Rhetorical Analysis Of The Walking Dead By Tori Bosch

This writing piece by Tori Bosch had plenty of rhetorical techniques/strategies that complimented it at as a whole. The genre of this text is a compare and contrast essay that compares a zombie apocalypse to the present economic malaise. She connects the recent zombie craze to the current economic rescissions and draws parallels between them. Bosch thesis for her paper is “What’s new about the current zombie craze it its white-collar shine”. This articulately constructed sentence immediately shows the reader her main idea about the two topics and how they relate to each other. She presents her arguments through comparisons to help the reader understand the level group of both topics. For example when comparing the concept of white collar skills during economic recession, she drew the comparison of the Walking Dead, how they are is a strict need for …show more content…
During the construction of the writing piece, Bosch intended the audience to be late teen to young adult since the entire essay uses The Walking Dead as a comparison tool which its own audience is late teen to young adults. Throughout the essay she narrated some parts as first person which allows her to connect more emotionally with the audience and allow her to make claims that sound like facts. Bosch made essay points that were relevant and essay to interpret. One point she made was that the concept of a zombie apocalypse scenario is a blown up, extreme representation of economic collapse. An addition point was that an apocalypse would be true white-collar horror because it will be a constant event with no end, which means that these skills will always be obsolete unless there is an immediate change. Through the analysis of this text there are three main techniques that directly affected the rhetorical effectiveness of the piece, which include: use of logos, metaphors and detailed