The Seven Deadly Sins Of College Students

The Seven Deadly Sins of College Students
The author of “The Seven Deadly Sins of College Students,” Thomas H. Benton, constructs this essay in a very organized way. He first gives his primary claim, and then supports this claim with many secondary claims. These secondary claims are equally important; therefore, they each get their own paragraph. Benton’s essay is not complex but rather very straightforward.
The Primary claim of the essay is that there are seven deadly sins that affect everyday college students. The amount of evidence the author provides is very important to his essay. The authors secondary claims are each individual sin. The body paragraphs of this essay start with the sin and a colon. This emphasizes the sin before actually

The seven deadly sins include sloth, greed, anger, lust, gluttony, envy and pride. All of these sins have equal importance. They are all elaborated on fairly equally. Benton starts each one of these paragraphs off by telling the reader what the sin is, and how the sin applies to the student. Next he gives examples of how students show this sin.
The audience of “The Seven Deadly Sins of College Students” is obvious. He makes the audience obvious to follow the style of his essay. “The traditional Model of “Seven Deadly Sins” provides a helpful means of categorizing—and perhaps simplifying—the complicated and cumulative experience I am trying to describe.” (Benton 6139) In this quote Benton is trying to inform the reader that he made the essay as simple as possible. This quote comes before his first body paragraph, or his first secondary claim, to let the reader know that he means exactly what he says in the

The grammatical delivery of the essay is clear just like the argument. The delivery of the essay actually improves the argument. If the grammatical delivery was not as clear as it is then the audience might not understand the argument.
As stated previously the arrangement of the article is transparent. This not only makes it easier for the audience to understand, but more importantly it makes the essay persuasive. Benton makes his essay persuasive by arranging the sins in a way that gives them equal importance. If he talked about some sins more than others, not all of the audience would be covered. Benton has no idea what sin applies to what student, so he gives plenty of evidence to make the article as persuasive as possible.
Benton uses specific features in order to provide uniqueness to his essay. Although his features are not astonishing they are perfect for his audience. His features are really simple but effective. If his features were not so clear his audience would not feel the same effect they do with the essay the way it