To Read or Not to Read: Analyzing Rhetoric in Three Academic Articles on the Relationship Between the COVID-19 Pandemic and Suicidality
Abstract
Students in this WRS class were asked to analyze the rhetorical strategies used by authors to persuade their audience. Valeriya Sytnik analyzes three academic articles and reveals how researchers use features of the genre of academic articles to convince readers.
Fields of Study & Subjects
COVID-19 and Mental Health
Discourse Analysis in Language Studies
Digital Education and Society
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Writing across the University of Alberta
- Volume
- 6
- Pages
- 53–62
- Publication date
- 9 January 2026