Could you imagine reading about the taste of cheddar and sour cream ruffles for three full pages? Or discovering how a man legally exploits patients on their death beds for money? Authors Alex Halberstadt and Matt Levine are both capable of delivering amazing stories despite having vast differences in their writing styles. Alex Halberstadt reaches his audience through his description and comparison and contrast rhetorical modes. While Matt Levine shines when using cause and effect. However both authors share a skill for narration and process analysis. This paper will determine the strengths and weaknesses of their differences and similarities in writing styles.
“Letter of Recommendation: Cheddar and Sour Cream Ruffles” is an article written by author Alex Halberstadt. In the article the author successfully argues that cheddar and sour cream ruffles are the …show more content…
In the article the author successfully argues that Lathen uses patients deaths as a way to profit for his company. He does so by the using the rhetorical mode cause and effect. “The normal way to shift the risk of death is life insurance-- you die, the insurance company gives you money-- but there are other, more esoteric versions, and they are more susceptible to arbitrage.” The author is explaining how the need for life insurance is important. He is also closing in on how companies can use this as a way to profit from death. “Using contacts at nursing homes and hospices to identify patients that had a prognosis of less than six months left to live, and conducting due diligence into the patient's medical condition, Lathen found Participants he could use to execute the Funds strategy.” Here, the authors use of cause and effect strengthens his argument that Lathen legally exploited patients deaths as a way to profit for his
“Letter of Recommendation: Cheddar and Sour Cream Ruffles” is an article written by author Alex Halberstadt. In the article the author successfully argues that cheddar and sour cream ruffles are the …show more content…
In the article the author successfully argues that Lathen uses patients deaths as a way to profit for his company. He does so by the using the rhetorical mode cause and effect. “The normal way to shift the risk of death is life insurance-- you die, the insurance company gives you money-- but there are other, more esoteric versions, and they are more susceptible to arbitrage.” The author is explaining how the need for life insurance is important. He is also closing in on how companies can use this as a way to profit from death. “Using contacts at nursing homes and hospices to identify patients that had a prognosis of less than six months left to live, and conducting due diligence into the patient's medical condition, Lathen found Participants he could use to execute the Funds strategy.” Here, the authors use of cause and effect strengthens his argument that Lathen legally exploited patients deaths as a way to profit for his