CommonPlace Questions: JPG

Who is the audience for Commonplace? Commonplace is geared towards the younger generation of viewers at an undergraduate level. 
Create a list of characteristics that define the genre of writing on Commonplace? Commonplace is written an easy going relaxed manner that appeals to a younger college based demographic.  
How have writers ensured their pieces are timely, compelling, and relevant? Writers have ensured their pieces are timely by mainly focusing on current events. And these writings are compelling and relevant by appealing to a certain demographic about the very issues they might be dealing with, researching, or are generally interested in themselves. 
How has the writer used ethos, logos, and pathos in composing the piece? The writer has used ethos by seeming very knowledgeable about the baseball world clouded by performance enhancing drugs. Also because they listed links to more information on the subject. Logos was used by structuring the essay in a way that it all flowed nicely and made sense to me as I was reading it. Pathos was used in the essay because the writer expresses their own concern for the way modern day baseball has been taken over by drugs. 
How do the writers draw their audience into the essays in the introduction? The writer draws their audience in by shocking the audience with crazy claims that are perceived as the truth. For example all the baseball players that have been or are currently suspended due to drug use. 
How would you describe the style of Commonplace essays?  I think the commonplace essays come off as informal by their titles, but actually become very structured once you start reading into the essay. They cover all the bases of a well structured essay.
How are Commonplace essays similar to academic essays?  How are the different? The commonplace essays are similar to academic essays because they follow a very structured form, however they are different because the essay is meant to be observed informally whereas academic essays meet both criteria.
How has the essay published on Commonplace incorporated the work from the ARP?  Can you see what primary source the writer was working with?  How is secondary source material used? The essay  “You are Being Lied to, Again: Baseball’s New Drug” by Donnie Thomas, incorporated claims made from their first and secondary sources. The primary source the writer used was an article about what drugs can’t be tested yet and how to cover up the ones that can be tested. The secondary source is used to contradict the primary source claims and come up with an alternative argument about what testing should be done.