Rhetorical Analysis Of Library

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The culture of today demands efficiency and in turn, technology. Libraries are therefore closing down in the race for money and efficiency. Smith argues for libraries to be saved, and uses a variety of techniques to do so. First, she uses pathos to appeal to the reader’s sentimentality. Then, she uses personal experiences to show the impact of shutting down libraries in everyday lives. Smith appeals to the nostalgic sense of the reader by using sentimental vocabulary to back her claim that libraries should be saved. While she admits that arguing for libraries isn't necessarily “ideological or ethical”, she ultimately uses language that allows the reader to reminisce of times in libraries.

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