Linda Chavez Persuasion

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Persuasion is Key Do you want to live in a world where racial discrimination is a norm? Linda Chavez, a woman who has experienced discrimination, is a far more persuasive writer. The details she used explaining her personal experience were captivating. The use of strong diction is what really got me into her story; it helped me understand what she was feeling at that time, and I’d never want to be in that situation and don’t want it to continue to happen to anyone in our world. Although some may say Adnan Khan is a more persuasive writer due to his use of realistic imagery and Language, reality, Linda Chavez is far better at persuading an audience through her use of powerful pathos, amazing ethos, and strong diction. Powerful Pathos is one of …show more content…

Not only does he use imagery in this sentence he alse uses figurative language with makes the imagery even better, he uses an oxymoron when he says “depressingly happy faces” and “dingy bulletin boards.” Khan also used imagery by saying “When the immigration official ushered me into a back room, drabby furnished with a rectangular table and four chairs,” the way Khan uses imagery is just very descriptive and almost makes you feel like you were there. Chavez still uses imagery when she says “It would make no sense if witnesses identified a six-foot-tall, blond male,” this is an example of imagery but not in anyway as descriptive as Khan’s. Chavez is getting her point across of who should not be discriminated and readers understand and picture it, but I believe the imagery could've used some more

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