Both of your readings in this unit analyze the rhetorical (persuasive) strategies used in various disciplines. For example, Bahls et al. analyze mathematical writer’s strategic use of compression techniques, 1st person plural references, transitions and metacommentary, and visual rhetoric to appeal to and persuade their target audience, while Hyland’s article analyzes how articles across 8 disciplines use 1st person references and self-citation to build credibility in different ways.
For this discussion, write a 300-word post in which you apply some of the specific strategies Bahls et al. and Hyland analyzed to the article you are analyzing for your Unit 3 assignment. In your response, you might consider some of these of the following questions. However, you do not need to answer all of these – do focus your response on one or a few related rhetorical strategies that seem particularly important or compelling.
How do the writers in your article establish and build their ethos (credibility, authority, reliability)? Why might these methods suit or particularly persuasive to members of this discipline?
Does the article use 1st (plural or singular) or 3rd person and to what extent– and why might that be persuasive to other members of their discipline?
What can you observe about writing style, tone, jargon, or compression in your article? How does that compare to what Bahls et al. observe about writing in mathematics?
What can you observe about the way visual rhetoric is used in the article including document design and layout as well as actual images or data visualizations?
How are references/citations of other sources used to build the credibility and persuasiveness of the article (whether written by the authors themselves or other scholars in the field)? Why and how are other sources used (for what specific purposes?
Find Peer Reviewed Scholarly Article to complete discussion post.
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