Editorial

Gas prices? We have all heard of the rising gas prices. The reason why I chose to edit this topic because I feel that something  can be done to make gas more cheap efficient.  According to the article gas around the nation will average four dollars a gallon. To the rich this may not affect them but for the common middle working class it will. Thirty percent of the US population are in the middle working class. Paying four dollars for the gallon of gas is not a good thing. I think the government should look to other sources of fuel to lower the cost of gas prices. For Instance, a lot of companies are starting to make fuel with renewable resources such as soybean, corn, and sugar cane.  This article itself just told that gas prices are rising but it did not give an explanation to making it better. I felt that the government should have given a problem to the solution. This would help the common people realize the government is at least making an effort to solve the problem. This not only effects common people but if effect the airline industry and fleet vehicles.  Believe it or not, these big industries have the money to pay for gas but the more money they take to put in these trucks and planes, the less revenue is being received.  This was a good article, but it should have put more in thought and about how the readers feel. Also this article is a good way to catch the reader’s attention. Once I saw it, I knew it could not be good especially when I see the gas rising. The author should have eased the topic in, instead of just getting to the point. With words like that, it can cause a readers to have an assumption before reading the rest of the article.

The rhetorical analysis of this article is straightforward. The article is a current event that many people can relate to. Taking this article and reading it , you can tell it was to the general public. It wanted to let the general public know that gas was continuing to rise. As an editor to the article, I would let my audience know that everything was going to be ok. Through research, I could prove that other companies are using other renewable source in attempt to make gas more cost efficient. Some readers of this article can say that the government will never make fuel cheap again.  That could be true but as a writer I want to inspire my readers to keep hope and that thing can change. The rhetorical situation is the best way to make sure the writer is doing everything in his power to get a point across to his readers. In essence, if I had to edit something, it would be this article. It is short but I was able to pull information that would be beneficial to me and the reader of the article.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chibrknews-area-gas-prices-average-above-4-for-1st-time-since-july-08-20110414,0,7222824.story?track=rss