Rhetorical Analysis Done Well!

 

In the article Straight from the Heart by Tim Collins about Marie Fatayi-Williams speech, I believe he done a good job on analyzing her speech. He gives more in depth details about how Marie feels about losing her son, Anthony, in a terrorist bombing and has not been found. This is an example of logos. Tim still gets the message across that all Marie wants to do is find her son and wants to know why someone would do this to such a great person. As I read this article, I could feel the pain that Marie is feeling. This is due to the pathos that he used. I believe that Tim used ethos well in this article as well. He knew a lot of information about this tragic loss and the effect it had on Marie. He also uses his own experience to understand what Marie is going through.

However, I think that Marie’s speech should have been addressed first and then Tim’s. I was a little lost reading Tim’s first but once I read Marie’s speech, I then understood what Tim was saying and could relate it to Marie’s speech.

I think the content-lexical ties are used well in this article as well. I believe each paragraph flows to the next well.