Julie Seal
June 20, 2019
Instructor Higuera
UNV-105
Rhetorical of CDC's article regarding ADHD
Center for Disease Control (CDC) has created a web page to educate individuals (readers)
Attention Deficit and Hyperactive Disorder (ADHD). Their webpage shares information
pertaining to the three different forms of ADHD; Predominantly Inattentive Presentation,
Impulsive Presentation and Combined Presentation. Readers can also learn about is it causes,
effects, symptoms, diagnosis and treatment in young children for this disease. On the CDC's
webpage they can draw and readers using ethos, logos, and pathos or in other words by using
knowledge and information that gains the trust of their audience, data that is used to relay the
information that is given or relayed and by using emotions or showing emotions in their writing.
CDC uses ethos the most in the article on their web page regarding ADHD. Not only do they
write using such a knowledgeable information on this disease, but they also easily gain the trust
of their audience or their readers. The subtopics alone that are discussed easily draws in readers.
A few of the sub-topics that you will find when you read this article on ADHD are causes,
symptoms and treatment for this disease. With just those few sub-topics the CDC now has the
attention and the open-mindedness from readers to want to learn more information on the disease
(ADHD). You can find the article discussing some causes of this disease which are actually
created within pregnancy and not necessarily after the birth of the child like most people would
assume. Which is great information for readers to understand, to hopefully reduce or eliminate
the blame other individuals put on the parents (or those raising children or teaching/mentoring).
Society seems to constantly be blaming parents foot bad parenting or not enough discipline
therefore, this article on CDC’s webpage is a very informative and knowledge article to see the
truth of how this disease is actually caused and how it can possibly be prevented. In conclusion,
the Center for Disease Control mainly uses ethos, or knowledge and powerful information
gaining trust of their audience in their article on ADHD.
Center for Disease Control using logos (data and evidence) and their article keep the readers
interested and focus on this article about ADHD. Mentioned in the article is the fact that research
does not support the popular beliefs or views held that ADHD is caused by eating too much
sugar, watching television, parenting or social and environmental ( poverty, family chaos). The
CDC provides a resource to one of their sponsors; National Resource Center on ADHD. This is a
program of children and adults with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD). They
also provide information for services to children with special needs; Center for Patent
Information and Resources. You will find that they use data from National surveys to understand
how many children have ADHD, some concerns, or possible conditions these children may
experience. inclusion you are reading this article how well the CDC brings forth information
using logos (data and evidence) to not only gain attention from their readers, but also the trust of
their audience or readers.
Pathos (emotions) being the last form used by the CDC in this article was slightly hard to
determine. I don’t believe the CDC used much emotion when they wrote the article on ADHD.
They filled their article with great information, knowledge as well as data and I think that is one
of the main reasons that it lacked so much emotion. Also, maybe if they had more opinions or
feedback from their audience regarding ATC they may have been able to introduce more
emotions (pathos) in this article. So emotions (pathos) for the lack of, would be the last form in
which the CDC wrote this article on ADHD.
I have now been able to give you my analysis on this article the CDC wrote and posted on their
web page about ADHD. You can now understand the difference in eagles, logos, and pathos as
well as how well or not well they were used in the CDC’s article. I also hope that you fine for the
information I provided intriguing enough that you yourself we’re going to the CDC’S webpage
to read this article on ADHD.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Predominantly_Hyperactive-Impulsive_Type
https://www.mpf.org/documents/ADHD.pdf