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Angelo Young writes another article that highlights his passion for innovation. Young opens the article appealing to ethos by highlighting films and TV shows that feature flying cars. These familiar films and TV shows draw the readers' attention and set up the author to introduce the latest innovation in transportation. Young's main argument in the article is that despite recent advancements in technology, the flying car is "likely to be a toy for the suburban wealthy until safety rules for mass deployment are worked out."
Young emphasizes the low likelihood of any upcoming release of flying cars to the general public by appealing to logos and stating that the first patent for a flying car was issued in 1918. The author states this to stress the point that technology for the flying car has been around for a long time and that it still lacks the proper research to be implemented in today's society. Young creates an optimistic tone for the development of flying car technology. He goes on to state that "we might see these passenger drones being tested over cities within three years." The use of the first person personal pronoun "we" implies that Young is also looking toward the introduction of flying cars to the public. The tone quickly shifts as Young highlights his main argument, that safety comes first. Young shifts from the optimistic tone he creates, to a skeptical tone. The shift in tone is clear when the author addresses the readers concerns for safety in flying cars, and states the "[they] aren't alone" in their concerns. Young uses the readers' skepticism and facts about the general publics concern to support his argument. Young cites that "results of an online survey released this month by Michael Sivak and Brandon Schoettle of the University of Michigan’s Transportation Research Institute showed significant public concern about the technology...62 percent of respondents said they were “very concerned” about safety issues," to appeal to the readers' skepticism and strengthen his own argument. He effectively does this to formulate a strong argument.
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