Rhetoric Strategies In Abates Participation Trophies Send A Powerful Message

NameSchoolSubjectDateRhetoric strategies in Abate’s “Participation Trophies Send a Powerful Message”Rewarding is the best source of motivation, not only for adults but also for the younger stars engaging in a competition; many people grow with this statement in mind and use the notion as a piece of advice that should allow conditioning of hard work in any contest (Wróbel 401-421). One of the people who believe that only winners should be rewarded for their efforts, author Parker Abate, wrote In Youth Sports, “Participation Trophies Send a Powerful Message”, published in October 2016 in New York Times. He argues that while not all participants win a competition, working with the members of the team with an objective of receiving victory teaches them a lesson that in life it is important to participate in teamwork and giving it all and should be rewarded for their efforts. Abate begins to show his credibility by trying to illuminate the truth through the creation of sound and moving pictures (emotional appeal) that giving so much to the team only to see a peer receiving a prize while one have none is degrading, and they deserve to be given back. However, his arguments are not supported