With COVID-19 shut downs there have been various forms of rhetoric in media coverage. There have been posts that induce panic and fear in people and also fake news being spread. For instance, there have been rumors of how the virus can be spread, who can receive it, and who is most likely die from the virus. However as time went on the fake news has been debunked by the CDC and other health organizations. There have been some changes since last week according to statistics that show that the COVID-19 peak was on April 11 and the number of new cases have gradually been decreasing showing that social distancing and self-quarantine is helping.

This week I noticed rhetoric in my every day life during Easter when my parents did an indoor Easter egg hunt. While completing the hunt me and my 2 sisters were counting our eggs and seeing who got the “special” eggs filled with money. After seeing the eggs, I noticed that I got $40 and one of my sisters got $5 and the other received none. I noticed rhetoric when my youngest sister started to be emotional and was upset because she received no money. This resulted in me giving her one of my $5 eggs to make her feel included in winning.

The rhetorical cartoon above shows Hillary Clinton on a anchor that is weighing her down labeled “Lies”. This cartoon is symbolizing how her lies in the past has weighed her down and is a reason why some people have not believed her in some instances.

The article I analyzed showed how Hamilton was a hero and describes how events and circumstances that he has encountered has made him the person that he was in the play, such as how he was an immigrant and struggled as a child. Rhetoric in the article appealed to the reader and established to the audience that the play was written in a way to make Hamilton be seen as a hero.