Comp@VT Exercise 2H

1) I imagine that the rhetorical situation . The writer's main purposes seem to be to analyze Gabriel McVey's editorial that was featured in the Collegiate Times. His audience's are his teacher and anyone who didn't read the editorial. I know because the analysis he wrote was for his 1106 English class, also the way he wrote his analysis, it seemed like he was speaking to college students.

2) The genre conventions I recognized in the text are argument, editorial, and report. I wrote two argumentative papers last semester in English 1105. I have written a number of reports for Engineering last semester and in high school. I have read many different argumentative newspaper and magazine articles as well as several editorials and numerous reports. Reports are most familiar to me as a convention.

3) The writer might have used persuasion in his rhetorical analysis. Argument gives the facts about the editorial but doesn't necessarily tell you if the editorial is effective or not. Persuasion also gives the facts but depending on the authors standpoint on the editorial may state more boldly if the editorial was effective or not.

4)The author could have used a different media, e.g. television. He could have read the article and then stated his rhetorical analysis and opinion. This would target audiences that aren't necessarily college students. The author would need to engage his audience more than he would if he just wrote a paper.

5)A teacher might use editorial to teach or inform his/her class. A social worker might use argument to place someone in a spot where they should be rather than a place that isn't safe. A scientist would use a report to express data and maybe an experiment or theory.