Rhetorical Analysis of Timothy Quinns Article - 1731 Words

Rhetorical Analysis of Timothy Quinns article Coyote (Canis latrans) Food Habits in Three Urban Habitats Types of Western Washington In the book Engaging Inquiry, Judy Kirscht and Mark Schlenz detail the specifications of a scientific article. They speak about what each section should contain and what questions each section should answer. The article Coyote (Canis latrans) Food Habits in Three Urban Habitats Types of Western Washington was written by Timothy Quinn, a graduate student at the University Of Washington. Quinn follows the K and S model for writing a scientific article. Although he dose deviate from the set model by adding sections in which he feels are important and not completely addressing questions that should have†¦show more content†¦He also mentions the scientist that covered the material before him, stating the flaws in their work. MacCrakens (1982) description of the annual diet of coyotes in residential habitat was based on a small number of scats (n=97) collected during a single month. Atkinson and Shackleton (1991) described the diet of coyotes in an area that was mostly agricultur al (Quinn 89). These mentions of previous studies are meant to show the gaps in previous works that he intends to address, Additionally, none of these studies looked at the diets as a function of human density (Quinn 90). Quinn goes on to mention his objective, My objectives were to document the annual diet of coyotes in three types of urban habitats of western Washington and to qualitatively asses how coyote diets changed as a function of land use patterns and human density (Quinn 90). This statement is very clear and to the point because Quinn wants his audience to know exactly what his objective is and he dose not want his objective to be unclear. This goes to the fact that Quinn is writing this paper with the goal of earning his doctorate degree. This fact may contribute to such a clearly stated objective. Quinns introduction, as it relates to the K and S model, answers all the questions that are suppose to answer. The next section addressed by Quinn is the study area. The study area is not a section set aside by the K and S model but in