Rhetorical Analysis

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Rhetorical Analysis

 

To understand a piece of writing, it is important to understand its rhetorical situation. 

 1. Clark, Taylor. “Plight of the Little Emperors.” One World, Many Cultures. 8^th ed.  Stuart Hirchberg and Terry Hirschberg. Longman, o6 Jan. 2011. 42-48. Print.

2.  The author wrote an article in a chapter in an anthology. The chapter was made to inform the public of United States to show how hard and how far the Chinese community goes in education. To show how extensive they go in there studies.

 

3. The author of this chapter wants to inform how the parents and the Chinese community put pressure on students to be competitive and top notch in their education.  

 

4.      “Across China, stories of parents going to incredible lengths to give their only children a competitive edge have become commonplace”. (Taylor 42)

 

5. The author of this article used Logos by giving statistics and appealing to logic. Another tactic used to persuade the audience was pathos was to tell different stories relating to how Chinese student endure while perusing high education.