Persuading readers is often accomplished in academic writing by using rhetorical devices. In this essay, I plan to analyze “The American Dream: Dead, Alive or on Hold?” by Brandon King published in They Say I Say in the year ___. The audience being addressed in this writing are students of english that want to learn about the differing opinions on the American Dream. He intended to draw the readers in by including many individuals attitudes towards the topic. He chose many strategies to persuade readers, however, the ones that stood out the most were Logos, perspective and tone. He used each of them to build his argument so that readers would agree with his point of view. Logos is a rhetorical strategy that uses logic and reason through
