First Homework Assignment

1. Bryan West's rhetorical analysis of Gabriel McVey's Do Not Be Fooled By the Clintons Again was clearly written to the readers of McVey's article. McVey's article tried to convince the reader that Hillary Clinton will be a terrible president. He explained his opinion to his readers by discrediting Bill Clinton with bias opinions. Bryan wrote his analysis to show that McVey's article should not be used to determine the best presidential candidate. Bryan is writing to everyone that read McVey's article and to everyone that is undecided for the presidential election. At the beginning of Bryan's analysis, he talks about how some people have not made up their mind on who they want for president. Then he talks about how he does not want them to be swayed into voting for the wrong candidate by reading bias articles like McVey's.

2. Bryan West's analysis is a persuasive article. Last semester my 1105 class had to write a persuasive article that explained an injustice in our life. Most of the persuasive articles that I have read are either movie reviews or political articles. On average, I read movie reviews more than political articles because most political articles require the reader to be current with political news.

3. Bryan West could have written his article to only discredit McVey's. If Bryan had written his article to show that McVey's article was bias, he would have successfully proved to his readers that they should not vote based on what McVey said. The downside to written only about McVey is that it still does not help the reader decide on a candidate. The way Bryan wrote his paper proved his point while still helping to show that even if the reader does not like Hillary Clinton, she is still a good candidate.

4. Bryan could have also written his article to the Republican Party as a complaint. All Bryan has to do is directly stated that he is addressing the Republican Party. He could tell them that the article was inappropriate and misleading to potential voters. Bryan wants the voters to vote for whom they want, but he does not want them to vote based off of McVey's article. Bryan could also give advice on how they can write their articles and keep it unbiased.

5. Like Bryan's persuasive analysis, scientists also write persuasively so they can get grants for their experiments. Scientists also write to prove that their ideas and experiments are real. They may even write to show that other scientist’s theories are wrong.