Analysis

Our analysis of Tiffany Hyatt’s “Why I Picked Up a Gun” article is inspired by the rhetorical pentagram model. Below you will find a short overview of the main points in our analysis.

In what follows, we will look at the topics of the article – Tiffany Hyatt’s story and why women should carry handguns for protection.

We will present the writer and her position on the topic of the article. We will also examine the reader – the potential readers of the text and the writer’s target audience. 

We will analyze how the writer uses language tools to achieve her intention. We will look at the choice of words, the sentence structure, the writer’s tone, and at how the writer appeals to the audience’s trust and reason.

We will discuss the circumstances of the article, looking at the events surrounding the Baton Rouge Serial Killer.

Lastly, we will connect the writer’s intention (to persuade her readers that women need to carry handguns to protect themselves and their families) with the language tools she uses, the circumstances, and the topics of the article.

You can find the full analysis in what follows!