1. In Bryan West's response to Mcvey's "bash" on the Clinton couple, there seems to be very little agreement with not the information in the editorial, but the manner in which it was presented. He says that the author does a good job of rhetoric in that he used a good amount of logos and pathos to get his point across. It is obvious was side Mcvey is on and its noticable how passionate he is about his dislike towards the Clintons. Although as West says, politics is a hard subject to persuade people in, and thinks as well as i do that he was very unnsuccesful if that is what he was trying to do.
2. The genre convention of this writing is in an editorial format. It was written in a formal and proffesional manner in order to show former knowledge on the subject. I've written persuasive essays in this type of genre convention and it seems to be able to get the point across.
3. I believe another good genre for this type of persuasion would have been the use of a commercial. It is seen alot on TV around election times. It easily reaches its intended audiences because TV is such a widely spread type of media now a days, probably moreso than anything written. Unfortunately it is more expensive and more work to get it out to the public.
4. I believe that the use of commercials would not only get its message out to its intended audience but also its unintended audience. TV is watched on such a large scale in our society that it would get out to anyone or anywhere.
5. The type of writting that was seen from Mcvey can be used in many, if not all lines of work. A teacher may use this type of writting to get a point across to people on a higher position in the educational hierarchy in regards to salary or facilities. A scientist could use it to get support for a certain project from investors or people of that sort. The use of logos and pathos can be used by any of these people to get their way, or their message across to another group of people.
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