Rhetorical Analysis of You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby
Monica Messina
Professor Mammen
WRT 100
7 October 2013
Rhetorical Analysis of You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby.
A successful article contains many important aspects. I will analyze in the article, You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby, the audience, tone, author bias and how successful the argument is. The author Joe Woodard informs us about the abortion pill and its probable legalization in the United States. He focuses on how it works, the side effects and other comments from outside sources. These aspects are important since they can either make or break any article. They can keep your audience thriving from more. One aspect of this article is the directed audience. The audience of this article would most likely be women who have the option of having an abortion. Also it could be directed toward anyone who was looking for information about the topic. For example me, I find abortion an interesting topic and I am for it. I had no idea that the abortion pill even existed, let alone how it worked and it’s side effects. Women who may be looking towards using the drug, after reading this may not want to due to all the side effects and the long-term damage it does to the mother. Also, “RU-486 increases the risk of birth defects in any babies who survive” (Woodard 2). People looking for controversial topics to read about would also be interested in this article since the issue has a very political stand point and the drug is only legal in certain countries. A second aspect of this article is the tone, how the article was written. Overall Woodard keeps his article very “short and sweet” as he gets to the point by stating all the information he has researched and learned from his outside sources. “The drug’s impact is so gruesome, and the risks of long-term heart and reproductive organ damage so great, that some pro-abortionists like Australian doctor Robert Klein oppose to its use” (Woodard 2). This quote shows how he is very formal with his writing he doesn’t try to
Professor Mammen
WRT 100
7 October 2013
Rhetorical Analysis of You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby.
A successful article contains many important aspects. I will analyze in the article, You’ve Come a Long Way, Baby, the audience, tone, author bias and how successful the argument is. The author Joe Woodard informs us about the abortion pill and its probable legalization in the United States. He focuses on how it works, the side effects and other comments from outside sources. These aspects are important since they can either make or break any article. They can keep your audience thriving from more. One aspect of this article is the directed audience. The audience of this article would most likely be women who have the option of having an abortion. Also it could be directed toward anyone who was looking for information about the topic. For example me, I find abortion an interesting topic and I am for it. I had no idea that the abortion pill even existed, let alone how it worked and it’s side effects. Women who may be looking towards using the drug, after reading this may not want to due to all the side effects and the long-term damage it does to the mother. Also, “RU-486 increases the risk of birth defects in any babies who survive” (Woodard 2). People looking for controversial topics to read about would also be interested in this article since the issue has a very political stand point and the drug is only legal in certain countries. A second aspect of this article is the tone, how the article was written. Overall Woodard keeps his article very “short and sweet” as he gets to the point by stating all the information he has researched and learned from his outside sources. “The drug’s impact is so gruesome, and the risks of long-term heart and reproductive organ damage so great, that some pro-abortionists like Australian doctor Robert Klein oppose to its use” (Woodard 2). This quote shows how he is very formal with his writing he doesn’t try to