We Can Afford to Give Parents a Break

The prevailing pattern of development in Jody Heyman's "We an Afford to Give Parents a Break" is cause and effect. She presents counterarguments for the myths that shroud mothering policies. She begins her essay by defining the issue at hand then elaborates by classifying those issues to incorporate elements of logos and pathos. To strengthen her elaborations, she uses comparing/contrasting techniques(Ireland vs. the U.S's  economic growth, the U.S's stance in economic competition relative to other countries', low vs. middle income mothers).

Rhetorical Einstein

Einstein's rhetorical effectiveness is attributed to his appeal to logos, ethos, and pathos. He establishes ethos with a Nobel Prize in Physics and credentials in the theory of relativity. Einstein also incorporates logos as he voices support for science's Laws of Nature and further strengthens his argument with his acknowledgement of the religious controversy. Last but not least, Einstein appeals to pathos when he reveals a connection between the laws of nature to the laws of the universe--that therein lies a larger power than science that continues to reinforce our emotional inferiority.