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Artricia Bitte
ENG- 105
09/08/23
Professor Feldbush
The CDC on ADHD: A Rhetorical Analysis
ADHD is Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder it is one of the most common
neurodevelopment disorders of children that can last in their adulthood. Children with ADHD
have a hard time paying attention, controlling impulsive behaviors, short attention spans,
fidgeting and so much more. Many different websites give more information about ADHD. One
is the CDC the Center for Disease Control and Prevention provides reliable facts about many
different diseases and mental disorders. After reading the website their facts and information
about ADHD on the CDC website, it was very brief and just straight to the point. But it was
appropriate for their audience. There are a great amount of websites available for your access,
but it's important to review, interpret, and determine the purpose of the author’s or writers'
content. Authors and writers use a persuasive appeal to capture their audience. The CDC’s
website demonstrates how Logos, Ethos, and Pathos can be used to influence and reach their
audience in learning about ADHD. Logos appeals to the audience’s reason, building up logical
arguments. Ethos appeals to the speaker’s status or authority, making the audience more likely to
trust them. Pathos appeals to emotions, trying to make the audience feel angry or sympathetic,
for example.
The first Rhetorical appeal is logos, The CDC uses logos to help support their facts about
ADHD, and they used clear and reliable resources. The writer uses the facts and information to
help engage the reader and audience to feel more connected to what they are saying. Logos is
used to help the audience engage with the author more. As the writer stated, it’s made very clear
that there is research still being done to find out more about ADHD which leads the audience to
want to know the reason how ADHD is developed. This will lead the audience to want to know
more about it.
The next Rhetorical appeal that the CDC uses is Ethos, which is when someone uses
credible resources to get their point across to the audience (Foy, 2022, p.71.
The CDC is one of
the topmost resourceful websites, they can rely on their resources. The CDC has research and
reliable resources to help provide information to its audience.
Throughout the CDC’s history, it
has shown that it’s a credible resource they have provided factual evidence. In fact, it is known
that 64% of children with ADHD
have other mental, emotional, and/or behavioral disorders,
such as conduct disorder, anxiety, depression, autism, and Tourette syndrome (CDC, 2018). On
the CDC website, researchers and doctors listed 3 types of ways ADHD presents itself depending
on how strong the symptoms are in the individual (CDC, 2022). The 3 types are Predominantly
Inattentive Presentation; it is hard for the individual to organize or finish a task pay attention to
details, or follow instructions or conversation (CDC, 2022). The second symptom is
Predominantly Hyperactive-Impulsive Presentation; the person fidgets and talks a lot. The last
symptom is combined presentation; the two above symptoms are equally presented in the
person (CDC,2022). With all of the information, the CDC is a trustworthy source to use when
you need to know more about ADHD.
The last Rhetorical appeal that the CDC uses is Pathos; which is the emotional appeal to
the audience, which means to persuade an audience by purposely evoking certain emotions to
them feel the way the author wants them to feel (SLCC, 2021). On the CDC website, it has a
page with many different resource sections and pictures. The pictures show families who are
struggling with a child or preteen with ADHD, a family sitting and talking with the child’s doctor,
and another picture of a mom holding her daughter tight. All these will draw in the audience
because they’ll see that there is hope. They show familiarity with the audience.
In conclusion, we know that the CDC uses the three Rhetorical appeals Pathos, Ethos,
and logos to bring in the audience with emotional appeal, credible resources to get their point
across, and facts and information to engage with the audience. The CDC did a great job using
these three Rhetorical appeals. The entire article was very informative, it had good data and
graphs, other resources, very appealing to the audience with the bright colors and bold writing
and very emotional pictures. In all this was a great article to read because I am someone who
suffers from ADHD and nothing like having more information about my disorder, I would
definitely pass this article out to other families I know.
References
S
t. Louis Community College. (2021).
Pathos, Logos, and Ethos
. STLCC.
https://stlcc.edu/student-support/academic-success-and-tutoring/writing-center/writing-
resources/pathos-logos-and-ethos.aspx#:~:text=Pathos%2C%20or%20the%20appeal%20to
CDC. (2020, October 23).
What is ADHD?
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/adhd/facts.html#ADHDAdults
Faraone, S. V., Banaschewski, T., Coghill, D., Zheng, Y., Biederman, J., Bellgrove, M.
A., . . . Wang, Y. (2021). The World Federation of ADHD International Consensus
Statement: 208 evidence-based conclusions about the disorder. Neuroscience &
Biobehavioral Reviews. doi:10.1016/j.neubiorev.2021.01.022
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