Rhetorical Analysis

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In the world of science you can find information basically on any topic you wish to know more about. Whether it’s researching different types of plants or finding the different methods to curing a certain disease or cancer. When it comes to writing scientific journals or articles the author should be able to capture the reader’s attention by presenting information his or her audience might not know about or may find interesting. The article I chose to analyze; “Socioeconomic status and Childhood Leukemia incidence in Switzerland,” the authors did exactly that. They presented their finding by trying to persuade their audience using ethos, pathos, and logos; they also target a specific audience and answer the so what question proposed when analyzing an article/journal (Penrose and Katz, 2010, pg.183).
In the article “Socioeconomic status and childhood leukemia incidence in Switzerland”, authors Martin Adam, Claudia E Kuehni, Adrian Spoerri, Kurt Schmidlin, Fabienne Gumy-Pause, Pierluigi Brazzola, Nicole Probst-Hensch, Marcel Zwahlen, Julia Heck, and Paola Friedrich discuss the association between Socioeconomic Status and Childhood Leukemia. The authors vary from government health care workers, to pediatric doctors, to graduates or even
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The article talks in a scholarly manner making it a little difficult for some to understand. Even though the authors do speak in a scholarly fashion it could be intended for the general public. The topic the authors chose to investigate do involve topics that most of the Swiss citizens might find interesting or important to them. The expertise from the authors vary; a few of them are pediatric doctors, others are health care workers, and others are graduate students or professors. Some are primary researchers, policy-makers, educators, and or medical professionals. Just like the author’s degree of expertise can vary, the audience of the article can also

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