This is a great firsthand experience that the author uses to show how blue-collar workers show intelligence through their skills. This is an example of empirical evidence because he is presenting data that he has collected himself through observation. In “Blue-Collar Brilliance”, Rose discusses how he watched his mother work and the skills he noticed she had developed. Some of these include empirical evidence, storytelling, imagery, claims of fact and value, and invoking authority and credibility. Each author uses different rhetorical strategies to fit their audience. I came to this conclusion because his article is published in a magazine about “Technology and Society” and because the article is longer, references more sources, and has a more scholarly sound to it. Crawford seems to be writing to an audience of students or readers looking to learn something. His article was published in a magazine that discusses public affairs, literature, and culture, meaning that his audience is likely to be the casual reader previously uniformed on his topic. Rose seems to be addressing an audience that, consciously or unconsciously, has developed the notion that blue-collar workers are less intelligent than white collar workers. While these articles have similar topics, Rose wants to show the intelligence and skill of blue-collar workers while Crawford shows the audience the value of genuinely making something yourself. Crawford, the author of “Shop Class as Soulcraft”, focuses more on the process of how the world has come to not appreciate making and fixing things themselves. The author of “Blue-Collar Brilliance”, Mike Rose focuses on the many, often unseen, levels of knowledge and skill that one needs in order to be in the working class. The articles “Blue-Collar Brilliance” and “Shop Class as Soulcraft” are both written about humanity’s loss of appreciation for hands-on work and those who work with their hands.
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