claim
failure to release prisoners
provide 1 possible counterclaim
"California has released nearly 10,000 people from prisons and jails and hopefully will release more"(p.5)
"Then I read a letter from a man in Marion Correctional Institution in Ohio. Suddenly the answer was obvious."(p.1)
"What you need to know is that he..."(p.3)
conversational/informal
"There is no shortage of cleaning supplies, and inmates have access to soap and other hygiene products, hand sanitizer and masks.” However, the conditions described here have been echoed by others, and the author makes a larger point that deserves to be heard."(p.3)
-- the following paragraphs described poor healthcare treatment
ironic
"Roughly 22 percent of the people are there for technical violations for their post-release conditions"(p.2)
Logos
failure to release prisoners
provide 1 possible counterclaim
"66 percent of likely voters support measures to reduce prison overcrowding in response to the coronavirus, including a clear majority who support various forms of decarceration"(p.5)
"It has been two weeks now. I have somehow become his nurse. I cook and help with laundry, homework, and whatever else he needs.
He was asleep. I was relieved. I finally had a moment of rest. These last two corona-months have been crazy. I have been sick, helping the sick, or both." (p.3)
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personal narrative
the use of the first-person pronoun
"I asked myself and others: What has not yet been said? What do people need to hear?"(p.2)
rhetorical questions
"Gary Daniels, the chief lobbyist at the A.C.L.U. of Ohio insists that figure should actually be viewed as a floor considering the scale of the crisis." (p.2)
Ethos -- authority+credibility
Poor healthcare in prison
provide one possible counterclaim
"She said the officers were doing their best and that they didn’t have to be here. They were working only because they care. She said they were volunteering to do things"(p.4)
- nurses at the prison were not paid. we shouldn't be expecting the same quality for treatment offered at the prison
"Why should we exclude from consideration someone convicted of an armed robbery at 18, who’s still locked up at age 45, simply because he has two more years left on his sentence? Our governments have been willing to shut down our entire economy, sparing only those sectors deemed “essential.” Shouldn’t we also consider whether it is truly “essential” for millions of people to be caged?" (p.2)
Identify the style used and 1 effect on the reader
conversational/informal
-- constantly questioning the readers to provoke thoughts and conversations
"We frantically scrambled around trying all sorts of remedies......The nurses refused to come."(p.3)
antithesis
"one family in attendance had children carrying signs pleading for their father's life"(p.2)
Identify the rhetorical appeal and 1 effect on the readers + her persuasiveness
pathos
-- readers generate empathy towards the prisoner's situation
-- how mass incarceration and poor healthcare at prison impacts family life
"Why should we exclude from consideration someone convicted of an armed robbery at 18, who’s still locked up at age 45, simply because he has two more years left on his sentence?" (p.2)
provide 1 possible counterclaim
- prisoners should take their punishment/court decision
- a reference to a specific case. the prisoner's behavior was unknown
- if he is promised to be released without bringing any harm to society, why he didn't get a recommendation to be released on parole
"I walked to the back of the dorm today to check on my friend. He is confined to his bed by Covid-19. Weakness, fatigue, intense vertigo, and difficulty breathing allow him to leave his need area only to defecate or an occasional shower." (p.3)
identify the style and 1 effect on the reader + her persuasiveness
anecdotal evidence
-- showcasing real event occurred in the prison enhances her arguments
-- readers are also more connected to the issue
"infected with the coronavirus..."(p.1)
"fail to free people in this pandemic because we'd rather risk their lives..."(p.5)
Kairo
"do you believe that "we," the so-called innocent, are more valuable than "them," the criminals?"(p.4)
Identify the rhetorical appeal and the effect of the use of "you" on the readers
-- rhetorical questions allows the readers to be engaged in the issue
-- provokes thoughts and conversation