Comic Books in The Classroom
by An examination of the rhetoric and workings of comic books in the classroom, an editorial which appeared in the New York Times.
An editorial from the New York Times brings into perspective workshops utilizing comic books as a teaching tool. The paper is clearly organized and the anonymous author has weak pathos because there was no emotion felt when I read the editorial. Throughout the editorial, “Comic Books in the Classroom”, written by an anonymous author for the New York Times, discusses the idea that introducing comic books in the class room can bring a whole new approach to students who would otherwise struggle with reading and comprehending literature. The author does not mean to “drop a comic book on a child’s desk and say: ‘read this.’” The editorial could have been more persuasive had the author used an allusion. Had the author had an analogy, it would have been more persuasive, for example, the author could have applied some of the similarities between traditional texts, and comic books. An anecdote would have also been helpful when persuading readers, for example, the author could have inserted a short story with a clear, strong message, that enlightened the reader about how comic books helped the main character in the story to read. The author could have used a different tone to fit the topic of the paper. The area that persuaded me, was how the author used a great statistic tone throughout their paper.
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