Driving to the Funeral

1.What logos does Quindlen use? What facts, stats, quotes from authorities, and logical cause/effect statements does she use? Quote at least 2.


2.What pathos does Quindlen use? What appeals to emotion, metaphors, rhetorical figures, and parallel sentence structures does she use? Quote at least 2.
Her just using the fact about teens dying.


3.What ethos does Quindlen use? How does she establish her credibility as an author? How does she deal with threats to her credibility? Quote at least 2 instances.


4.How persuasive was Qunidlen overall? Explain. Who might she convince most effectively and who wouldn’t she be successful with?
I believe that she was pretty pursuasive. She would maybe convince some parents. She would definitely not be successful with the teenagers.