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The intended readers are the common folk who read the news. We spoke in class about it in class and the audience is the people who read the news because Time is a news magazine. He addresses them in a way that would be seen as confrontational, he addresses them as “Yankee haters”. He uses it to catch the attention of the readers. People take their favoritism into a sports team which can bring about emotion. The values that the writer seems to have in common with the reader is the fact that we are all in the United States. He talks about how America’s belief in it’s objectivity and our moral authority. Like mentioned previously, the conversation we had in class was that this was about our country and our society. America thinks of itself as the biggest and baddest in the world. The writer appeals to the audience by bringing up that we pay the wealthy so much money, “If all the cities had the same amount of money, every year might be as exciting in a roll-of-the-dice way, but there would be no truth in it. America is a nation of vast economic, educational and ethnic disparities. The Yankees are the real America” (Stein, Joel). He speaks about things that we would find as patriotic, “People come to America for the same reason that A-Rod wanted to join the Yankees: both are well-run organizations with long histories of success” (Stein, Joel). Is stein working to persuade the audience, he is re-affirming shared values, when speaking how he appeals to the audience (Akash). “He is preaching to the choir” (Professor Bailie). He uses humor and tries to entertain while also making an argument (Patrick C.).

Cited: http://content.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,593910,00.html

1. Is Stein doing anything that is mentioned in last nights homework? Yes he is, he is creating a couple of different connections. One being, the comparison of the audience and Aims of Argument. So what he is doing is he is writing for a specific type of audience, and how we discussed earlier that is the “common folk” who read TIME Magazine. He uses the Fallacies of Ambiguity.
2. I believe that the audience that Stein deploying is People who share your view. I think that is the audience because the reading was not to make you believe in something new (although it feels like he is pushing you to like the Yankees). Nor is he trying to hold an open conversation, but he is trying to form an agreement.