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The author of Eating Animals uses many rhetorical analysis techniques. I feel like one of the main techniques he uses is pathos. He uses pathos very much especially in the first and second chapters, but I think that the main reason he did that was to grasp us emotionally before he gets into the main points of his argument. Foer also uses logos to establish his argument as well. He uses it to help him seem more relatable. The stories that he tells us to really appeal to our emotions also helps him seem more relatable and more of a person. Also the author uses logos since he makes his arguments make sense. The main example in this book so far is that since we eat pigs and cows, why don't we eat dogs as well. He makes a point to state that dogs aren't smarter then those animals so what stops us from eating them. In my perspective this is a very logical argument. It makes a lot of sense to me. In chapter 6  of Thank you for Arguing he touches upon virtue, wisdom, and disinterest. Heinrichs knows that not everyone shares the same virtue/opinion he has but he makes it a point to say that he doesn't have anything against people who aren't vegetarian. He doesn't have practical wisdom since he admits that he makes mistakes and he isn't perfect. It makes him seem more human. Overall, the author uses many rhetorical techniques we have already talked about.