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One such woman, author Jessica Grose, wrote “Cleaning:  \nThe Final Feminist Frontier,” published in 2013 in the New Republic, and she argues that while the men in our lives recently started taking on more of the childcare and cooking, cleaning still falls unfairly on women. Grose begins building her credibility with personal facts and reputable sources, citing convincing facts and statistics, and successfully employing emotional appeals; however, toward the end of the article, her attempts to appeal to readers’emotions weaken her credibility and ultimately, her argument.  \nIn her article, Grose first sets the stage by describing a specific scenario of housecleaning with her husband after being shut in during Hurricane Sandy, and then she outlines the uneven distribution of cleaning work in her marriage and draws a comparison to the larger feminist issue of who does the cleaning in a relationship. Grose continues by discussing some of the reasons that men do not contribute to cleaning: the praise for a clean house goes to the woman; advertising and media praise men’s cooking and childcare, but not cleaning; and lastly, it is just not fun. Possible solutions to the problem, Grose suggests, include making a chart of who does which chores, dividing up tasks based on skill and ability, accepting a dirtier home, and making cleaning more fun with gadgets.  \nThroughout her piece, Grose uses many strong sources that strengthen her credibility and appeal to ethos, as well as build her argument. These sources include,“sociologists Judith Treas and Tsui-o Tai,” “a 2008 study from the University of New Hampshire,” and “P&G North America Fabric Care Brand Manager, Matthew Krehbiel”(qtd. in Grose) . Citing these sources boosts Grose’s credibility by showing that she has  \nHook  \nContext  \nArticle author’s claim or purpose  \nThesis  \nSummary of the article’s main points in the second paragraph (could also be in the introduction)  \nThird paragraph begins with a transition and topic sentence that reflects the first topic in the thesis  \nQuotes illustrate how the author uses appeals to ethos  \ndone her homework and has provided facts and statistics, as well as expert opinions to support her claim. She also uses personal examples from her own home life to introduce and support the issue, which shows that she has a personal stake in and first-hand experience with the problem.  \nAdding to her ethos appeals, Grose uses strong appeals to logos, with many factsand statistics and logical progressions of ideas. She points out facts about her marriage and the distribution of household chores: “My husband and I both work. We split midnight baby feedings ...but ... he will admit that he’s never cleaned the bathroom, that Ido the dishes nine times out often, and that he barely knows how the washer and dryer work in the apartment we’ve lived in for over eight months.” These facts introduce and support the idea that Grose does more household chores than her husband. Grose continues with many statistics:  \n[A]bout 55 percent of American mothers employed full time do some housework on an average day, while only 18 percent of employed fathers do. ... [W]orking women with children are still doing a week and a half more of“second shift”work each year than their male partners. ... Even in the famously gender-neutral Sweden, women do 45 minutes more housework a day than their male partners.  \nThese statistics are a few of many that logically support her claim that it is a substantial and real problem that men do not do their fair share of the chores. The details and numbers build an appeal to logos and impress upon the reader that this is a problem worth discussing.  \nAlong w","cbCaib3EhAZeyVBR","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaib3EhAZeyVBR","pdf",361040,"English","# Hook\n## Context\n## Thesis\n# Summary of the article’s main points\n## Quotes illustrating ethos\n## Quotes illustrating logos\n## Quotes illustrating pathos","[{\"question\":\"What is the main claim of the rhetorical analysis essay?\",\"answer\":\"The essay argues that Grose builds credibility with credible sources and emotional appeals, but her emotional attempts near the end weaken her credibility and ultimately undermine her argument.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the essay describe Grose’s use of ethos?\",\"answer\":\"It describes Grose strengthening credibility with personal facts, reputable sources, and citations from experts and studies, as well as her own firsthand experiences at home.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the essay explain Grose’s use of logos and pathos?\",\"answer\":\"It states that logos is supported by facts, statistics, and logical progression about household chore distribution, while pathos is created through emotionally charged language that evokes sympathy and feelings about fairness and injustice.\"}]","Rhetorical Analysis Sample Essay - Not Quite a Clean Sweep | PDF",1790080910]