Rhetorical Blog

satire is seen in many novels.Its use of irony and sarcasm is what brings out the humor in a story. In the article Satire in 18th century british society: Alexander Pope's the rape of the lock and jonathan swift's A Modest Proposal, Jonathan J. Szwec speaks of how satire was used in 18th century britain to point out the shortcomings of society. This article believes to be for an audience who studies satire or 18th century britain because he talks about 18th century Enlightenment writers who write about satire.Because his article is about satire the author has a wider audience because satire is seen everywhere,in movies,on the radio,and in books.His main point is satire and it brings a whole new perspective about 18th century britain.I had no idea people used satire in the 18th century so this article opened a whole new world for me.Surprisingly this is one subject that is not controversial because he uses facts wich can't be argued.The use of content the author uses is descriptive details which allows you to draw a picture in your head and be able to explain it or draw a picture so that other people can see.The author has great evidence to back up his story.He uses ideas and stories from Enlightenment writers.To make his argument stronger he takes examples from satire readings and incorperates them with the writings and ideas of the enlightenment writers Alexander Pope and Jonathan Swift.The way the writer organizes his paragraphs it allows the reader to understand the article and take the main concepts of the story and be able to understand them.Although the article may not seem controversial the author starts with an opininated introduction.He portrays that 18th century britain is where the ideas of reason came to be the forefront of literature.The author has his paragraphs in amazing order.He starts out with basic backround information about britain then he jumps in to the idea of satire.The authors vocabulary is what makes the article more entertaining.His vocabulary is so wide and mature that it brings the story to life.The writer does a great job of expressing himself in the story.Him putting himself in the story is what makes the story have to different perspectives.