Paper A: Achieving the “Glorious Goal:” Is More Really Best?

1. The goal of this paper was to get high school seniors to realize that BYU is not the only place they have to go in order to date or marry. It could, in fact, hurt those chances. If they go to BYU they should put the educational benefits as their first reason for going.

2. The argument is that by going to BYU, you could in some ways hurt your chances of getting married while in college. The reasoning behind this is that when we have too many choices, it can actually debilate us and prevent us from making a decision.

3. The audience is LDS high school seniors who are applying to colleges and think they have to go to BYU in order to get married.

4. The paper uses logos to make its argument, talking about the Paradox of Choice. It argues that because of how our brains work, it's logical that when we have too many choices, it will make it harder to make a choice. The paper also uses ethos because it presents facts from the BYU website itself, as well as the Paradox of Choice argument from a psychologist.

5. I think this paper could make people possibly think about the issue, when they otherwise wouldn't have considered the fact that it might not be all love at first sight and wedding bells. But as far as affecting someone's choice of college, I'm not sure it would have much of an influence.

STAR
I think the evidence was typical. A reaosnable/intelligent high school audience would accept this. It uses personal example, references from Church magazines, and a psychologist.
I think that the evidence is relevant, as well. It is directly connected to the argument. Most everything points towards the argument.

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