Tuesday, October 6, 2009

D#7, HW#6 -- Situate a resouce rhetorically

HW#6

*Who is the author of the resouce, and what are his/her/their credentials?*
Ali Delpisheh, Ph.D., Loretta Brabin, Ph.D., Eman Attia, M.D., and Bernard Brabin, FRCP(C), (Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians )

*With whom is the author affiliated (employer, organization, or other group)?*
Child and Reproductive Health Group, Department of Community Medicine, Academic Unit of Obstetrics and Gynacology, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Department of Community Child Health


*For what purpose did the author write the resource? Is the author trying to provide information? Persuade readers? entertain? What clues help you to identify the piece's purpose?* The purpose is to inform and it is made clear in the title. "A hospital-based Study of Birth Outcomes"


*Who is the audience? How do you know? How might the audience have affected the way that the resource is written?*
The audience appears to be doctor's and scientists because the article is written as a scientific lab and contains many science based statistics.

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