Rhetoric Activity 1

When a child asks for permission to go to a party and is denied the right to attend by their parent, both use rhetoric to get the other to understand. The child might state that they are never allowed out anywhere or that they have behaved well lately therefore they are entitled to go out with friends. On the other hand, the parent might decide to list dangers that accompany a night out without close parental supervision or maybe state a dislike for the child's friends. The contesting child might use an older sibling who is allowed to go out as an argument for fair treatment. The parent might decide to site an incident to exemplify how things can go wrong if the child does go to the party alone. Each party will use what they feel like would be the best strategy to use to persuade the opposing person. Facts may be used but just the same, in the end the parent may use seniority to end the argument. If they really wanted to they could perhaps just say that the child had to do whatever they said because they were the parent and that's the end of that.