To Read or Not to Read: Analyzing Rhetoric in Three Academic Articles on the Relationship Between the COVID-19 Pandemic and Suicidality

Valeriya Sytnik

doi:10.29173/writingacrossuofa75

To Read or Not to Read: Analyzing Rhetoric in Three Academic Articles on the Relationship Between the COVID-19 Pandemic and Suicidality

Authors

Valeriya Sytnik The University of Alberta

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.29173/writingacrossuofa75

Keywords:

rhetorical analysis, argumentation, academic writing, suicide, COVID-19

Abstract

Students in this WRS class were asked to analyze the rhetorical strategies used by authors to persuade their audience. Valeriya Sytnik analyzes three academic articles and reveals how researchers use features of the genre of academic articles to convince readers.