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Barbie is Past Saving

Main Points

  • Barbie should be changed, as she is a reminder of societies unrealistic beauty standards
  • Barbie should come in many different bodies

Rhetorical Strategies

  • Ethos would probably come from the fact that she’s female, her childhood consisted of a wide range
  • Pathos may be overutilized in this text
  • Should be more Logos to convince people, rather than her own opinion, which isn’t cold hard evidence
  • Rhetorical Questions
  • Emphasis (with caps)
  • Conversational tone
  • Triplets/Tricolon

Humor

  • Humor conceals the lack of evidence and logic
  • Should use humor more sparingly