Rhetorical Analysis Of Corporate Marketing Is Responsible For Children

In my rhetorical analysis of “Corporate Marketing Is Responsible for Childrens’ Materialism”, I had to adjust and make a lot of revisions from my rough draft. For instance in my first rough draft I put the claims that Rowe and Ruskin’s article had no errors and thought the article was quite appealing. However, when I reread the article and identified all the strategies that the writers used, I thought in some areas could’ve use more analysis to strengthen their argument. But, overall, I really thought that their claims and arguments were well thought out and strong. On the other hand, I added information that could be useful and effective in my writing. For instance, to prove that Rowe and Ruskin used credible sources, I used quotes and listed out the people who wrote books and have valid experiences and knowledge. In addition to my

Two of them being: “Good reasons are essential ingredients of good arguments, but they don’t do the job alone. You must support or verify good reasons with evidence” (37). And also, “Your readers’ knowledge of your subject is critical to the success of your argument” (42). In my essay, for the first quote, how I applied this was to include evidences of how the strategies the writers used were effective. For instance, in each of my body paragraph, after I provide a strong quote I would then use the quotes to support my reasons and claims. This would strengthen my arguments and make the essay more effective as a whole. Furthermore, with the second quote, I applied that in my essay by providing my readers as much knowledge of the article. I did this in the introduction of my essay explaining Rowe and Ruskin’s purpose for their article and their goals. I applied this because it would help the readers to understand what argument was being claimed. That way the readers are able to criticize the essay with a better understanding of