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leaders (George Clooney, Michelle Obama, Hillary Clinton, David Cameron, and Mark Zuckerburg) have united in their star-statuses to raise awareness of terrors such as: Darfur’s plight and bringing back the 200 kidnaped girls in Chibok, Nigeria. In the article, “Clooney, Clinton, and Useless ‘Soft Outrage’,” author S.E. Cupp attempts to make an argument regarding her opinion that, “… “awareness" alone will not end the genocide there -- only force will” (par.15). Although Cupp is very logical, a credible

There are many different types of articles: newspaper articles, journal articles, editorial articles, research articles. Each one of these articles target a different audience. The authors takes into account who will be reading their article and how much knowledge he or she has on the topic being discussed. The style of each of these articles depends on the audience. The comprehensibility of a newspaper article will be much greater than a research journal article written by a scientist. The audience

alienated”, than ever before. Turkle utilizes the pathos appeal by using the rhetorical appeals of anecdotes, assertion, and reasoning. She relies heavily on the use of pathos throughout the entire article. This is important because it gets the reader involved in the story and sets the stage for the entire article.

guilty and not guilty. The story was hard to keep straight as information was either left out or presented falsely. News articles presented soon after a story, is useful for awareness of the issue; however, exact details are generally not presented fairly or true fully. An article written in 2007 was one of the first published after the murder of Meredith Kercher. This article has valid information; however, important details were left out which made Amanda seem guilty. NBC did a respectable job

Is Cooking Really Freedom? According to Jim Sollisch’s article, cooking is an outlet of expression and is not limited to one gender (Sollisch, “Cooking Is Freedom”). Sollisch communicates of how his newfound interest and love of cooking came out of an act of rebellion to allow the enrollment of boys in Home Economics classes (Sollisch, “Cooking Is Freedom”). He effectively uses an informal tone and an abundance of short, simple sentences appropriate for his audiences of NY Times and blog post readers

this though, the author shows how a rich and dynamic scene is affected by the powerful marching of time. Particularly in the monograph, a vignette regarding the residence and life of a Sardinian craftsman named Attilio, this affliction is shown. The article shows how the Sardinian musical culture has succumb to the aging process. The fragility of a tradition is emphasized through a rich character portrayal and inferred admiration. Thick description is the method in which Lortat-Jacob arrives at his

Peter Medak’s film ‘Let him have it!’ and ‘The Daily Mail’ article of November 1952? Do they both show bias? In November 1952 a policeman was shot dead and another left wounded in what the Daily Mail called a ‘gun battle’ when Christopher Craig and Derek Bentley broke into the Barlow and Parker warehouse in Croydon. I have looked at two media sources of information regarding this event. A newspaper article taken from the Daily Mail 3rd November 1952 and Peter Medak’s

the essay you may find her words to be offensive or sarcastic, but she still manages to get her point across. However, three specific tactics stood out to me. They are ethos, pathos and logos. I read this article by Big Fish Presentations called “3 Ways to Persuade Your Audience.” In the article, the Big Fish presenters talked mainly on the topic of ethos, pathos and logos. They stated, “When used effectively, these three appeals can be powerful tools for achieving a speaker’s persuasive goal.” However

This paper is about the story “The Open Boat” written by Stephen Crane. In this paper, I will try to provide the similarities of the original story with the newspaper account. The differences in each article will also be discussed. Lastly, I will provide a conclusion based on the facts of both articles. "The Open Boat'' begins with a description of men aboard a small boat on a rough sea. These men are all survivors of a shipwreck. There is the cook, overweight and sloppily

News Analysis Assignment #1: Aggressive Mimicry in Assassin Bugs The news article I have chosen is titled “Assassin bug lures spiders by mimicking prey”1. In this article, author Mark Kniver states that researchers observed assassin bugs (Stenolemus bituberus) preying on spiders by mimicking prey trapped in a web through a behavior called “aggressive mimicry”1. Stenolemus bituberus will first disturb one of the strands of a spider’s web, tricking the spider into thinking that it has caught a