Rhetorical Analysis: The Case For Alien Life By Sarah Fecht

Who doesn’t like to count stars at night? Especially a child, when he/she looks at the sky for the first time, his/her heart gets filled with many questions. Every time they learn something new, they come up with even more and more questions. Can you recall how many times you experienced something like this when you were a child? All the questions you wondered if they were true. I can recall my experiences from the past, looking at the night sky, I always wondered if there’s someone living outside far beyond this planet and gazing at the stars just like me. I still wonder if it’s even possible and what gives me hope is I’m not the only one with this question, there are other people in the world who believe there can be life beyond …show more content…
Among the two articles stated above, the article written by Sarah Fecht is more successful, compelling and persuasive because not only the plot of the article changes very smoothly but also the rhetoric in the article is very rich to convince its readers. The way ideas presented in both article are very clear. The rhetoric of “The case for alien life” is more persuasive than “Looking for life as we know it”. Because it provides a clear description, and the author’s use of logos and ethos are much professional than the other article. What makes “The case for alien life” more interesting is, in her article, Fecht takes an investigative standpoint while Miller just randomly throws out a bunch of information in his article without clear descriptions, that’s why sometimes it’s very difficult to follow Miller’s point of view. In Fecht’s article, the introduction is anecdotal as well as historical. Author starts her article with “only one planet been proven to support life: Earth” () and tells us little story how scientists come to believe there might life thrive far beyond our galaxy. At the