English 110.01 Blog Prompt 2 (Ani Difranco)

The creator of this piece was a victim of 9-11. She created this piece to maybe shed some light on what happened that fateful day from a victims perspective. That's not the only objective of this piece, the other objective is too show a democrats hatred for the government and passion to see some change in the United States. Ani used logos by giving examples and stories of what happened that day and giving a perspective. She tried to show her knowledge of the subject by describing the ash falling on the streets, and giving specific street names. The repetition of "so far" also brings importance on the fact that the scene "looked more like war than anything i've seen", which enhances her logos. She used ethos by saying that she was in the building and transitioning into the poor government smoothly through a story and some alcohol metaphors. The pathos is found when she tries to get the reader fired up about the government and to take action! She also appeals emotionally when she shows how scared and frantic the victims were.

The intended audience of this piece is the American citizen. Anyone is supposed to read it, and not even necessarily agree with it but take a stance on it none the less. The rhetorical terms used were effective in getting the reader on the side of the victims and against the powerful government only interested on oil across the world. She showed a knowledge of the topic and evoked emotion so she succeeded in her rhetoric. The media influences my answers because I saw the media coverage and it was terrible which gave me (the reader) a set of emotions I had enstilled before I read the piece. This exercise integrates all the lessons learned in class by using rhetorical terms, find repition, and basically using the method to find out if we agree or disagree with the writer of this piece.