One of the blogs I am considering for my rhetorical analysis is the Washington Post blog On Faith. Here is the specific post.
Susan Raghavan is the author. The issue is the death of a prominent recruiter of the Al-Qaida network and the impact of his death on the Global War on Terror/US Operations in the Middle East. The intended audience is English-speaking readers of the Washington Post, specifically those interested in religions.
The author is trying to inform us of the events surrounding the death of this individual, and the impact it will have. She is using quotes, statistics, imagery, video and logic. It causes me to feel somewhat humbled by the magnitude and the expanse of our operations in the Middle East. I feel glad that a serious threat has been eliminated, and sadenned at the reminder of the thousands of deaths that have resulted from his works. I cannot speak for everyone else in the audience. It is important that the readers feel some sense of relief that we are somewhat safer than we were when we went to bed last night. That being said, we must remain vigilant: all around this country there are scouts from terror organizations that are trying to find the next major target.
Susan Raghavan is the author. The issue is the death of a prominent recruiter of the Al-Qaida network and the impact of his death on the Global War on Terror/US Operations in the Middle East. The intended audience is English-speaking readers of the Washington Post, specifically those interested in religions.
The author is trying to inform us of the events surrounding the death of this individual, and the impact it will have. She is using quotes, statistics, imagery, video and logic. It causes me to feel somewhat humbled by the magnitude and the expanse of our operations in the Middle East. I feel glad that a serious threat has been eliminated, and sadenned at the reminder of the thousands of deaths that have resulted from his works. I cannot speak for everyone else in the audience. It is important that the readers feel some sense of relief that we are somewhat safer than we were when we went to bed last night. That being said, we must remain vigilant: all around this country there are scouts from terror organizations that are trying to find the next major target.
2 comments:
Brandon,
This blog post, while certainly interesting, seems more journalistic than persuasive; that is, it seems to report on the facts (for the most part) rather than persuade people towards a certain opinion/way of thinking. Because rhetoric is predominantly about persuasion, I'm worried you won't be able to find enough to analyze in this post, or that you won't be able to look at it in the necessary analytical context. I'd recommend you look around for a few different options that are more persuasive in nature.
-cbh
I just found this: http://www.glennbeck.com/content/blog/stu/eleve-ways-warren-buffett-is-lying-about-warren-buffett/
It is entitled "Eleven ways Warren Buffett is lying about Warren Buffett" by Stu Burguiere on Glenn Beck's website. The issue is putting Warren Buffett's comments into proper perspective. Stu is trying to show how ridiculous it really is to write a law based off of what one man has said, regardless of who that man may be.
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