4. Bring several issues of your favorite magazine to class, or access a magazine online. Spend 15–20 minutes looking at the table of contents and browsing through the articles and advertisements. After considering the following questions, write a few paragraphs analyzing one magazine for audience and purpose.

a. What is the purpose of the magazine? Who is the intended audience?

b. What are four things the editors of the magazine have done to accommodate their readers’ needs and wants? In other words, how have the editors appealed to their readers?

c. Do you like the way the magazine has tried to appeal to its readers? Why do you believe the appeal is or is not successful?

Locate appeals to logos, ethos, and pathos.

d. What suggestions do you have for improving the appeal of the magazine?

e. Do you notice stereotypes in the magazine, particularly in the advertisements? If so, what are they?