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In my freshman year of college i did a research essay on how Chinese immigrants became a model minority in the United States and the different ways that they assimilated with American culture and society since their immigration history.

Ethos – In my essay i provided ethos by directly mentioning credible resources. A lot of the statistical data came from the credible resources and also using a formal tone to show my audience that this is an research and informative essay. The essay is also spell checked, which gives the audience the notion that this essay was well done and also checked. I also provided the authors are very highly educated in the topics i discussed so the audience knows that the information is coming from a person a lot of knowledge of the topic.

Pathos – In my essay pathos isn’t really used because it is an informative essay and i am not trying to appeal to anybody’s emotion instead i am using information to persuade my audience to think the way i think. I would say the emotion in my essay is a serious informative tone that appeals to somebody’s that is interested in the topic and wants to learn more about it.

Logos – My essay is mostly logos because i am using statistics to persuade and inform my audience to believe what i am saying. The essay is mostly logical and basically backing up claims with reasoning and data.

Toulmin Method analysis:

Claim: Chinese immigrants are one of the immigrant groups that are part of Americas model minorities.

Reasons: The educational attainment, labor force participation, and income of Chinese Americans are higher than many other immigrant groups in America.

Evidence: 25 percent of Chinese immigrants hold a bachelors degree and 29 percent of them had an advanced degree. Employment rates for white men are about 89 percent and for Chinese men the employment rate is about 88 percent. Not having a college degree only reduces the employment rate for Chinese by 1 percent. The average income for Chinese Americans is $65,050 which is much higher than the national average.

Using both the rhetorical analysis really helped me better understand my work. I noticed that i didn’t use pathos a lot in my essay which maybe i can learn to use in the future. Another thing i could use more of in my essays are ethos and appealing to the audience with more character. Using the Toulmin method gave me a better understanding on the claims and reasons that i used and how they are necessary for writing my informative essay.

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