Writing a Retorical Analysis- CM1145

Writing a Rhetorical Analysis

        Today in English we had to turn in our rhetorical analysis that we had to work on over the break. When I was first assigned the paper I was frustrated because I wasn’t sure how I was going to go about writing. However now that it is finished I can say that it was actually a great learning experience.

        We are exposed to magazines, book, and more from a very young age. We are exposed to so many things in the media that sometimes it’s hard to process all the information that is thrown at us. As we grow up it’s important to be able to think for ourselves and not allow what we see to corrupt how we think as individuals. That is why coming to university is so beneficial because through assignments such as these we learn to think critically and form our own opinion by questioning the information that we are presented with.

        For my analysis I wrote about the new found dangers of second hand smoke according to an article published online on Time.com. The article is slightly dated being written in 2007. However the information presented in the article still supports what health officials’ argue about the dangers of second hand smoke today. If it were not for scientists such as those at the Oregon Department of Health smokers would still be free to smoke in many public places today. Through their research they proved that second hand smoke truly is just as dangerous as smoking itself (you can read more about this in the link provided below).

        Through writing this article I learned a lot on the dangers of second hand smoke. I had always known it was dangerous and I’ve read many different things regarding the dangers of smoke. However I hadn’t read all that much about the dangers of second hand smoke. If you are interested in learning more about the dangers of second hand smoke please take the time to read this article.

http://www.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1638535,00.html