Ferguson Article Comparison

Fox News Piece

main argument: focusing on educational aspect and how it has affected the students, raises the concern of their safety  in the U.S.

purpose: prevent future incidents such as this by informing students of the history of inequality against colored races

intended audience: parents, school officials

secondary audience: members of the community, people who read the newspaper

exigence: racial inequality

brief cultural context: shooting  of Brown

the constraints: they did not include the public point of view (a lot of assumptions)

appeals:

logos: whether schools should talk about the Ferguson incident

ethos: references to secondary information and official reports

pathos:

Democracy Now:

main argument: whether or not federal government should be involved

purpose: police brutality has been more severe with federal support backed by the president

intended audience: local community, people who follow political news

secondary audience: students

exigence: racial inequality

brief cultural context: shooting  of Brown

the constraints: it does not look at the point of view of the branches apart from the presidential

 

 

 

Response to What is Rhetoric 9/16/14

I agree with Miller and i feel that in order to be a successful rhetoric writer you must consider all aspects of rhetoric writing. Ethos, Pathos, Logos and Style all work in hand in hand in creating rhetoric writing. When writing you cannot forgot to use one because then you are not really being persuasive. You must consider all dynamics of writing for your reader to really grasp what your overall message is.