Rhetorical Analysis of an Article

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Rhetorical Analysis of Turning Boys into Girls

Michelle Cottle , currently the Senior Editor of The New Republic published her article entitled Turning Boys into Girls ' on Washington Monthly in May of 1998

A rhetorical analysis of the article reveals the basic truth behind Men 's Health magazine and the various advertisements directed at improving men 's appearance : it 's all about marketer 's greed capitalizing on men 's vanity , fear and insecurity - yet paradoxically , it is according to the author herself , something that brings about gender

equity ' and that the entire business of turning boys into girls ' is definitely the long-awaited feministic solution to gender equality

Michelle Cottle tried to achieve her purpose by using a variety of rhetorical strategies that include figures of speech particularly hyperbole , allusion , pun and persuasive words , to mention a few However , I have noticed that the whole article is peppered with Cottle 's sarcastic personal comments that created a sort of bittersweet humor that makes readers laugh derisively at the particular group of people that Cottle seems to consider inferior - men

Rhetorical Strategies

Michelle Cottle employed several rhetorical strategies in to get her purpose through . This paradox of men 's magazines trying to prey on men 's fears and insecurities and the supposed cultural advantage that women get from such manipulation is perfectly delivered by Cottle through , first of all , her creative and sarcastic use of humor

Sarcastic Humor . Sarcastic humor is found in the following lines Instead of...