Not My Cup Of Tea Rhetorical Analysis

Not My Cup of Tea (Coffee)

Debates over how healthy coffee really is has grown recently because many more coffee shops, such as Starbucks, have opened up across the world. People who protest against coffee often claim that it is highly addictive and those addicted can’t “live” unless they have their daily dose of coffee. Those who believe coffee is fine to drink usually make claims that the body will adapt to the coffee intake and improves the human life expectancy; therefore, making it safe to drink. Whether coffee is your cup of tea, many authors have debated over this topic. Both Drayer and Hyman have written their own article on whether they believe coffee is healthy or not. Debating over the topic of whether coffee is healthy can be controversial; however, both authors used different rhetorical techniques to prove their reasons to why they are for or against it.

Because of Hyman’s title, “Ten Reasons to Quit your Coffee!” the audience can probably predict that there are ten reasons to be presented. Since Hyman only shows one side of the argument, he continues by listing his arguments, which of course adds up to be ten. This may seem like a great deal but then again he didn’t present the other side. This rhetorical technique is a fallacy known as Stacking the Deck. Stacking the Deck is when the author only provides useful evidence from one side, otherwise known as “cherry picking”. Another fallacy that could relate to Hyman’s writing is recognized as False Dilemma also known as the either/or fallacy. This fallacy shows that the author only gives two options, dubbed the “either/or” fallacy, but both options represents the one side he/she is on. In this case, the author only display the threats of coffees but not representing the other side. So the options presented to the audience is either you believe in Hyman wrote or don’t believe anything at all; since there is nothing pros