Conclusions in comparative article analysis

[Mao]

If I was to compare the articles and evaluate which one is more like to persuade I would say something such as:

" [Insert article here] by [insert author here] may appear to be more persuasive than the [insert article here] because the article by [the first author] offers statistics and expert opinion which makes his/her argument more credible while the [second article] is highly emotive and lacks any real knowledge of the content which may come across as a weakness in an attempt to persuade the audience."

unless the reader is emotionally involved in this issue, in which case emotive appeals would be more effective.

but the important thing is the content. quoting a bunch of statistics is a technique that can be persuasive, quoting a bunch of irrelevant techniques will probably do the opposite of being persuasive.
logical appeal works very well, but a badly-structured BS argument will convince absolutely no one, even those in agreement.

unless you are going to evaluate the contents and relevance and logic and all that, this REALLY isnt necessary.

[costargh]

It was just an example that I wrote at around 1 o'clock in the morning...