The document outlines the rhetorical situation of an essay analyzing two texts on media and youth violence. The purpose is to summarize, analyze, and provide the author's perspective on the texts. The intended audience are those concerned for youth who believe media is the root cause of violence. The author agrees with one text's argument that media is not the primary problem, based on their own experiences defying some studies. The genre is a text analysis demonstrating the argument that the true problem lies elsewhere.
1. Rhetorical Situations
Purpose:My purpose for writing this essay is to analyze the text, summarize it, display examples
and quotes from the author and explain my own feelings about the text.
Audience: My audience is for those that are concerned for the youth in this country and have
been misguided into thinking that media is the problem with youth.
Stance: My stance in this view agrees with the author of the text and disagrees with some studies
that my personal experiences have defied.
Genre:Text analysis that shows the argument of the text that tells true problem behind the
youths violence.
Media/Design:Shows MLA format from texts: “Whodunit-The Media?” and “Behaving like
Children”. Includes quotes with page numbers and paragraph numbers.