I selected The New Yorker to pitch my op-ed. I chose this particular publication as opposed to the New York Times or Wall Street Journal because I wanted it to be in a magazine that allows writers more creativity when writing.I think this gave me more freedom to how I wrote this op-ed. My piece involves a lot of creative writing choices such as how I decided to introduce the numbers of people experiencing homelessness and my sentence and paragraph structures.

My audience is New Yorkers. Specifically more creative, intellectual, and passionate New Yorkers because those are the ones who generally read The New Yorker. These readers are more willing to listen and agree with what I have to say and hopefully take action. 

The thing about the New Yorker is that it doesn’t have an op-ed section but it does have a culture desk. I think my rhetorical situation that I am addressing regarding homelessness is deeply rooted in the culture of New York City. The continuously growing rate of homelessness is only worsening in New York City. Every day New Yorkers pass by and ignore someone asking for help in public. My purpose in writing this piece is to convince New Yorkers to start caring more for one another and reevaluate the way we deal with people who experience homelessness. 

I used pathos to appeal to the readers heart in this article. I also used a very personal conversational tone in order to engage readers not only to make it more interesting but to make them feel like the issue of homelessness is very prevalent to them. I used “you” in the first paragraph a lot to include the reader. I also wrote “Some may even be your cousins, parents, or children. Maybe (God forbid) one day it could be you.” This really connects New Yorkers to the issue by relating it to them directly. I also asked questions such as “Let’s talk about numbers because numbers are logical, right?” to create conversation.