may be able to display an ethos appeal to a certain type of audience. This may either help or hurt their audience, depending on who they want to appeal to.
Great point. I agree that the anecdote let him justifiably make the claims he makes. It shows others that he is a trustworthy authority who does know, from first hand account, what playing football entails and the dangers that are often accompanied with it. Along with his anecdote, he is also able to mention other ex-football players he knows that are going through the same ordeal as him.
ReplyDelete#2. I found that he used those same strategies as well. :)
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