Rhetoric of
"Arne Duncan blasts House effort to revise No Child Left Behind"
Rhetorical Strategies
Reference to credible sources
Word Choice
One of the more blatant strategies in the essay is the reference to credible sources. The source looks at multiple credible government officials, who offer both perspectives on the matter, enhancing the credibility of the author.
Cultural Context
Rhetorical Situation
Author
Audience
Message/Purpose
Context
The article is a response to Duncan's speech and an analysis of its messages, as well as advocate for them and the desire for changing the balance of funding in education for one more equal among districts.
The author, Rebecca Klein is an experienced writer for the Huffington Post and has written many articles regarding education, the state of students, education legislature and politics. She is a credible writer in regards to the topic.
The audience of this article is young democrats republicans who are interested in education legislation and politics
This article is written in response to the stagnation of revision of school legislation such as No Child Left Behind and Title 1 Probability. The article also responds particularly to a speech given by Duncan regarding school funding inequality.
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Word choice in this essay is very particular for the authors argument. The word choice fluctuates between critical and analytical
The heated politics of education set the stage for the subject of the article
Shocking Statistics
The author uses overwhelming and large statistics to surprise and anger the readers in regards to the implication of some legislation
Heated racial debates also fuel the debate of school funding and the demand for equality
With presidential election coming up and administrations changing, many people are interested in multiple platforms, including education reform