Cheer to Cool

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Cheer-Leading Is Too Cool Football should not be recognized as a sport! Why is it and not cheer-leading? In a very informative Newsweek article from march 2008, freelance writer Jennie Yabroff answers this question with vivid details, factual history, and lining it next to football to compare. She puts great use to some rhetorical tools, which, even though I'm sure there are more, great ones she uses is Imagery with a touch of irony?, (probably her best) Allusion, Connotation, Historical/Political examples, and even makes a good Pun. Jennie believes that cheer deserves much more recognition and does a excellent job using these rhetorical devices to get her opinion out and about. Though short, I loved her article! I gained more information and a stronger opinion of cheer, And for the purpose of this essay of course, got to see great examples of rhetorical tools in action. Her first rhetorical tool is Imagery and slams us with it from the getgo! Describing the bad shape "The team" is in with one member a broken rib, another concussion from a fall, one with sprained ankle, and to top it they have been practicing in this mannor all day and all night focusing everything they have while their coach is screaming at them from the sidelines! Every team in every sport in this condition always needs a little positive shove, and cheerleaders are the best at it! But Jennie throws the twist, or even irony, they are the cheerleaders! We can imagine this situation in many sports but football will be our prime comparison. This use of Imagery sets the physical strain, time, focus, and determination cheer has just like every other sport. I don't think is fair to only catigorize cheer-leaders into "spirit squads". Some teams go to competitions worldwide and have to work quite hard to get there. Historically, Cheer-leading goes back just as far as football does. Most people imagine

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