The intended audience is the “layman” or similar families that are being over looked. It is focused on the regular people that care about children and their welfare.
The argument was well thought out and has strong supporting evidence to back up its claim of the state not having enough workers. The basic argument is that the state Child Protective Service Agency also known as CPS “doesn’t have enough workers to protect abused kids.” The assumption that the argument relies on is that the audience is aware of what CPS actually does in these delinquent cases. There is a brief description given but there is obvious background information that we, the public, are not aware of. The author may have withheld the information to show the CPS as being capable of doing this tedious job but it’s actually more involved than we, the audience, are currently aware of.
The values this article holds are children and family. The author deems these values as important and expects the local government to take care of these two groups. These important terms are very clear and precise for the audience to grab ahold of. The author was smart to make these terms precise and to the point, leading the audience to become locked into the article because it keeps them persuaded. It is an interesting topic, mainly because the general public has similar values when it comes to protecting abused children.
The argument is supported with hard facts that CPS has a
huge “backlog” of delinquent cases. The author successfully gives the audience
evidence of why the title is legit and doesn’t leave much room to question the
claim’s authenticity. These facts and evidence can be verified by researching
CPS cases. The author also used a quote from a spokesman for CPS to get the
support on what is considered a “delinquent case.” The author does a good job
to cover all the bases to the claim.
The argument is successful because it convinced me that the
state of Texas really doesn’t have adequate staff for handling the many delinquent
cases the CPS office currently has. It changed my mind because I believed that
such an agency as the CPS would be fully and competently staffed due to their type
of work involving abused children. Accepting this argument doesn’t change my
current beliefs, it only confirms my belief that there are children in this
state that need help. This made a huge difference on my understanding of the
way the political world works. I generally believed that the state and its
local government would want to go above and beyond making sure they are staffed
and prepared for the children we, as a community, must protect. Children are our future and we must do all we can to keep them safe.
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