For my rhetorical analysis of an essay, I am going to read the essay “Study Finds Teenagers’ Internet Socializing Isn’t Such a Bad Thing.” At first, this essay stood out to me just because of the title. We are supposed to pick an essay that has a clear argument and that will be easy to pinpoint exactly what they are trying to say. The title kind of gives away the meaning of the argument in this essay. The only difficulty that may arise while using this essay is that it is not very long. It will take some creative thinking on my part in order to write a long enough paper with an essay that only spans from pages 676-679 in our English book, Everything’s an Argument.
The essay includes many quotes and statistics that should be able to help me analyze how well they are making their argument. At first glance, it appears as if they have done a terrific job at arguing their point. So sure they are with their point of view that they even named the whole essay about it. I also chose this essay because it pertains to me. I am a teenager who uses internet socializing, such as Facebook, on a regular basis. This makes it easy for me to relate to the subject in this piece. The author’s intended reader is probably parents of teens or older adults who don’t actually use these social networks themselves. Since my parents fall into that category, hopefully I will be able to understand the logic behind the intended reader’s thoughts and see if this author does a good job at convincing them otherwise.
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