Rhetorical Analysis Of Starbucks Cups Much Abrew About Nothing

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Rhetorical Analysis of “Starbucks Cups Much Abrew About Nothing” Whether you get you a venti, grande or a tall at Starbucks they hand you just a cup right? In the article “Starbucks Cups Much Abrew About Nothing” the author explains how the uproar has grown about the latest Christmas cup that has hit the stores nationwide. In the Hartford Courant, published on November 17th, the article is gearing towards people who drink Starbucks regularly or people who wait all year for the special holiday drinks and explain to them the trap made by the liberal media to make the “Christians look stupid.” The author delivers the article in a conversational and organized piece paired with vivid sarcasm to express their amazement with all the hype over a …show more content…

The author then says “Please. With all else going on in the world, this doesn 't need to be a controversy. Starbucks never had Christ or Christmas on its holiday coffee cups, just general holiday images such as snowmen, reindeer, pine trees and snowflakes.” With this, they are saying that there are so many more problems in the world than just a plain coffee cup that never had Christ or Christmas on it to begin with just some general holiday images. They then immediately follow with more disappointment with people’s views on the cup stating “That somehow is big whoop? The company is …show more content…

By using conversation language it helps the reader connect with the author with not only their facts but with their emotions and supporting ideas of how they can channel their anger and spend their time on more pressing problems in the world. When the reader sees the author making short and choppy sentences it makes them feel like they are conversing with them in person about a popular matter that had just happened on Facebook and that brings readers to the article because they are able to relate and read in the tone that is very similar to theirs when talking to their friends about something they are also passionate about. Also using the informal and conversational way of writing they are able to get the attention of younger readers, which is where most of social media hype begin by sharing, retweeting, commenting, liking and making responsive videos of other people’s views on the same issue of the cup. They also play a huge role in the sales of Starbucks coffee not only for the coffee itself but also for the fact of the

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