RWS100 Revised Body Paragraph 2

Alex Schlack

RWS100

Chris Werry

September 9, 2014

Writing Assignment Rough Draft

            One of the many claims that Clive uses to support his main argument was to specify exactly how much more reading and writing benefits that way you public think. In doing this, he uses various journalists and American scholars who study this stuff as well to assist him.  In Deborah Brandt’s view, “It helps Clarify one’s thinking,” “It crystallizes your thought.”  You see this is very important because society today thinks that all this tweeting and facebooking is a big distraction and a brain killer when in reality it helps us due to all the reading; it clarifies our thought process.  One of the strategies that Clive uses to support his evidence is through ethos, and how he establishes credibility in his research. Gaining insight from all these journalists is extremely helpful when trying to convince the reader. Clive also throws out tons of facts and statistics with the hope of shocking the reader, and to exemplify how often people actually write and talk each day.  Utilizing intellectual evidence and statistics is a major strength, by persuading the reader by overwhelming them with information and surprising them with notes that they never knew about. The use of numerical statistics and experimental research studies was the right path of evidence to prove and back up Clive’s main argument. One aspect that Clive does lack though in his writing is the opposing view. He never really talks about what the people who disagree with him, think as well.  That is important so Clive can say this is what people think, this is what I know. He can empower the public by doing so, and help influence peoples point of view on this dispute.