exercise 2h

1. The rhetorical analysis done by Bryan West was a response to an article printed in the Collegiate Times concerning the upcoming 2008 presidential election. The said article was a persuasive political piece bashing both Bill and Hillary Clinton. Bryan West's goal in this essay was to address the shortcomings as well as the strong points of the article. He pointed out that the author never promotes any other candidate at any point so the reader can only infer that the author is a Republican. Another point made was that Republicans and Democrats see the exact same actions of the Clintons in an extremely different light. The audience that this analytical essay would most likely appeal to would be young voters that were not politically informed during the Clinton administration and are still indecisive about who to vote for in the election. I've come to this conclusion because Bryan West addresses both sides of the issue.

2. The genre of the piece is clearly an unbiased literary analysis. I've never written anything in this genre before that i can remember. To the best of my memory this is the only piece i have ever read from the said genre. The conventions most familiar to me would have to be the neutral recognition of both sides of the argument. The least familiar to me is the entire political aspect of the piece because when it comes to politics I'm completely uninformed.

3. Another genre that Bryan West could have used to get the same point across and appeal to the same audience is an informative essay about the election. The disadvantage of this genre would be aimed at all impartial voters instead of just the young ones because it would not be addressing the original article. The advantage would be that it would be a more broad essay concerning all aspects of the election rather than just the Clinton aspect of it.

4. To appeal to a different audience Bryan West could have written a persuasive essay contradicting the original article. It would appeal to Democrats (mainly those who were Clinton supporters). West would of course have to change his neutral stance on the subject and focus on the Clintons' strengths and perhaps point out the flaws of the Republican candidates.

5. The piece written by Bryan West would most likely have a place in the journalistic realm. I could see this piece being a news article for an unbiased newspaper covering the election and the media surrounding it.