Rhetorical Analysis Of College Pressures By William Zinsser
College Pressure Rhetorical Analysis
The struggles college students faced in 1979 are not that different than the struggles college students are facing today. The point of William Zinsser's essay "College Pressures" is to publicly expose the constant pressures that students endure to have a successful future following graduation. Through his use of anecdotal evidence, tone and ethos, he effectively argues his point that college students are negatively pressured.
Have you ever wondered why college students are so stressed out? Zinsser successfully answers that question through anecdotal evidence. The essay begins with notes from overwhelmed students requesting extensions from their dean Carlos, because of the exhaulting pressures they are …show more content…
His mention of his position, which is a master of Branford College at Yale University makes his claim about student pressures very credible. How else would he be able to effectively write about student pressures if he didn’t witness it first hand? His use of the students letters to Mr. Carlos, gives his claim even more credibility. Mostly all of the letters that were written to Carlos, the dean of Branford College, were of students requesting extensions because they were falling behind in their studies. For example, " I desperately need a dean's excuse for my chem midterm which will begin in about 1 hour. All I can say is that I totally blew it this week. I've fallen incredibly, inconceivably behind"(215). Zinsser's credibility makes the readers want to trust him and believe his claim because he is able to witness these pressures on a daily basis.
Zinssers intentions on writing "College Pressures" was to publicly inform people of the constant pressures students face while attending college, in hopes that it will provoke change in the stressful way that students have to obtain their education. He successfully gets his point across through the use of anecdotal evidence, tone, and ethos to persuade readers that college pressures negatively impact
The struggles college students faced in 1979 are not that different than the struggles college students are facing today. The point of William Zinsser's essay "College Pressures" is to publicly expose the constant pressures that students endure to have a successful future following graduation. Through his use of anecdotal evidence, tone and ethos, he effectively argues his point that college students are negatively pressured.
Have you ever wondered why college students are so stressed out? Zinsser successfully answers that question through anecdotal evidence. The essay begins with notes from overwhelmed students requesting extensions from their dean Carlos, because of the exhaulting pressures they are …show more content…
His mention of his position, which is a master of Branford College at Yale University makes his claim about student pressures very credible. How else would he be able to effectively write about student pressures if he didn’t witness it first hand? His use of the students letters to Mr. Carlos, gives his claim even more credibility. Mostly all of the letters that were written to Carlos, the dean of Branford College, were of students requesting extensions because they were falling behind in their studies. For example, " I desperately need a dean's excuse for my chem midterm which will begin in about 1 hour. All I can say is that I totally blew it this week. I've fallen incredibly, inconceivably behind"(215). Zinsser's credibility makes the readers want to trust him and believe his claim because he is able to witness these pressures on a daily basis.
Zinssers intentions on writing "College Pressures" was to publicly inform people of the constant pressures students face while attending college, in hopes that it will provoke change in the stressful way that students have to obtain their education. He successfully gets his point across through the use of anecdotal evidence, tone, and ethos to persuade readers that college pressures negatively impact