Rhetorical Analysis Of Sex Offenders

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Reconsidering Match.com’s Sex Offender Ban
Introduction
For an article to be persuasive to its audience, then all the three rhetoric appeals must feature in it. All the three rhetoric appeals or styles of persuading an audience, namely, logos and ethos as well as pathos are demonstrated in the various passages from this article as discussed.
Logos (Logical Argument)
Tracy, the author of the article, demonstrates the ability to present the claims logically, along with using the rhetorical approach to make inferences from the claims. In particular, Tracy uses rhetoric statements to infer that all sex offenders should not be lumped together in the event of banning them from the Match.com site as not all these registered sex offenders are high-risk predator. Tracy argues rhetorically that banning all registered sex offenders would be unjust to …show more content…

6). Through logical presentation of the sexual offense claims, along with using rhetoric statements to infer that sex offender registries need reformation for fair treatment of sex offenders, Tracy manages to persuade the audience that there is a need for differentiating the offenders. According to Jonah, the appeal to logos entails the requirement for the author to make clear and logical claims that are internally consistent with sound inferences that are efficaciously advocated by supporting evidence (para. 2). Tracy uses figures and percentages as statistical evidence to soundly support the claims regarding the extent to which registered sex offenders are dangerous. This evidence demarcates low-risk and high-risk sex offenders, thereby forming the basis for Tracy to argue or infer that only the latter should banned from the Match.com site. This is despite the author appreciating that this private company is justified to ban all sex offenders from its site for women’s safety. Concerning internal consistency,

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