When curating a piece, writers often use logos, pathos, and ethos to draw the reader in. Together, these devices connect the reader to the piece allowing them to form a deeper understanding of what they are reading. In An Open Continue reading
In Milton Friedman’s “An Open Letter to Bill Bennett” he attempts to convince Bennett that the United States needs to be handling the “war on drugs” in a different manner. In Friedman’s concise letter he brings up the unnecessary measures Continue reading
In Milton Friedman’s, “An open letter to Bill Bennett” he uses many rhetorical strategies to argue his point and persuade Bill Bennett that the ways he is trying to solve the drug crisis are doing the very opposite. He starts Continue reading
In response to the nationwide announcement of an anti-drug campaign by George H. Bush, Milton Friedman wrote “An Open Letter to Bill Bennett” in hopes of not only deferring, but calling a cease to this war on drugs. Through Friedman’s Continue reading
Reading with an analytical eye for a rhetorical analysis requires understanding the purpose in which the author is writing for and seeing how they write in order to achieve that goal. It takes into account the language, evidence, structure and much Continue reading
“An Open Letter to Bill Bennett” is a letter that advocates for the decriminalization of drugs. It was written in 1989 when George H. Bush was proposing to launch his nearly $3 billion anti-drug campaign on September 5, 1989 where Continue reading
Milton Friedman’s letter to Bill Bennett, the ‘drug expert’ of the George H.W. Bush administration, is an attempt to persuade Bennett towards the legalization of drugs in the United States, for which there are several different rhetorical strategies employed. The Continue reading
In terms of Selzer’s article, rhetorical analysis can be understood as “an effort to understand how people within specific social situations attempt to influence others through language (Selzer 280-81). In other words, through rhetorical analysis, readers can get a better Continue reading
Before analyzing a text it is important to know what our subject is. The letter was written by Milton Friedman who was an American economist and statistician best known for his strong belief in free-market capitalism. Also, he was a Continue reading
Rhetorical analysis refers to breaking up a piece of literature into multiple parts and then uses those parts to try to persuade or entertain a certain position/view-point. Within the article Selzer addresses Aristotle early on mentioning stating “Aristotle was at Continue reading
