Rhetorical Techniques In Andres Martin's Article
When writing this article, Andres Martin merely keeps in mind who he is writing to, his audience of colleagues and parents searching for an answer regarding their “troubled” teen. His audience expects that he’ll condemn teenagers with tattoos and back up their stance on the issue, simply because he is a child psychologist and should see this behavior as unacceptable. His audience would expect that he’d provide his medical input that would support and justify their opposition to their kids having tattoos, again because he is a child psychologist. The part of his audience that are parents would expect that the article would include a lot of facts, medical terms, research and words they couldn’t understand, because Martin isn’t only writing to
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He urges his audience to work to understand their children or their patients and view them as much more than “troubled youth”. For instance, he uses connotations, which are the way in which a word is perceived opposed to its actual meaning. In his article, Andres Martin connotes that teens feel helpless and as though they have little to no power over something that is very much theirs: their body. In the quote “feeling prey to a rapidly evolving body, over which they have no say” (para. 6), the usage of the word “prey” paints a vivid picture, which is why I believe he chose the word “prey” oppose to blatantly saying they feel helpless. He chose to paint a picture for his audience to see instead of using the textbook definition. Before reading this article, child psychiatrists may have only seen these teens as another case, or delinquents seeking validation or attention. Based on the diction he used, I would say he is highly effective in persuading, not only his colleagues but the parents to, because they should be able to relate, not as doctors or adults but as human beings, considering they too have been in that position at one point in their life. With this quote, I believe he is urging his audience to sympathize with their children or their patient, which is his ultimate goal in
He urges his audience to work to understand their children or their patients and view them as much more than “troubled youth”. For instance, he uses connotations, which are the way in which a word is perceived opposed to its actual meaning. In his article, Andres Martin connotes that teens feel helpless and as though they have little to no power over something that is very much theirs: their body. In the quote “feeling prey to a rapidly evolving body, over which they have no say” (para. 6), the usage of the word “prey” paints a vivid picture, which is why I believe he chose the word “prey” oppose to blatantly saying they feel helpless. He chose to paint a picture for his audience to see instead of using the textbook definition. Before reading this article, child psychiatrists may have only seen these teens as another case, or delinquents seeking validation or attention. Based on the diction he used, I would say he is highly effective in persuading, not only his colleagues but the parents to, because they should be able to relate, not as doctors or adults but as human beings, considering they too have been in that position at one point in their life. With this quote, I believe he is urging his audience to sympathize with their children or their patient, which is his ultimate goal in