Khan 1 Mariam Khan English 1101 Professor Fuentes October 7, 2013 Analy ing the !

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 to satirically a$$ress %hat is going on *olitically in the &nite$ #tates of America' +he conte)t of the article inclu$es a list of forty/se"en things that you shoul$ 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 ma1es fun of the go"ernment some%hat for the $ecision they ha"e ma$e'+he rhetor for this article is the %riting team at Funny Or .ie' +he au$ience is Americans, but more s*ecifically, teenagers an$ 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' (nstea$ of scaring rea$ers %ith the har$ truth, they ma$e it into a satire' +hey *resent some humor $uring such a har$ an$ $ifficult time' +he secon$ article rea$ is #hut$o%n #ho%$o%n .ay 22 Obamacare E)changes O*en for 3usiness !litches an$ All' +he e)igence for this article is to critici e the

Khan 2 .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 4e*ublicans an$ .emocrats' +he rhetor for this *iece is Fo) 5e%s, more s*ecifically 6lint 0en$erson' +he au$ience for this article is Americans, but it gra"itates to%ar$s the 4e*ublicans76onser"ati"es because e"eryone 1no%s that Fo) 5e%s is mostly conser"ati"e' +he message that this article is sen$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 im*lies that as %ell' +he article is trying to $irectly tell biase$ ne%s that leans to%ar$s the 6onser"ati"e *arty' +he last article that %as rea$ is 4e*ublicans Are !etting 8hat +hey 8ant / +his (s 8hat +hey 8ant' +he e)igence for this *iece is to a$$ress the 4e*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 circumstance that ins*ire$ this article is the go"ernment shut$o%n' +he rhetor for this article is Es9uire'com, more s*ecifically, 6harles P' Pierce' +he au$ience this article leans to%ar$s is :iberal Americans' +he message that the rhetor is trying to sen$ is that the 4e*ublican *arty is getting %hat they %ant' +he language em*loye$ %ithin this article is mostly *ersonal o*inion' +he article uses *hrases you %oul$ say to your frien$, co/%or1er, or other familiar *erson' (t is %ritten as a blog *ost' +he article is trying to $irectly share a "ie%*oint on the %hole shut$o%n of the go"ernment' (t is some%hat biase$ li1e the *re"ious article, but this time it leans to%ar$s the .emocrats7:iberals'

Khan 3 (n summary, 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' (n contrast, the last t%o articles $eal %ith actual ne%s an$ *resent the information %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 to s%ay my o*inion' ( belie"e that because the article $ealt %ith $ar1 humor an$ *olitical satire ( %as able to get a better gras* of %hat %as going on' +he list of the ,7 things %as e)tremely sarcastic an$ %itty %hich ma$e me li1e it better than the other t%o articles' .es*ite the fact that the other t%o articles actually ha$ facts an$ %ere e)tremely serious, Funny Or .ie is mostly for eighteen to t%enty/one year ol$s an$ because of that it s%aye$ my o*inion to%ar$s them'

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