Rhetorical Strategies in“8 Reasons Parents Don’t Vaccinate (And Why They Should)” by Tara Haelle Recently, more and more parents have grown skeptical of vaccinations, claiming they are dangerous and can cause an array of negative side effects. Author Tara Haelle wrote, “8 Reasons Parents Don’t Vaccinate (And Why They Should),” shortly after the 2015 measles outbreak in the United States, Mexico, and Canada, in order to address these popular concerns and eliminate them. Haelle cites a number of professional sources to add to her credibility, effectively providing her argument with factual evidence. Although her use of emotional appeals are sparse, they also prove effective in contributing to her argument that parents should vaccinate their children. In this article, Haelle begins by describing the recent outbreak of measles, which began in Disneyland and spread
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The main focus of the article is to take the concerns of many parents about vaccinations, and to help them learn why these are false. By stating the worries, Haelle intends to make the readers feel a sense of fear and concern for what could happen to their children if they do not have them vaccinated. Parents want their children to be safe and happy, which is why this is beneficial. She also uses the fear tactic throughout other parts of her article, using phrases such as, “nearly everyone got the disease,” and “[t]he diseases . . . can lead to hospitalization or even death,” as well as, “victim,” “severe,” “risk,” and other frightening words (qtd. in Haelle). Through these words and phrases, the author hopes to “scare” the readers away from their previous beliefs. While these examples prove effective in adding to Haelle’s argument, there are too few of them and the article would benefit from an addition of more appeals to the reader’s
The main focus of the article is to take the concerns of many parents about vaccinations, and to help them learn why these are false. By stating the worries, Haelle intends to make the readers feel a sense of fear and concern for what could happen to their children if they do not have them vaccinated. Parents want their children to be safe and happy, which is why this is beneficial. She also uses the fear tactic throughout other parts of her article, using phrases such as, “nearly everyone got the disease,” and “[t]he diseases . . . can lead to hospitalization or even death,” as well as, “victim,” “severe,” “risk,” and other frightening words (qtd. in Haelle). Through these words and phrases, the author hopes to “scare” the readers away from their previous beliefs. While these examples prove effective in adding to Haelle’s argument, there are too few of them and the article would benefit from an addition of more appeals to the reader’s