homework assignment 2.h

1. a. The rhetorical situation which represents this text would have to revolve around a political standpoint.  Bryan West directed his audience towards people who have not made up their mind about who to vote for.  His purpose was to review what Gabriel McVey talked about in his article "Do Not Be Fooled By the Clintons Again."  Bryan West wanted to point out certain points of his article and make them clear and help the audience understand what McVey was talking about.  The occasion that started the political articles was the 2008 presidential election.  Both writers wanted to help people who were unsure of who to vote for make the right decision.  West's genre would more likely be on the informative side because unlike Mcvey who is trying to persuade, West is simply explaining and informing you on the information that was stated in the first article.

b. Bryan West's main purpose was to analyze how Gabriel McVey used certain ways to appeal to his audience.  Bryan took everything that McVey said and broke it down finding out whether it was appropriate or not.  He specifically looked at how McVey used pathos and logos.

c. His audience could also be for people not sure about who to vote for, but also for people looking for responses to the first article and whether they should believe everything Gabriel said or not.

2.  a. This article seems like it is more of an informative essay.  The author does not really sound like he is trying to persuade anyone, but instead just taking the information from the previous article and explaining and informing the audience about it.

b. During my high school years I had to write plenty informative essay during my many english classes.

c. I have read speeches that are very informative and I have had to review many articles from newspapers and magazines about information then write papers on what I found.

d. The genre that is probably most familiar to me would be informative because I have written many research papers that are extremely informative.  I would say I am least familiar with persuasion because if I remember write I only have written maybe two small papers dealing with persuading someone.

3. a. I think the author could have also used a persuasive viewpoint by taking what he thought was wrong with the first article and using that information into trying to persuade the audience either one way or another.  The persuasive viewpoint is basically trying to get your audience to either agree or disagree with you.  The informative viewpoint is to take facts given to the author and explain to you different ways of thinking about a topic.  This author is supposed to inform you and let you make your own decision, while the persuader is trying to persuade you to their side.

4.  a. The author could use a narrative genre. He could take all the information that he knew and put it into a story about his experience with the election.  

b. A different audience he could direct his attention to would be his family and close friends. This group of people would listen carefully and understand where he was coming from.  Also if he wanted to go to a support group to read his article, I think they would be a good audience also.

c. Instead of using a persuasive perspective the author could take all of their ideas and make them extremely strong to try and prove a point to the audience.  Instead of trying to persuade someone, the author should just make their viewpoint extremely strong that their audience will just want to agree with them.

5. These genres used in both of the articles could be used anywhere.  To me it seems like teacher's would use more of the informative approach.  Teacher's seem to do a lot of research, so when they finish their research they could write an article informing everyone about the information they have gathered.  Someone who would use a persuasive article could easily be a newspaper writer.  A newspaper writer could use the editorial section to try and persuade someone.  Genres are used in just about every writing, and by using them you will improve your papers and articles greatly.