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o"ernment #hut$o%n On October 1, 2013, the fe$eral go"ernment of the &nite$ #tates of America %ent into a go"ernment shut$o%n' (t has been e)tremely $etrimental *olitically ho%e"er it has been gi"en a lot of me$ia attention' +here has been a lot of online co"erage regar$ing the shut$o%n of the fe$eral go"ernment an$ all of them sen$ some ty*e of message' +he first article that %as rea$ is ,7 Fun +hings -ou M&#+ .o .uring the !o"ernment #hut$o%n' +he e)igence for this *iece is satirically tal/ing about %hat is going on *olitically in the &nite$ #tates of America' +he conte)t %ithin the article inclu$es a list of ,7 things that you shoul$ be $oing since the fe$eral go"ernment has shut$o%n' 0o%e"er, the %ay it is %ritten is in a humorous %ay that some%hat ma/es fun of the go"ernment for the $ecision they ha"e ma$e'+he rhetor for this article is Funny Or .ie' +he au$ience that this is *ut out to is Americans, but more s*ecifically, teenagers an$ college stu$ents' +he au$ience is mostly teenagers an$ college stu$ents because Funny Or .ie usually *osts things for that age grou*' +his article is trying to in$irectly tell the rea$ers that our go"ernment is com*letely out of their min$s an$ instea$ of scaring the rea$ers %ith the har$ $irect truth, they ma$e it into a satire to *ut some humor $uring such a har$ an$ $ifficult time' +he secon$ article that %as rea$ is #hut$o%n #ho%$o%n .ay 21 Obamacare E)changes O*en for 2usiness !litches an$ All' +he e)igence for this article is to

Khan 2 critici e the .emocrats of the fe$eral go"ernment' +he circumstances that influence$ an$ ins*ire$ this article is the shut$o%n of the go"ernment an$ the ri"alry bet%een the 3e*ublicans an$ .emocrats' +he rhetor for this *iece is Fo) 4e%s, more s*ecifically 5lint 0en$erson' +he au$ience that this article is being set out to are the Americans, but it gra"itates to%ar$s the 3e*ublicans6conser"ati"es because e"eryone /no%s that Fo) 4e%s are mostly conser"ati"es' +he message that this article is sen$ing is com*letely blas*hemous' (t is mostly *laying the blame game %here the rhetor is blaming the .emocrats as %ell as the Presi$ent for the shut$o%n of the go"ernment' +he tone an$ language of the article $eci*hers that as %ell' +he article is trying to $irectly tell biase$ ne%s that leans to%ar$s the conser"ati"e *arty' +he last article that %as rea$ is 3e*ublicans Are !etting 7hat +hey 7ant 8 +his (s 7hat +hey 7ant' +he e)igence for this *iece is about the 3e*ublican *arty an$ ho% the fe$eral go"ernment is com*lying %ith their schemes an$ as a result are getting %hat they %ant' +he circumstances that ins*ire$ this article is the go"ernment shut$o%n' +he rhetor for this article is Es9uire'com, more s*ecifically, 5harles P' Pierce' +he au$ience that this article leans to%ar$s is :iberal Americans' +he message that the rhetor is trying to sen$ is that the 3e*ublican *arty is getting %hat they %ant' +he language that is em*loye$ %ithin this article is mostly *ersonal o*inion' +he article uses *hrases that you %oul$ say to your frien$, co8%or/er, etc' (t is set out as a blog *ost' +he article that is %ritten is trying to $irectly tell their "ie% on the %hole shut$o%n of the go"ernment' (t is some%hat biase$ li/e the *re"ious article, but this time is gra"itates to%ar$s the .emocrats6liberals'

Khan 3 (n summation, all three articles ha"e $ifferent "ie%s on the shut$o%n of the go"ernment' +he first one $eals %ith humor to relie"e some stress that comes %ith such a serious to*ic' 7hereas, the last t%o articles $eal %ith actual ne%s %ith biase$ o*inions' As a college stu$ent %ith liberal "ie%s, the first article by Funny Or .ie %as the most effecti"e e)am*le of rhetorical $iscourse %hich s%aye$ my o*inion' ( belie"e that because the article $ealt %ith $ar/ humor an$ *olitical satire ( %as able to get a better gras* of %hat %as going on' +he list of the ,7 things %ere e)tremely sarcastic an$ %itty %hich /in$ of ma$e me li/e it better than the other t%o articles' .es*ite the fact that the other t%o articles actually ha$ facts an$ %ere e)tremely serious, Funny Or .ie is mostly for 1;821 year ol$s an$ because of that it s%aye$ my o*inion to%ar$s them'

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