Analysis Of Steve Greenberg And Michael Weinreb - 892 Words

Authors have many strategies when it comes to winning over their reader to their side on a topic even if it means that they will target their opponent to make them look bad. In the articles by Steve Greenberg and Michael Weinreb we will look at the way they try to get the reader to join into their opinion of the topic by appeal to the persons logos, pathos, and ethos. By doing looking at the articles and breaking them down we can see how the author makes his argument by using rhetorical strategies and logical fallacies. The authors start off by using a logical fallacy, ad hominem, to try to get their readers on their side emotionally and ethically. In the article written by Steve Greenberg, in the first sentence of his article he changes the name of his friend to Ogre. This is just because his friend is a cardinal fan and by his mood the reader can tell that he does not think fondly of the cubs. This makes the reader think of his friend as an ugly beast that does not think to logica lly. This brings the reader to his side, because when they hear what the Ogre has to say they will not take it serious. They will associate what the friend says with a half-witted beast that is a disgusting, so whatever is said cannot be a correct. On the other hand, the article written by Michael Weinreb uses ad hominem to do the same thing as Steve but he calls out Jim Harbaugh for his crazy tactics. In his article he describes Harbaugh as bat feces and a freak because of his actions in