Rhetorical Analysis On Anorexia

Jessica Carroll Carroll 1
Lanie Rieth
English 121
21 Sept. 2009

Fat-Fighters

On April 15, 2006, Slate.com posted an article c altogethered Junk-Food Jihad. In this article the author, William Saletan, discusses his views on the ban of junk food in a very sarcastic and mocking way. The author expresses his annoyance against this topic very clearly in this article by establishing his ethos and stating his point of views. He grabs the readers attention objurgate off the get go by stating, Goodbye, War on Smoking. Hello, War on Fat. Throughout the article, he argues his opinion on fast food and junk food vs. tobacco. His touch in the piece, the quotes he includes, the facts and statistics that he uses to establish his authority and credibility, and his way of line of reasoning his point without pushing the reader to choose a side, all lead up to his main argument on the banning of junk-food. Saletan expresses himself so well, that I have a hard cartridge clip disagreeing with him and can understand why he brought this debate into the public view.

His ethos are spread throughout the article and established clearly. He believes health advocates are overreacting by comparing milk, French fries, and pizza to soda, jelly beans, and gum.



Saletan also believes in individual and personal responsibility. He quotes Bill Clinton on this topic by saying, Its non our dependence on foreign oil thats
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killing us. Its our dependence on vegetable oil. The author establishes his credibility in this article by writing in a sexual tone and by being the author of Bearing set: How Conservatives Won the Abortion War.
In this article, the authors tone is very sarcastic most of the time and mocking at some points. His tone is really kind of hard to leash on to until the very end of the article when he questioned how some(prenominal) people died in the Irish jelly bean famine. afterward you read those last sentences, it really hits you how...If you want to get a full essay, order it on our website: Orderessay



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