In Eliana Docterman’s argument “The Digital Parent Trap,” she explains children from ages 3 to 18 rely on technology most of their lives, and need it for their education and so on. She creates a good argument by using stylistic elements, appeals and more. She introduces an argumentative question by asking “ So who’s right, the mom trying to protect her kids from the perils of tech or the dad who’s coaching his kids to embrace it”. She then continues of this question. Docterman uses a great rebuttal from paragraphs [4-6]. She first explains that “cyberbullying can make kids feel depressed”. Then in the next paragraph she explains that some schools “connect with nature” and don't manage technology whatsoever. Those schools claim there is no benefit to having computers. She uses this rebuttal to inform or to explain the evidence she has piled up. It’s just bringing different opinions of people's knowledge so that the reader can choose a side. It’s great that she added it in here because it make the argument so much clear overall.…show more content… It’s called emotional appeal. The way she uses it is mostly through evidence and quotes. For example “ Reports about the rise of cyberbullying… can make kids feel depressed and insecure”. This shows how kids face depression through the internet. It can also make the reader feel sympathy for the abused children. Another example she uses for emotional appeal is “if we’re not exposing our students to this stuff early, Jackson continues,” they’re going to be left behind”. Once again, it's showing the non benifits about not having internet at an early
