The paper needs to be a rhetorical analysis of another writer’s argument.......on Fleming’s “Youthful Indiscretions” English 101-209 Professor McGraw Essay #1 Rhetorical Analysis Assignment: Write a paper formatted in MLA style of four to five pages in length (use Times New Roman 12) that addresses the topic below.  You must include a Works Cited page. Following the examples and instructions in Chapter Eight of  Writing Arguments , write a rhetorical analysis of another writer’s argument.  You may (in fact, you are encouraged to) develop your essay beyond the outline given in chapter eight.  Part of your critique may include a discussion of potential arguments and counter-arguments that the author could have made and an analysis of the ways that including those counter-arguments (and the rebuttals) might have strengthened the author’s argument. You may respond to any of the following essays:             Fleming’s “Youthful Indiscretions” What is a Rhetorical Argument? A Rhetorical Argument is basically a persuasive argument that uses one or a combination of its three distinct "appeals": Ethos , Pathos , and Logos . An argument that makes use of Ethos appeals to the character of the speaker. An argument that makes use of Pathos appeals to emotion. Lastly, an argument that makes use of Logos appeals to reason. In general, a Rhetorical Argument may make use of one or a combination of any of the appeals. Here are several examples of the three distinct appeals commonly used in Rhetorical Arguments . ETHOS To use Ethos is to appeal to the character of the speaker. That is, a claim may be argued and may be supported through a reference to the reputation, character or authority of the speaker. For example, I will never steal from the cash register because I have been employee of the month for three consecutive months now. As far as our colleagues know, I am a kind and religious person who has been very helpful to my fellow employees in this restaurant. It does not make sense to accuse me of stealing the money. PATHOS To use Pathos is to appeal to the emotions of the reader or the audience. The primary goal is to persuade the reader or the audience through the use of key words or language that appeal to the feelings of a person. For example, John will never steal from the cash register. If he did, he will be fired from work and will be sent to jail. Who will now finance the needs of his family? His wife does not have a job. He has three little kids who need the guidance of a loving father. Without John by their side, they will grow fatherless and, God knows, they may turn into homeless kids. John should not be suspected of committing the crime. LOGOS To use Logos is to use reason to persuade or to make an argument. Typically, it makes use of deductive or inductive arguments to prove a point. For example, (Logos using a deductive argument) Chris was alone in the office at 8 o'clock in the e.

1. The paper needs to be
a rhetorical analysis of another writer’s argument.......on
Fleming’s “Youthful Indiscretions”
English 101-209
Professor McGraw
Essay #1 Rhetorical Analysis
Assignment: Write a paper formatted in MLA style of four to
five pages in length (use Times New Roman 12) that addresses
the topic below. You must include a Works Cited page.
Following the examples and instructions in Chapter Eight of
Writing Arguments
, write a rhetorical analysis of another writer’s argument. You
may (in fact, you are encouraged to) develop your essay beyond
the outline given in chapter eight. Part of your critique may
include a discussion of potential arguments and counter-
arguments that the author could have made and an analysis of
the ways that including those counter-arguments (and the
rebuttals) might have strengthened the author’s argument.

2. You may respond to any of the following essays:
Fleming’s “Youthful Indiscretions”
What is a Rhetorical Argument?
A
Rhetorical Argument
is basically a persuasive argument that uses one or a
combination of its three distinct "appeals":
Ethos
,
Pathos
, and
Logos
. An argument that makes use of
Ethos
appeals to the character of the speaker. An argument that
makes use of
Pathos
appeals to emotion. Lastly, an argument that makes use of
Logos
appeals to reason. In general, a
Rhetorical Argument
may make use of one or a combination of any of the appeals.
Here are several examples of the three distinct appeals
commonly used in
Rhetorical Arguments
.
ETHOS
To use

3. Ethos
is to appeal to the character of the speaker. That is, a claim
may be argued and may be supported through a reference to the
reputation, character or authority of the speaker. For example,
I will never steal from the cash register because I have been
employee of the month for three consecutive months now. As
far as our colleagues know, I am a kind and religious person
who has been very helpful to my fellow employees in this
restaurant. It does not make sense to accuse me of stealing the
money.
PATHOS
To use
Pathos
is to appeal to the emotions of the reader or the audience. The
primary goal is to persuade the reader or the audience through
the use of key words or language that appeal to the feelings of a
person. For example,
John will never steal from the cash register. If he did, he will be
fired from work and will be sent to jail. Who will now finance
the needs of his family? His wife does not have a job. He has
three little kids who need the guidance of a loving father.
Without John by their side, they will grow fatherless and, God
knows, they may turn into homeless kids. John should not be
suspected of committing the crime.
LOGOS

4. To use
Logos
is to use reason to persuade or to make an argument. Typically,
it makes use of deductive or inductive arguments to prove a
point. For example,
(Logos using a deductive argument)
Chris was alone in the office at 8 o'clock in the evening. The
crime took place at around 30 minutes past 8PM. Therefore,
there is reason to become suspicious that Chris stole the money
from the cash register.
(Logos using an inductive argument)
Chris has a previous theft record in the city police. He said the
other day that he barely had any money left in his bank account
and that he had no money to buy food. The security cameras
also reveal that he was inside the store premises the night the
crime took place. Therefore, there is reason to become
suspicious that Chris stole the money from the cash register.
Ethos
,
Pathos
and
Logos
are three of the argument types usually used in a
Rhetorical Argument
. Most persuasive arguments using the
rhetorical

5. approach make use of a combination from any of three
argument types. You may also want to know more about
Classical Arguments,
or
how to use Ethos
, or
how to use logos
in a Rhetorical argument.
Social Networking
Name
Institution
Date
Change is inevitable and the urge to embrace the ever advancing
technology especially the use of internet to socially connect
with friends, families and associates has become one of the
most vital factors in transforming lives as far as communication
and social interaction is concerned. The drive to explore the
social nature of human being has brought about the dynamics in
the social platform where some people appreciate the
importance of such platforms while others at the same time
takes advantage of the diversity within the system to carry out
the malicious ideas.
The introduction of social networking sites has brought about
positive effects in terms of spreading and sharing of information
between people. However, there are also loopholes that exists
within the social networking system as well negative effects on
the quantitative performance of people who spend most of their
time on social network and do very little to account for their
daily output in terms of work.

6. There is an array of social network sites where people share
ideas and exchange personal views, photos and even carry out
businesses. However, some of these sites are restricted to
specific functions, for example online dating sites which only
allow people to find soul mates and express their feelings with
respect to romantic relationship issues. The internet has made it
very easy for people to connect by using these social
networking sites.
There’s a general tendency of associating social media sites
with Facebook. This is basically because Facebook was the first
social network site and therefore it enjoys popularity. Since its
inception in 2004, Facebook has grown in terms of members
subscribed as well as user requirements. Mark Zuckerberg
alongside his mates from Harvard University founded Facebook
with an intention of creating a network between students.
Initially, creating a Facebook account was limited to Harvard
University students but it later spread to Boston areas and now
worldwide. Anyone interested in having a Facebook account can
easily create a profile and sign up to Facebook including up to a
13 year old. Facebook is user friendly as it requires very little
to have an account. After registration, one only needs to create
a profile and add friends then he’s ready to send messages,
exchange photos, update views and manipulate his profile
settings. This is common to almost all social networking sites
including MySpace, Twitter, and Instagram among others. It
also permits users to create and join groups.
Within the first year after inception of Facebook, approximately
one million people had subscribed to the social network. By
June 2014 the number was as high as one billion. Facebook has
come along with more interesting features such as voice calls,
video calls as well as video viewing. It has also enabled privacy

7. options to its users by enabling users to control their profiles’
privacy and also block unwanted users from accessing their
timelines.
Social networking sites for example Instagram works quite
differently from Facebook in the sense that Instagram is more of
posting photos unlike Facebook which cuts across the board.
The privacy in Instagram allows users following each other to
view photos but restricts them from sharing photos. However,
the process of signing up to these sites remains the same.
While social networking is appreciated for keeping contacts and
enhancing communication between friends, families, and
acquaintances, it also poses various social, health and financial
risks. These sites are useful as they create a platform for
businesses to carry out their advertisements, online sales,
banking etc. They also enable the social media to pass and share
information by enabling them to create Facebook pages which
users can like and get information whenever it is updated.
Today, most social sites apart from creating an avenue for
sharing information and posting personal views, it is also being
used by business to advertise jobs and carry out business. Most
social site users have access to information about companies,
products, business and career development ideas. There are also
educational pages that enable users to access relevant academic
information necessary for their personal academic development.
There are effects that most social site users are more than likely
oblivious of. These effects include health risks, legal issues and
job issues
(Pennsylvania Bar Institute 34)
. The health effects as a result of using social sites could be due
to the photos or comments people make that are aimed at
causing depression or altering the mental stability of users.

8. Owing to the fact that these social sites incorporate even the
young people, certain photos for example the erotic photos
erode the minds of these young people rendering them perverts
at a very tender age.
Several legal issues have arisen due to inappropriate use of
language in the social platform. Some social site users use and
spread hatred messages aimed at causing acrimony or ethnic
hatred among other users which is against the law. Such cases
have been tracked by the legal professionals and most of the
perpetrators have been brought to book for spewing such
messages on social sites. There are also cases of cyber-crimes
and cyber bullying orchestrated by users who have been traced
and penalized for such illegal acts. However, most of these
victims are charlatans and swindlers who operate under
pseudonyms and therefore it makes it difficult for the security
officers to trace them. On that note, there have been demands
from security agencies that social sites device mechanisms that
ensures users register to those sites with their original
identities.
There have been several cases where people lose their jobs
because of ignorance when using the social networking sites.
There’s a case scenario of a student from the University of
Chicago who lost his internship opportunities after the company
he wanted to work for viewed his Facebook page just to realize
he was a pervert whose interests were smoking cigar, killing
people and obsessive sex (
Freeman 112
)
. A chemical Engineer also lost his job after posting on
Facebook that he liked to blow things up. This is one of the
prices it pays to be ignorant of postings on social networking
platforms.
Several cases of murder, rape and kidnappings have been

9. reported to have been planned through these social networking
sites (
Freeman 112
). Most of these acts have been successful while a few of them
have not been successful. There was an incident where a teen
age girl was raped by three men she befriended on Myspace who
duped and drugged her. In Colorado, detectives apprehended six
men of sexual assault of a young girl presumed to be their
friend on Myspace. The recurrence of such cases has raised
concerns among parents and legislators on the future of social
networking sites with respect to security.
Although the idea of protecting social site users from such risks
is challenging, parents in conjunction with legislators are
proposing for a system that allows for parental control and age
authentication system. One fundamental loophole that should be
reviewed is the issue of age limits of people interested in
joining these sites. It is on record that juvenile especially
teenagers below 16 years have been the victims of these
circumstances. This is because; they are unable to make sound
decisions without the help of their parents
(Pennsylvania Bar Institute 34)
. Age verification system should be put in place to authenticate
the ages of social site users by limiting children below the age
of 15 years from having social site accounts.
The trans-formative nature of social networking sites has
positively impacted many lives in terms on connections and
information dispensation. However, of importance to note are
the ills posed by these sites that have perpetually succeeded in
annihilating today’s generation in terms of morals. The future
of social networking sites is as good as it gets if measures are
not taken to curb the operations of these social platforms.

10. Works Cited
Facebook, Twitter & Blogging...oh Myspace!: Legal Issues with
Social Networking Sites
.
Mechanicsburg: Pennsylvania Bar Institute, 2009. Print.
Freeman, Linton C.
The Development of Social Network Analysis: A Study in the
Sociology of Science
. Vancouver: Empirical Press, 2004. Print.
The dangers of social networking sites
n.d. n. pag. Print.