Albert Einstein Rhetorical Devices

Rhetorical Analysis #1 Revision Written by a renowned physicist, Albert Einstein, both passages were written for anybody who was interested in physics and economic ideologies. In the time when science and technology were rapidly developing, people sought for new information about physics and economy as they had to catch up with rapidly developing world. With developing technology, people, the audience of the passages A and B, had more access to media--which made Einstein’s high reputation as a physicist possible. Using different rhetorical approaches, such as qualifying language, grammatical tenses, and point of view, Einstein wrote passage A to explain the concept of physics--specifically, the relationship between time and space--while

For example, in passage A, Einstein used words “coordinates,” in order to describe the position of an object. Einstein could have used the word “position” in order to convey the meaning of space and time, but he believed “coordinate” would be more concise and mathematical; additionally, Einstein in passage A assumed that the readers would know what “coordinate” meant, looking from the fact that he lacked an explanation of what coordinate was. Making Einstein’s passages concise and intellectual was critical for Einstein as a renowned scientist; the audience not only included eager citizens, but also the scientists. In passage B, Einstein uses the words “society,” “production,” and “community” to explicitly show that he was intended to write about society and the economic system/ideology. Since words such as authoritarian, socialist, and communist have many common elements, Einstein specifically indicated that “socialist” economy will bring prosperity to the world. By using the qualifying language, Einstein successfully wrote concise and professional paragraphs, increasing his credibility as a renowned

Passage A is a scientific writing and should be free of bias, or objective, since this passage may be used for future references and research findings. If this passage were written in first or second perspective, the passage will appear more subjective; in other words, the passage will lose its certainty and credibility since the passages would look like as if the writer was giving his/her own opinions, instead of informing the audience. Additionally, Einstein was a renowned scientist, which meant more of his papers will be referenced for future researches; providing subjective information and tone will bring significant errors to the future findings that will follow Einstein’s paper. For passage B, Einstein wrote the passage in first person perspective, since his purpose was to convince people to believe in a socialist economy and planned economy. Writing in first person perspective brings more subjective tone, and this indicates that Einstein was not intending his essay to be informative; in other words, Einstein was not informing that only the socialist economy with a planned economy was the definite solution for the betterment of the world and its future. Moreover, using first person perspective allowed Einstein to naturally explain his argument based on his logic, rather