Nabe’s (I)Ncite on Mark Coleman’s Review

Mark Coleman argues his viewpoint about water use through reviewing and critiquing Bottlemania, a book questioning the sale of water by Elizabeth Royte. Coleman’s argument is geared towards those that have read the book and those that purchase bottles of water. The writer of this piece appeals to the audience through the strong use of facts and referencing the text that he is critiquing. Coleman establishes his ethos through, not being an expert of water but by using facts from sources. Not only does his ethos shine but it also demonstrates how he portrays logos to develop his argument. He does this very well in his introductory paragraph as a way to captivate the reader to continue reading his view on bottled water. The pathos is not that outstanding however Mark Coleman uses some techniques to bring some type of emotion to the piece. An example of his use of pathos is when uses the rhetorical question: “What drives this obsessive thirst — this compulsion to pay for something we can essentially get for free?”.  Overall, Mark Coleman’s argument was highly effective, due to his interesting delivery of his points by reviewing a source. Mark Coleman was able to use a combination of Logos, Pathos, and Ethos to convey his argument.