I. Exposition

Thesis- Don’t take relationships for granted

A. Characters- Danielle- sister, Mike-dad, Amber-Mother, Jake-brother, David-brother, Ryan-sister, and Preston-brother

B. Setting- Tucson Arizona and Banner Medical Center

C. Situation/Background- There was always something different about my sister Danielle but we never knew that she was deathly sick. It my and my family’s lives forever.

II. Inciting Incident- My sister was very sick for about three-four days and my parents finally took her to the doctors and they noticed that her kidneys and liver were failing, she was sent home on a drip. We noticed that she was doing worse and worse and we took her to a different hospital and they did a scan on her heart and realized her heart was failing.

III. Rising Action

A. My sister going into the hospital and getting an impala placed in her heart but started to fail.

B. My sister then receiving an artificial heart

C. Finally after eight months with an artificial heart, she got a heart transplant.

IV. Climax- My sister started to decrease in health and was put on life support and eventually passed away.

V. Falling action/Resolution- Talk about how all of this changed my life and how it made me who I am today. I regret taking my relationship with my sister for granted and I want to share this everyone because one day someone is here and the next there are not.

My sisters death- My sister Danielle had cardiac health problems and she passed away about six months ago. This made me who I am today and completely changed my way of thinking and to not take relationships for granted.

My cousin’s suicide- My cousin Drake was a troubled teenager and made some mistake. As punishment he had to work for my dad’s business and we all got really close. One night was doing something he should not have been doing and he made a descion to commit sucide and changed all out lives forever.

Having a new family- My parents had me at a young and eventually got a divorce. My dad met a woman was ten years older than him and she had four childern. A new mother and four siblings, that’s alot.

I have come to believe to question everything and not always to believe what you have been told, even if it is someone in a higher postion than you. I am standing here as a loved one and a sister that still doesn’t have their life figured out and still doesn’t understand why certain things happen. Less than six months ago, I was told from a doctor that my sister was going to have a cardiac arrest and if we should save her. Having this decision was so hard and then later finding out that the doctors lied to us, how cuerl.

1. I have never had to write a rhetorical analysis before, so this new for me and taught me a new way of writing.
2. I learned how to find the deeper meanings of songs because before I would just listen to a song but now I as a listener can trully understand the symbolizim.
3. I used more compelling language and related it to me as a listener and used statiscs to show the audience a way of thinking. I wish to improve my punctuation, I have never been good at that.
4. How to stay on topic and how to stay organized because I know sometimes in essays people tend to go off topic such as myself so, if anyone has tips that would be great.

Rhetorical Analysis of Gabbie Hanna’s Song “Medicate”

 American youtuber, author, actress and singer/songwriter Gabbie Hanna in her song ‘’Medicate’’ (February 1, 2019) addresses the topics of chronic depression and other mental illnesses. She argues that doctors are killing “sadness with science.” She supports this claim by stating that doctors don’t disclose the side effects of these heavy drugs such as antidepressants and tell their patients ‘just swallow, it will make you feel better.’ But, does it really? Gabbie’s purpose is to show her audience that being depressed or having other illnesses is normal and not to feel pressured to take medication: She states, “Medication changes the chemicals in your brain…/But I guess that’s the point.” She adopts an emotional tone with her audience when sharing her own experiences with mental illness. In this essay, I will analyze her use of vivid descriptions, personal anecdotes, and emotionally loaded language to effectively persuade her audience to not “just swallow” the pain, but to express yourself and work on your issues.

Hanna’s use of vivid descriptions helps support her argument that medication is not the only way to fix your problems. By sharing her own experiences with medication, she is showing how it gives her feeling of strangeness. She says, “Should I take a pill to numb the pain? / Change the chemicals inside my brain, / I worry I won’t be the same.’’ She is showing her audience that when she was going through this, that she felt pressured into taking the medication but that she is scared to because she doesn’t want it to change who she is. Anti- depressant drugs are supposed to change the neurotransmitters in the brain to change your emotions and mood. But if that is not how you normally act, then is it changing, fundamentally, who you are? She also states in the song over and over again,” Can you medicate a broken heart?” By saying this she is claiming that the fact that being sad or ‘having a broken heart’ can’t be fixed by taking medication; it is all about you and your needs and doing what makes you happy. 

  Hanna’s main use of personal anecdotes in her song comes into play when she says ‘’Is this the way to fix this /or is this a quick fix, /I couldn’t say.” By using her personal story to make claims about the usefulness and limitations of using anti-depressant, she makes a powerful appeal to the audience’s emotions and logic, as well as building her ethos for talking about this topic. She indicates her experience that medication can help improve your mood, help with concentration and to increase your appetite, which is what she means when she describes them as a quick fix; however, it is short term- you can’t take anti-depressants forever. If you are truly unhappy, she is indicating that it’s important to get therapy. Hanna talks a lot about mental illness in some of her other songs such as ‘’Butterflies’’ and ‘’Broken Girls’; by doing this she also builds her ethos by showing she has a lot of experience with this and that she truly wants to spread a message. In the United States, about fifteen million people are taking medication for mental illness. Hanna wants her audience to know that it is okay to be going through it and make whatever you have been through something to actually be proud of, share your wisdom with the world and maybe help someone else: She effectively persuades her audience because she’s done what she is telling them to do; by using her own stories she shows her wisdom and indicates her own survival.  

 Hanna’s song ‘’Medicate’’ is full of emotionally loaded language; that is her main rhetorical appeal used to persuade her audience. Her lyrics are very purposeful and used to make you feel a certain way about what she is singing about. She uses metaphors such as ‘’build your walls up just to rip them apart,’’ meaning that everyone has imaginary walls they build to protect themselves and with medication it breaks down those walls and makes you more vulnerable. She is not saying that it is a bad thing, she is just sharing her experience and trying to paint a picture for her audience. “Make your tragedies a work of art” in particular stood out to me as a listener. When Hanna is saying this, it is very impactful to her piece of work. She referring to anything that a person goes through, can help someone else; don’t look at it as a bad thing it makes you into the person you are today. 

A lot of Hanna’s audience are teenagers and in America about fifty percent of teenagers by the age of forteen have a mental illness. Hanna’s platform on Youtube has over two million subscribers; furthermore, she has a big impact on American teenagers. She is using her influence for good and is letting her listeners feel empowered to do good and be themselves and not to be silenced because of their mental illness. Hanna’s effectiveness of rhetorical appeals gives the audience a new outlook onto the subject of mental illness. Her purpose was to spread awareness and to give people struggling hope, I think she fulfilled that purpose because as a listener, I was moved and wanted to help others. This piece of work affected me because for someone who is depressed and takes anti-depressant medications I could relate to her experiences and feelings. Hanna’s song has a real impact on the world, her vivid descriptions and emotionally loaded language gives her audience a vision on what mental illness is and how to help.

She has a great impact of the world and a useful message, she has an amazing way with her audience, and I believe, that she could change lives. Hanna’s intended audience was mainly American youth and anyone that struggles with mental illness, however being someone that has chronic depression it is a very personal thing and sometimes speaking your mind scares me, but living with such sadness and hopelessness it is terrible and this song can make you feel like you are not alone. I was persuaded tremendously by this song and I would recommend this to anyone even if this doesn’t apply to you, we can spread more awareness and become more enlightened about this taboo topic.

Grammar Guide

Sentences/Complete Sentences/Independent Clauses- Subject-verb“complete thought”

1. Fragments-incomplete sentence that lacks a subject, a verb and or is a dependent clause.  
2. Run ons- Fused sentence comma splice. EX.to fix add a comma and FANBOYS, add a period, or use a semicolon

Comma to separate time words

      Use a comma between day of week and the month

      Use a comma between the day and year 

      Use a comma to separate the year from the rest of the sentence when the year follows the month and day

 Commas to make meanings clear

      Use commas to separate words or phases in a series (chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry ice cream.)

      Use commas to separate nouns of direct address. (Mom, do I have to clean my room?)

      Use commas to set off parenthetical expression such as “I believe “and “according to”

      Use a comma to set off two or more introductory prepositional phases EX. In, before, after, at, down, across, inside, out, outside, for, by, on, between, behind, under, around, against, near, through, throughout) 

      Use a comma when separating two or more adjectives before a noun. (We followed the steep, narrow road up the mountain.)

Semicolons

      Use semicolons to separate independent clauses that are brief and closely related. (It rained all day; our picnic was cancelled.)

     Use semicolons when working with transitional word or phases. EX.Accordingly, also, besides, consequently, finally, furthermore, hence, however, instead, etc. 

Apostrophes

      Form a contraction by using an Apostrophes in place of the letter or letters that have been omitted. (I’ll= I will, he’s=he is, isn’t=is not, wasn’t= was not)

Commonly confused words-its/it’s- its of or belonging to it/it’s a contraction. Than/then- than used with comparisons/then at that time or next. To/Too/Two- To toward/Too meaning a lot or excessively/Two showing a number. 

A lot of Hanna’s audience are teenagers and in America about fifty percent of teenagers by the age of forteen have a mental illness. Hanna’s platform on Youtube has over two million subscribers; furthermore, she has a big impact on American teenagers. She is using her influence for good and is letting her listeners feel empowered to do good and be themselves and not to be silenced because of their mental illness. Hanna’s effectiveness of rhetorical appeals gives the audience a new outlook onto the subject of mental illness. Her purpose was to spread awareness and to give people struggling hope, I think she fulfilled that purpose because as a listener, I was moved and wanted to help others. This piece of work affected me because for someone who is depressed and takes anti-depressant medications I could relate to her experiences and feelings. Hanna’s song has a real impact on the world, her vivid descriptions and emotionally loaded language give her audience a vision on what mental illness is and how to help.

Rhetorical Analysis of Gabbie Hanna’s Song ‘’Medicate’’

 American youtuber, author, actress and singer/songwriter Gabbie Hanna in her song ‘’Medicate’’ (February 1, 2019) addresses the topics of chronic depression and other mental illnesses. She argues that doctors are ‘’killing sadness with science.’’ She supports this claim by stating that doctors don’t disclose the side effects for these heavy drugs and tell their patients ‘just swallow, it will make you feel better.’ But, does it really? Gabbie’s purpose is to show her audience that being depressed or having other illnesses is normal and not to feel pressured to take medication. ‘’Medication changes the chemicals in your brain, I guess that is the point.’’ She adopts an emotional tone with her audience when sharing her own experiences with mental illness. In this essay, I will analyze her use of vivid descriptions, personal anecdotes, and emotionally loaded language to persuade her audience. Hanna’s use of vivid descriptions helps support her argument that medication is not the only way to fix your problems. By sharing her own experiences with medication, she is showing how it gives her feel of strangeness. She says, “Should I take a pill to numb the pain? / Change the chemicals inside my brain, / I worry I won’t be the same.’’ She is showing her audience that when she was going through this, that she felt pressured into taking the medication and that she was always scared to because she didn’t want to change who she was. Anti- depressant drugs are supposed to change the neurotransmitters in the brain to change your emotions and mood. But if that is not how you normally act then what is even the point? She also states in the song over and over again ‘’ can you medicate a broken heart?’’ By saying this she is referring to the fact that being sad or ‘having a broken heart’ can’t be fixed by taking medication; it is all about and your needs and doing what makes you happy . Hanna’s main use of personal anecdotes in her song comes into play when she says ‘’Is this the way to fix this /or is this a quick fix, /I couldn’t say.’’ She is indicating that medication can help improve your mood, help with concentration and to increase your appetite, so by this Gabbie is referring that these medications are a quick fix; it is short term you can’t take anti-depressants forever. If you are truly unhappy, she is indicating that it’s important to get therapy. Hanna talks a lot about mental illness in some of her other songs such as ‘’Butterflies’’ and ‘’Broken Girls’; by doing this she builds her ethos by showing she has a lot of experience with this and that she truly wants to spread a message. In the United States, about fifteen million people are taking medication for mental illness; Hanna wants her audience to know that it is okay to be going through it and make whatever you have been through something to actually be proud of, share your wisdom with the world and maybe help someone else. Gabbie Hanna’s song ‘’Medicate’’ is full of emotionally loaded language; that is her main rhetorical appeal used to persuade her audience. Her lyrics are very meaningful and used to make you feel a certain way about what she is singing about. She uses metaphors such as ‘’build your walls up just to rip them apart,’’ meaning that everyone has imaginary walls they have to protect themselves and with medication it breaks down those walls and make you more vulnerable. She is not saying that it is a bad thing, she is just sharing her experience and trying to paint a picture for her audience. Part of the song that personally really stood out to me as a listener was “Make your tragedies a work of art.” When Hanna is saying this, it is very impactful to her piece of work. She referring to anything that a person goes through, can help someone else don’t look at it as a bad thing it makes you into the person you are today. A lot of Hanna’s audience are teenagers and in America about fifty percent of teenagers by the age of fort-teen have mental illness. Hanna’s platform on Youtube has over two million subscribers furthermore she has a big impact on American teenagers. She is using her influence for good and is trying to teach people that mental illness is normal and you are not weird or stupid. 

Thesis-I will analyze her use of vivid descriptions, personal anecdotes, and emotionally loaded language to persuade her audience.

Topic Sentence One-Hanna’s use of vivid descriptions helps support her argument that medication is not the only way to fix your problems. By sharing her own experiences with medication, she is showing how it gives her feel of strangeness. 

Topic Sentence Two-Hanna’s main use of personal anecdotes in her song comes into play when she says ‘’Is this the way to fix this /or is this a quick fix, /I couldn’t say.’’

Topic Sentence Three-Gabbie Hanna’s song ‘’Medicate’’ is full of emotionally loaded language; that is her main rhetorical appeal used to persuade her audience. 

Medicate

 American youtuber, author, actress and singer/songwriter Gabbie Hanna in her song ‘’Medicate’’ (February 1, 2019) addresses the topics of chronic depression and other mental illnesses. She argues that doctors are ‘’killing sadness with science.’’ She supports this claim by stating that doctors don’t disclose the side effects for these heavy drugs and tell their patients ‘just swallow, it will make you feel better.’ But, does it really? Gabbie’s purpose is to show her audience that being depressed or having other illnesses is normal and not feel pressured to take medication. (Medication changes the chemicals in your brain, I guess that is the point.) She adopts an emotional tone with her audience by sharing her own experiences with mental illness. In this essay, I will analyze her use of rhetorical strategies to persuade her audience. Hanna’s background to support that medication is not the only way to fix is your problems, is by sharing her own experiences with mental illness. In her song ‘’Medicate,’’ she says’’   Should I take a pill to numb the pain? Change the chemicals inside my brain, I worry I won’t be the same.’’ She is showing her audience that when herself was going through this, that she was peer pressured into taking the medication and that she was always scared to because she didn’t want to change who she was. Anti- depressant drugs are supposed to change the neurotransmitters in brain to change your emotions and mood. But if that is not how you normally act then what is even the point. She also states in the song over and over again ‘’ can you medicate a broken heart.’’ By saying this she is referring to the fact that being sad or ‘having  American youtuber, author, actress and singer/songwriter Gabbie Hanna in her song ‘’Medicate’’ (February 1, 2019) addresses the topics of chronic depression and other mental illnesses. She argues that doctors are ‘’killing sadness with science.’’ She supports this claim by stating that doctors don’t disclose the side effects for these heavy drugs and tell their patients ‘just swallow, it will make you feel better.’ But, does it really? Gabbie’s purpose is to show her audience that being depressed or having other illnesses is normal and not feel pressured to take medication. (Medication changes the chemicals in your brain, I guess that is the point.) She adopts an emotional tone with her audience by sharing her own experiences with mental illness. In this essay, I will analyze her use of rhetorical strategies to persuade her audience. a broken heart’ can’t be fixed by taking medication, it is all about you and your needs and doing what makes you happy.

Hanna’s use of logic in her song is ‘’ is this the way to fix this or is this a quick fix, I really couldn’t say.’’ She is meaning that medication is meant to help improve your mood, help with concentration and increase your appetite, so by this Gabbie is referring that these medications are a quick fix, it is short term you can’t take anti-depressants forever. If you are truly unhappy, try getting some real help. Hanna talks a lot about mental illness in some of her other songs such as ‘’Butterflies’’ and ‘’Broken Girls,’’ she shows that she has a lot of experience with this and wants to spread a message. In the United States, about fifteen million people are taking medication for mental illness, Hanna wants her audience to know that it is okay to be going through and make whatever you have been through something to actually be proud of, share your wisdom with the world and maybe help someone else. 

Gabbie Hanna’s song ‘’Medicate’’ is full of pathos, that is her main use to persuade her audience. Her lyrics are very meaningful and used to make you feel a certain way about what she is singing about.