Choose Wisely by Ashley Yuill
Yuill's purpose in this essay was to persuade people to do what they think is right instead of acting on their desires. The essay was directed towards young people in high school in college who have big decisions ahead of them. She sees how so many young people with so much potential throw it all away because they make poor choices while they are young and curious. Her thesis is "By making my own choices, I learned to be accountable for myself." She explains how making choices based on what is fun or easy now comes with consequences This responsibility influenced my behavior with my friends, my work ethic, and my future.
She argues using narration by telling stories of how her father let her make her own choices based on what she thought was right. She also uses cause and efect by explaining that each decision you make comes with a consequence. This makes the reader think about how making the right or wrong choices has affected their own life. These strategies definitiely appeal to ethos because she is clearly a person of good morals. She holds herself accountable by making the right choices, even when she doesn't want to. I definitely agree with her thesis. Every choice we make affects the way we act in every aspect of our life. I like how she gave examples and told her personal experiences to help get her point accross. She would tell a story, then tell the lesson it taught her.
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