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Attached is the prompt and a drafted introduction for the essay. The report is on an article titled, "There's More to Life than Being Happy" by Emily Esfahani Smith, heres a link to the text. https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2013/01...
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Smith wrote the article "There's More to Life Than Being Happy" as a way of
popularizing the importance of having the real meaning of basic happiness
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The following essay presents a rhetorical analysis of the article "There's More to Life
Than Being Happy" by Emily Esfahani Smith
Ethos
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The author uses the ethos appeal in her article, "There's More to Life Than Being
Happy," to describe how happiness has infinite interpretations
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Throughout the article, Smith uses string sources that play a key role in strengthening her
credibility and appeal of ethos
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Additionally, to boost her credibility, Smith discusses how Frankl has worked as a
therapist and how he provides various examples in his article, including the two suicidal
inmates he encountered while writing the article
Logos
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In addition to the ethos appeals, Smith still uses strong appeals to logos. That is mainly
through how she uses a variety of facts and statistical data while presenting her
progressions of ideas
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Smith also uses her individual stories, which play a significant role in putting her face on
the connection of happiness and its meaning
Pathos
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Along with her logos appeals, Smith still makes appeals to pathos in various parts of the
article
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The image that Smith evokes within the article presents happiness among human beings
and its meaning
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Nevertheless, Smith fails to provide the same level of effectiveness at the end of the
article, presenting an appeal to ethos
Conclusion
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Although Smith started her article by persuading her readers about the relationship
between happiness and its meaning, she ends up losing her power towards the end of the
article
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Rhetorical Analysis of “There’s More to Life Than Being Happy” by Emily Esfahani Smith
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Rhetorical Analysis of “There’s More to Life Than Being Happy” by Emily Esfahani Smith
Smith wrote the article "There's More to Life Than Being Happy" as a way of
popularizing the importance of having the real meaning of basic happiness. She uses the article
to merge with Holocaust survivor Victor Frankl's information, who also played a significant role
in the topic. She, therefore, provides a simple connection between happiness and its meaning
regardless of whether it is with another human being or an object and how it can provide real
meaning to the life of an individual. She still plays a critical role in the article by connecting
meaningful life and many other things, including self-actualization and social contribution.
The following essay presents a rhetorical analysis of th...