Rhetorical Analysis Of `` The Best Argument Against Gay...

Rhetorical Analysis Robert George is a Princeton professor, an adamant dissenter of same-sex marriage, and was a strong supporter of Proposition 8. One of the most prevalent arguments used by Robert George to combat same-sex marriage was the â€Å"’common procreation’ rationale† which was the idea that marriage should strictly be heterosexual due to the ability to procreate (401). On December 13, 2010, Slate.com published an article called â€Å"The Best Argument Against Gay Marriage: And Why It Fails.† This article was a counterargument made by Kenji Yoshino, a New York University Law professor. In this article, Yoshino states that Robert George and his co-authors’ argument that gay marriage should be banned due to same-sex couples’ inability to procreate is invalid because it is statistically flawed and it makes unintentional attacks on certain groups of opposite-sex couples. Yoshino’s strongest asset in his counterargument is his blatant sarcasm. Yoshino writes using a very simplistic sentence structure. His sentences tend to be very short, succinct, and somewhat digestible to the average reader. This simplicity may be indicative of Yoshino’s attempt to connect with a wider audience rather than taken as sarcasm, but his word choice says otherwise. Despite writing in a very simplistic fashion, Yoshino maintains an air of formality by using more sophisticated diction. Instances of this can be seen when he refers to George’s argument on â€Å"sexual exclusivity,† the â€Å"secular argument†Show MoreRelatedRalph Ellison s Invisible Man1210 Words   |  5 Pagesglobalization—has made many yearn for the past, when things were more â€Å"normal† and less diverse. Understanding the destructive nature of this human tendency, Ralph Ellison, through the experiences of his narrator and through the use of rhetorical devices, weaves his argument against conformity and for diversity in his critically acclaimed work, Invisible Man. 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