Sacrificing Sleep Rhetorical Analysis

Readers of the articles “Sacrificing Sleep? This Is What It Will Do to Your Health” and “Yes, Sitting Too Long Can Kill You, Even If You Exercise” will notice their similarities and differences in purpose and tone. In the sacrificing sleep article, the purpose of the article is clear as the authors advocate for the population to get more sleep. The bias of the article is what shows the true purpose and can be seen in this conclusion in the article, “A lack of sleep therefore impacts your ability to pay attention, learn new things, be creative, solve problems and make decisions.” This was drawn after the findings of a study telling of the effects of sleep deprivation were presented. However the conclusion was not drawn by a scientist or the scientists conducting the study but instead the author of the …show more content…
In this article the conclusion of a study is stated, “participants’ risks of death grew in tandem with total sitting time and sitting duration -- no matter their age, sex, race, body mass index, or exercise habits,” Unlike the previous article this statement is made by the leaders of a study. However it does shows how big the author’s bias is as the original study conducted was not intended to show the effect of sitting but instead to “examine why blacks (and particularly blacks in the Southern US) have a greater risk for stoke than whites.” Rather than taking into account other factors such as ages outside of the original study, past medical history or family history the statement was made, proving the bias and objective of the piece. Although the articles differ in exact purpose both work for the better health of readers. Each offer solutions such as “take a movement break every half hour” and “train your brian to seek better sleep” working to fix the issues of prolonged sitting and sleep deprivation, while using very similar