Title of article: "Congressman Resigns Amid Craigslist Scandal"
Source: msnbc.com (NBC news)
Author: N/A
I was browsing through my small collection of Ok! magazines when I came across an article featuring a scandal concerning a representative of congress in New York over a Craigslist scandal that happened back in February. I searched online for a more detailed article, and I came across a link to msnbc.com that had a whole page of information about what had actually happened. I was able to confirm the credibility of msnbc.com because it is the online version of the nbc news station that has to provide accurate and credible information to the public.
In a nutshell, Congressman Christopher Lee had responded to a post by a woman on Craigslist who was searching for a man, by sending her a picture of himself posing shirtless in front of his bathroom mirror and told her lies about himself. The woman traced his e-mail to his facebook page and found that he was indeed lying. As a result she posted on Gawker his picture which leaked into the public. A few hours later, he announced that he was resigning from office.
The context of this article is that at the time it was making national headlines. The author's purpose for writing the piece was just to inform the public which is the audience the author was aiming towards.
Some rhetorical elements that were used in this piece were:
-Insightful vocabulary
-Anecdotes from the congressman's past
-Pathos
-Ethos
I feel as if the author did fulfill the purpose they were trying to get across by writing this article because the same article has been reprinted elsewhere, and many people across the country are aware of this course of events.
- Ali Mason
Period 8/9
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