In the persuasive research essay “A Deadly Education” T. Leigh Maxwell argues that smoking should be banned from the campus of Clayton State University. The essay was written for the Clayton State University community. The purpose of this essay was to communicate the extreme health problems that can arise from second hand smoke to persuade the audience that it needs to be banned on the Clayton State Campus. The arrangement of the essay was very effective in relaying his argument. He began by giving a brief background of second hand smoke then stated how in most public areas smoking is banned. He then gave multiple examples of the harm that second hand smoke causes from multiple reliable sources. Maxwell had an extremely academic style and used formal language throughout the entire essay.
The most effect tool Maxwell used was his context. He included a lot of information about the danger of second hand smoke that I have not ever heard of before which is rare because second hand smoke is such a popular health issue. When I first began reading the paper I did not see a major problem with smoking on campus because when you do encounter someone smoking, it is typically only for a couple of seconds. After reading the entire essay and never being a fan of cigarette smoke, the context of the essay actually changed my opinion on the subject. This was a very well written persuasive research essay.
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