Rhetoric, Purpose, Audience and Context Analytical Essay by Top Papers

The writer examines how rhetoric, purpose, audience and context shapes six articles: Michael White, Ewen MacAskill and Richard Norton-Taylor's, "Downing Street Admits Blunder on Iraq Dossier," an anonymous article carried by CNN.com entitled, "UK Accused of Lifting Dossier Text," Jacques Steinberg's, "Times' 2 Top Editors Resign after Furor on Writer's Fraud," Anne Mullens,' "Cheating to Win," Peter Kent's, "A Sign of Societal Rot?" and Michael Den Tandt's, "Times' Atonement Smacks of Overkill." The writer shows how different purposes and contexts determine the rhetoric and/or tone of an article.