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In ‘The Secret Joy of Baseball Curses”, curses are thoroughly evaluated by supplying evidence, repetition, and robust adjectives. Throughout the essay, the author used three examples and two quotes to provide evidence for the claims they made. The author quoted journalists and authors, both generally assumed to have great adept in the field that they write about, to further strengthen and support claims that the author made. In addition, the author used only baseball examples to explain the points; these three examples all provide logos and ethos to the essay by proving that the author is knowledgeable in the field and showing how the points being made are logically concluded. The author also repeats the phrase, “In the end, a fantastic…can
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