Makes the statement “I was born into generational poverty; for many decades, most of my family members were uneducated, unskilled, and, like 44 million Americans, illiterate” and uses this person's experience on the topic to support much of his points he makes (Beegle 342). The use of persuasive writing is defiantly present in the writing. She does this using her own personal and uses situations like, to paraphrase, when she left school her teachers told her that it would be bad for her future, but because it wasn't put into a perspective that was easy for her to understand, it didn't help her. He goes on to say that if this teacher had taken the course she would have known how to present a more compelling argument for her concerns and would have had a better argument for why she should stay in school (Beeegle 342). In writing the author does not use any intimidating or confusing language and is mostly down to earth in her explanations of her points. There is, however, the use of appeals in writing. Beegle uses a logical appeal by referring to Oprah Winfrey as a credible authority and does so