RA #9

Rhetorical Analysis on Paper A (Piñatas and Parties)
1. The argument in this paper is that there are negative behavioral consequences that stem from piñatas. Because piñatas include violent hitting and selfish collection of candy, they in turn encourage greed and aggressive behavior.
2. The audience for this paper is bilingual, pro-piñata, Hispanic mother of young children. The audience would have to value not only the traditional, entertaining aspect of piñatas at parties, but also the results in their children’s behaviors and attitudes.
3. The goal for this paper is to convince these mothers that piñatas do in fact promote such feelings or behaviors of selfishness and violence. By this persuasion the goal would therefore be to get these mothers to stop buying and practicing this party game.
4. This is mainly done by use of sufficiency; through examples, research information, and other facts. Authority, or ethos, is used throughout the paper as a way to better persuade. The authority is brought in by the journal articles on the relevant subject matter.
5. This article is not that effective to me. Only because there are much more serious things out there that are tied to violent or aggressive behavior and greedy attitudes. This paper needs to be more sufficient as well, by including more research of relevance.