Dodgeball Persuasive Techniques

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Leenah Kamiha Ms. Kutcher 8th Grade ELA, period 8 8 March 2024.

Dodgeball Persuasive Techniques TDA (Totally didn’t cry during this 100%).

To support their claim, the author uses persuasive techniques such as Ethos, Pathos, and Logos to help back up their claim. The National Association for Sport and Physical Education (NASPE) uses persuasive techniques in the article, “Position on Dodgeball in Physical Education”, to support their claim on why dodgeball should not be in physical education.

To begin with, the NASPE uses Ethos to help support their claim by giving credibility to experts in physical education. The NASPE talks about how children should be active, the NASPE states that, “According to NASPE’s Appropriate Practices for Elementary
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The NASPE wants children to be active and to enjoy being active and they really don’t feel like dodgeball isn’t really keeping them active, the NASPE states, “61.5% of children aged 9-13 years do not participate in any organized physical activity during their non-school hours.” (986). The point the author is stating is that most children do not stay active outside of school and they think that dodgeball is the reason for this. The author uses percentages and information to help support their claim, since people can not really fight against factual information. Continuing on, if children are not active early on in their lives they will not be active later in their lives, the NASPE states, “One-third of high school students are not adequately active.” (986). The author reveals this to the reader to make the reader understand that since one-third of high schoolers are not really active, that it might have to do something with their previous experiences with physical activity. This is important to note because if children at a young age end up dislike physical activity, why would they end up doing it during adulthood? As one can see, the author supports their claim by using factual information to help the reader understand their point of view on dodgeball. Additionally, the author continues to support their claim by using pathos to create an emotional appeal. For instance, the