Beth Hoffman, the author of the text “Just Because
Science Can Genetically Engineer Foods, Doesn’t Mean We Should” expresses her
negative view on genetically modified food. The text does not seem to address a
specific target audience. Hoffman rather states her personal opinion and tries
to mobilize the readers’ emotions by using pronouns, such as “we” or “us” so
that they have a sense of belonging. As there are lots of parts in the text
that use this method of addressing the feelings of the target audience, it is
easily identifiable that Pathos is dominant in this text. The author supports all of this by using
Logos as she logically lists arguments, examples and also explanations. These
two methods are dominant in the complete text because Hoffman does not apply
the third one, namely Ethos, at all. Still, she perfectly succeeds in
persuading the readers.
No comments:
Post a Comment