Sophie Krause's Rhetorical Analysis: Go Green With Blue Roof

Pollution is starting to be a major problem in the United States. The main problem begins in cities or highly populated areas and it can occur because of car exhaust, emissions from manufacturing companies, cigarette smoke, biological pollutants, etc. One way Sophie Krause proposes to solve at least a part of the problem is to “Go Green with Blue Roofs.” She proposes that people change the structure of their roof in order to help the draining systems. The water will filter better and public waterways will be safer to drink from. Throughout the article, Sophie Krause appeals to ethos, logos, and pathos to persuade the readers of her views, although does not provide hard facts to support her claims.

In her article “Going Green with Blue Roofs”

Krause’ arguments follow a logical order. She starts the essay by stating a general environmental mimicking tool to better our ecosystem and then rhetorically asks the reader about blue roofs. As she goes through the article, she depicts how the blue roofs work and then goes through exactly what a water drop would be doing with the system versus without the system. Finally, she concludes her work by showing personal connections with designing and building blue roofs. This establishes ethos within the reader, and makes you trust her claims about how the system will benefit the environment. Since Sophie Krause utilizes all three rhetorical appeals: ethos, pathos, and logos, it makes the reader truly believe in these systems and want to get involved. Krause does state facts in her argument, although they always seem vague and ineffective. For example, “Today, less than half an inch of rain can overload the average US sewer system. Water savings add up quickly, and cities are desperate for solutions.” What exactly is the average US water system and how could it be possible to overflow that quickly? She also states cities are desperate for solutions, but never states what petitions

However, through the lack of real statistics, relevant support, and information about various construction companies, Sophie Krause fails in writing a credible persuasive argument. The article, “Going Green With Blue Roofs” is effective when it appeals to pathos and logos because the majority of her points pull at the reader’s heartstrings and everything is logical; however, hard statistics are lacking. All of her “unequivocal data” is vague in numbers and does not provide real facts. The only truth in her argument is that the environment is in danger and we need to do something about it., Reconstructing roofs is not the only way we can do this, but it is a step forward in the