Perparing to Write a Rhetorical Analysis

• The writers of this article is Daniel McGrath and Daniel Princiotta. It doesn't give any further information as to what these authors do for a living, so there is little way to tell if their opinion could be biased.
• The writers purpose of this article is to show how the rate of private school teacher turnovers, how they coupe in new jobs, and how the ones who choose to stay gain more authority. The writer probably hopes to achieve an audience who can gain knowledge about the average private school teacher.
• This topic is very broad, people its a study based on private school teachers, and the different places they have to work. There's many options they have and McGrath and Princiotta do it all. There's many types of privates schools to focus on, also how organized teachers are, and how often they get new teachers.
• There's many arguments on whether or not public school or private school is better, and studying the teachers is another way to find out the answer to that argument. Its a huge topic talked about among my parents and their friends.
• Throughout this article the writers often uses logos, by using statistics and other characteristics of teachers. He uses a chart comparing the amount of teachers who stay at the school compared to the ones who leave. This is what also helps his credibility.
• The arguments thesis is "National studies have included both private and public school teachers in analyses of teacher turn over. These studies have shown that teacher turnover is associated with teacher perceptions of school organizational characteristics, including low levels of administrative support, little input into school decisions, student disciplinary problems, and insufficient salary." This is stated at the beginning, mainly because through out the rest of the article its giving you statistics, if it wasn't at the beginning, you wouldn't know the purpose for all these statistics.
• The evidence he uses is again, real statistics from private schools which support his argument. He does use enough evidence
• The writer does not use similes, metaphors, or allusions.
• The writer uses some rhetorical questions
• My overall assessment of the article is something that i can probably use in  my paper.