Choose one of the five articles for analysis.
In a 3-page essay, explain why you believe the writer used this unique group of devices and strategies to communicate with his/her audience.
You may want to consider the devices and strategies the writer does use, but also why he or she may not have used some others.
The essay should contain the following:
specific examples and details from the text to support your ideas
at least 1 correctly incorporated direct quotation
at least 1 correctly incorporated paraphrase
Sample theses:
Because he assumes his audience will respond most positively to scientific data, Poole rarely uses rhetorical devices designed to tug at an audience’s heartstrings.
Poole uses a variety of rhetorical devices to surprise his audience and, perhaps, broaden their understanding of the ways in which artificial enhancements affect human lives today.