Speaker: The portrayed speaker in this commentary satire piece is Hillary Clinton. Clinton values getting the point across to the American public that she can be and is a fun person.
Occasion: Hillary Clinton is currently running for President of the United States (who young people refer to as POTUS) in the 2016 Presidential election. As a Presidential candidate, it is thought that the person running should be relatable (in other words fun). During Clinton's campaign there have been many accusations that Hillary Clinton is not a fun or relatable person. In this article, "Clinton" explains to the people just how much "fun" she can be.
Audience: The satirical piece is directed towards Hillary Clinton herself, American voters, Clinton's supporters, and Clinton's opposers.
Purpose: The purpose of the article is to criticize and highlight the vagueness of Hillary Clinton's claims concerning her relatable and fun nature. The author of the article is speaking through Clinton to show just how her "fun" rhetorical argument is weak when she tells others, like tv personalities and voters, she often does "things" for fun.
Subject: The subject of the article is Hillary Clinton and her supposedly "fun" nature. The article focuses on Clinton and her vague argumentation.
Tone: The tone of the article is sarcastic and sadistic towards Hillary Clinton's claims to relatability. The piece uses vague phrases and statements to comment on Clinton's claims: "I enjoy fun. I both have fun and can be fun" ("I Am Fun"). Ambiguous phrasing such as this reveals to readers a sarcastic tone towards Hillary Clinton because the author is commenting on how Hillary Clinton has no strong evidence to support her relatability by pretending to be serious about her "fun personality". The article also uses a sadistic tone while describing how Hillary has fun: "Furthermore, as indirect evidence of the fact that I have a fun disposition, I do not like things that are not" ("I Am Fun"). The phrase has a sadistic tone to it because the readers know such a vague bandwagon argument would never really be stated by Hillary Clinton.
Occasion: Hillary Clinton is currently running for President of the United States (who young people refer to as POTUS) in the 2016 Presidential election. As a Presidential candidate, it is thought that the person running should be relatable (in other words fun). During Clinton's campaign there have been many accusations that Hillary Clinton is not a fun or relatable person. In this article, "Clinton" explains to the people just how much "fun" she can be.
Audience: The satirical piece is directed towards Hillary Clinton herself, American voters, Clinton's supporters, and Clinton's opposers.
Purpose: The purpose of the article is to criticize and highlight the vagueness of Hillary Clinton's claims concerning her relatable and fun nature. The author of the article is speaking through Clinton to show just how her "fun" rhetorical argument is weak when she tells others, like tv personalities and voters, she often does "things" for fun.
Subject: The subject of the article is Hillary Clinton and her supposedly "fun" nature. The article focuses on Clinton and her vague argumentation.
Tone: The tone of the article is sarcastic and sadistic towards Hillary Clinton's claims to relatability. The piece uses vague phrases and statements to comment on Clinton's claims: "I enjoy fun. I both have fun and can be fun" ("I Am Fun"). Ambiguous phrasing such as this reveals to readers a sarcastic tone towards Hillary Clinton because the author is commenting on how Hillary Clinton has no strong evidence to support her relatability by pretending to be serious about her "fun personality". The article also uses a sadistic tone while describing how Hillary has fun: "Furthermore, as indirect evidence of the fact that I have a fun disposition, I do not like things that are not" ("I Am Fun"). The phrase has a sadistic tone to it because the readers know such a vague bandwagon argument would never really be stated by Hillary Clinton.
The author of the piece "I Am Fun" utilizes sarcastic tone and phrase to get readers to understand Hillary Clinton is not fun through satire. Satire is by definition using humor, exaggeration, or irony to critique humanity's hypocrisy and controversy. The author in this article uses satire throughout the piece to comment on the politician's foolish desire to be viewed as fun and relatable by everyone. The phrase "Being a grandmother is fun. It is also a way in which I am similar to others." The author is using sarcasm in the phrase to comment on how Clinton and many politicians often use ordinary (and non-essential) statements such as this to appear relatable, because politicians assume that having a family convinces American voters that they possess family values and morals.
Link to Article!:
http://www.theonion.com/blogpost/i-am-fun-51731 _
Link to Article!:
http://www.theonion.com/blogpost/i-am-fun-51731 _