The Minimum Wage:
How Much is too Much?
Rhetorical Strategies
Rhetorical Situations
Cultural Values
Author
Audience
Message/Purpose
Pathos
Logos
Ethos
Lots of hyperlinks
Personal experience
Acknowledge counterarguments
What a reasonable minimum wage would be
What too high of a minimum wage would be
Experience as an economist
Personal research
Statistics
Stats about results of raising
the minimum wage
Level of formality
Conversational tone
Expert opinions
Results of professional
studies
Organization
Short but dense paragraphs
Econ professor at Princeton
Those who are interested in
minimum wage increases
Persuade audience
$15 minimum wage has too
many negative effects
$12 minimum wage is reasoable
Context
Response to minimum wage increases
Low wage workers should still
be able to make a living
There needs to be a federal minimum wage
Understanding trade-offs of raising
the minimum wage
Raising the minimum wage will have effects on the economy no matter what