In this article, the author did a great job at the depicting the horror that the father and son caused. A father and son that worked at a Baptist church were charged with the rape of teenage girls that attended the church. The father, Larry Winn, was director of the transportation ministry at his church, while his son, Steven Winn, was the assistant youth pastor. They both had ample opportunities to access children. Police believed that there were several children that they sexually assaulted. One woman has already made a statement to the police about how she was raped by the father when s he was just 16 years old. After reading the article, I can say that the author used a formal diction. The emotional connection from the author's writing was extremely powerful towards the readers. The emotional connection was strong because of the subject matter. The fact that two prominent associates of a church were charged with the raping and sexual assaulting of teenagers is heartbreaker. At that, multiple children were assaulted by these disgusting men. The author's tone in the article was sympathetic.
The article appealed to both ethos and pathos. Ethos were appealed because the police departments and specific locations were credited throughout the article. For pathos, they were appealed because of how I felt towards the repulsive actions the men took. The intended purpose of the article was to inform readers to stay safe, no matter what kind of setting you're in. Even though, it might seem safe, things and places might not always be.
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In this article, the author did a superb job at explaining the deleterious effects of the recent shooting at a Los Angeles high school. A 12- year old girl took fire to children in her school causing two students to be hospitalized and other students with minor injuries. Right now, the police have not given any future information about her other than her age. At first, she was just identified as a "suspect," now she's a "person of interest." Throughout the article, the author's diction was a mixture between formal and informal. There was a lot of emotional connection to the readers throughout the article. The readers felt the emotional connection because of how the writer explained what happened to the young children at a place that is supposed to be safe for children. The tone of the article was depressing and heartbreaking.
The article appealed to both ethos and pathos. For ethos the author including statements from parents and students from the shoot out. Also, statements from the police officers. The article appealed to pathos because of the horrible event, which caused several emotions from the readers. The author provided information about what occurred at the shooting. The purpose of this article was to inform the readers about how anyone, no matter what age or what gender they are can cause significantly harmful affects to people. In this article, the author did an excellent job at informing the readers about the detrimental effects of the recent mudslide in California. The mudslide effected much of the area where the rich and influential celebrities reside. Some of the celebrities that reside in that area consist of Oprah Winfrey, Rob Lowe, Ellen DeGeneres, and Jimmy Connors. Throughout the article, the author wrote using a formal diction and the author was able to emotionally connect to the readers through his writing.
The author appealed to pathos. He appealed to pathos by including the background information of all the people that were injured and killed in the mudslide. Also, by showing the amount of people that died. The tone of the article was thoughtful and tragic. By reading the article, I was able to analyze what the purpose of the article was. The author's purpose of writing the article was to inform people about the dangers of mudslides. As well as, to show respect to the people that were injured and killed in the treacherous mudslide, In this article, the author was informing the readers about the possible extraterrestrial bacteria that a Russian cosmonaut discovered on the ISS. Prior to each launch, the cosmonauts do a routine check throughout the ship. As well as, doing numerous swap tests on microorganisms while in space. During one test, was when Shkaperlov, the cosmonaut, discovered the bacteria. It was believed to be accidentally carried into space on one of the tablet PCs abroad the ship. The author writes using a complex diction due to the fact that they article is about science and interspace travel. Throughout reading the article, there was not much of an emotional connection with the readers.
The author appealed to both logos and ethos. The author included the various routine tests that had to be done while aboard the space ship and why they had to do them, so that qualifies as logos. For ethos, some of the other cosmonauts aboard gave statements of what the thought the microorganism was. As well as, how it got onto the ship. The tone the author used was very formal. I was able to analyze what the purpose of the article was. It was to inform the readers that Russia has discovered a bacteria aboard their ship that might be considered extraterrestrial. In this article, the author is informing the readers of the unlikely truths of catching diseases from a public toilet. There has always been a nasty myth that if you sit on a public toilet or are even near one, you have the potential to contract a disease or virus. The chance of you catching anything has an extremely low possibility of happening. Throughout the article, the author wrote using an informal diction and forthright tone. He used these techniques to become more emotionally connected with the readers by gaining their trust. By gaining the reader’s trust, it will better help them believe that the information the doctor provided is proven correct. Also, the diction is considered informal because the author writes jokes about how unlikely contracting a disease from a public toilet is.
The author appeals to both ethos and pathos in the article by using humor alongside facts. For ethos, it appeals because of the credibility from NHS physician, Dr. Preethi Daniel. She provided the information about the low percentile of disease and virus contracting rate due to the use of a public toilet. The author’s purpose of this article was to inform people that worrying about illnesses from public toilet use should not be a major concern. There’s only a few possible reasons why you could contract a disease from a public restroom. “To contract these diseases the germs would have to be directly transferred from the toilet seat to your genital tract, or through an open wound or sore on your legs or buttocks.” Due to the fact that people typically squat while using a public toilet, it would be nearly impossible for this transfer to happen. Overall, the author does a good job at presenting how and why you shouldn’t be as afraid to use a public stall. In this article, the author does an excellent job at depicting the emotional distress that Lionel Richie is in due to his daughter's poor decision making of finding a significant other. The author clearly wanted to make his point that Lionel Richie felt it was an unsafe relationship for his daughter. This is because Scott Disick has repeatedly confessed to being a sex addict in the past. The author uses a formal, but more relaxed tone to express a more emotional connection. Although, he wants to get his point over of Lionel's concern and worriment for his daughter.
The author makes sure to appeal to pathos by stating quotes from Sofia and Lionel Richie. There’s a few particular quotes throughout the article about why Lionel Richie is so protective over is daughter, Sofia. By using these quotes it gives you a better understanding of how close their relationship is with each other. The purpose of this article was to inform and entertain the audience of this news organization. Or in other words, to inform the audience of how it’s not always safe to be in a relationship with a known sex addict. Especially, if you’re still at a young age of your adult life. |
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