Rhetorical Analysis Of Women's Press Club
Women’s Press Club
This passage is a plead to journalist and members of the women’s national press club. The speaker, Clare Booth Luce argues that the media (including the reporters) favor controversial stories over truthful and less fascinating stories. Her speech at Women’s National Press Club hopes to encourage journalists to stop this practice. She uses rhetorical appeals to get the journalists to listen to her case.
In the first paragraphs, Booth-Luce makes the purpose of her appearance extremely clear. She states “you have asked me to tell you what’s wrong with you- the American press.” She mentions this argument multiple times in her introduction. By Stating this fact, she is appealing to the journalist who might be offended by her attacks
This passage is a plead to journalist and members of the women’s national press club. The speaker, Clare Booth Luce argues that the media (including the reporters) favor controversial stories over truthful and less fascinating stories. Her speech at Women’s National Press Club hopes to encourage journalists to stop this practice. She uses rhetorical appeals to get the journalists to listen to her case.
In the first paragraphs, Booth-Luce makes the purpose of her appearance extremely clear. She states “you have asked me to tell you what’s wrong with you- the American press.” She mentions this argument multiple times in her introduction. By Stating this fact, she is appealing to the journalist who might be offended by her attacks