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Rhetorical analysis
Sep. 28th, 2012 02:12 pmEver read an article or a piece of writing about something that you’re very passionate about and you feel like that person knows exactly how to give advice on that topic? That’s exactly how I feel when I read Dr. Phil’s articles. On article in particular really caught my attention. I feel like he really knows how to get his point across by using rhetorical tools.
The first thing I noticed that he did was he used short paragraphs. He chose an overall topic and used short paragraphs for subtopics. I felt like his style of writing this article made it very easy to read. I also liked the article because it was very easy to follow along.
The next thing I really liked was how firm he was in his article. What I mean by that is he doesn’t say things like “I think.” What that does to me, the reader, is it makes me confident in his advice. Throughout the article his statements are very clear and right to the point. An example of this is when he is talking about friendship. He made a statement that started off with “you have to” which shows me he knows what to advise and how to advise it.
The next thing I noticed was, he used a very serious tone. I liked this a lot because it made it easy for me to take him seriously. When I go and read something and I want to take legit advice from it I want the author to be serious. It’s very important to me that when I read about relationship advice I want the author to make his words sound serious and look serious. Since my intentions, when reading an article about relationship advice, are to get good advice on the topic I’m researching I want the author to be genuine and have a serious tone about it.
The next thing I noticed was he used a lot of god words. Words like: positive, believe, tolerance, proactive, and spirit. Using a lot of god words makes the article have a positive outlook on the subject. Since I want advice on my relationship I want to feel good about what I’m reading. Even though there are many problems that can happen with relationships I really like that he had a way of putting everything in a way that made me feel like there is always a light at the end of the tunnel.
After reading what Dr. Phil had to say I feel like I had even more reason to keep reading his articles. I found a lot of good things in his writing and I took a lot out of it. While writing my blog and giving my readers as much advice as possible I will refer them to Dr. Phil. He is very good at what he does and he has a lot to say on my topic!
Here's the link to the article! Enjoy :)
http://www.drphil.com/articles/article/81
The first thing I noticed that he did was he used short paragraphs. He chose an overall topic and used short paragraphs for subtopics. I felt like his style of writing this article made it very easy to read. I also liked the article because it was very easy to follow along.
The next thing I really liked was how firm he was in his article. What I mean by that is he doesn’t say things like “I think.” What that does to me, the reader, is it makes me confident in his advice. Throughout the article his statements are very clear and right to the point. An example of this is when he is talking about friendship. He made a statement that started off with “you have to” which shows me he knows what to advise and how to advise it.
The next thing I noticed was, he used a very serious tone. I liked this a lot because it made it easy for me to take him seriously. When I go and read something and I want to take legit advice from it I want the author to be serious. It’s very important to me that when I read about relationship advice I want the author to make his words sound serious and look serious. Since my intentions, when reading an article about relationship advice, are to get good advice on the topic I’m researching I want the author to be genuine and have a serious tone about it.
The next thing I noticed was he used a lot of god words. Words like: positive, believe, tolerance, proactive, and spirit. Using a lot of god words makes the article have a positive outlook on the subject. Since I want advice on my relationship I want to feel good about what I’m reading. Even though there are many problems that can happen with relationships I really like that he had a way of putting everything in a way that made me feel like there is always a light at the end of the tunnel.
After reading what Dr. Phil had to say I feel like I had even more reason to keep reading his articles. I found a lot of good things in his writing and I took a lot out of it. While writing my blog and giving my readers as much advice as possible I will refer them to Dr. Phil. He is very good at what he does and he has a lot to say on my topic!
Here's the link to the article! Enjoy :)
http://www.drphil.com/articles/article/81
