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This article was written by Audrey Browning on May 11. The authors intend was to share the irony of how many AP high school students discussed Trump in their essays about “artifice” in politics. But he also mentions that some students did not reference Trump. Browning's tone was humorous which was determined by including multiple memes about the test. The article included a tonal shift of going from people “roasting” Trump to mentioning that not all students used Trump as an example and that they started posting other memes about what they did write about. The author then mentions that students aren’t suppose to mention what was even on the test. The credibility of the topic itself comes from Buzzfeed which was the original place that Browning got her information on the topic. The author uses the words “creative” and “inspiration” to describe how she feels about the students. The article follows many different memes posted on twitter starting with just using #APLang, then memed what Trump would think about them, it moves on to what student who didn’t write about Trump posted, and it ends with memes mocking the college board testing administrators. The end of the article states “Here’s to hoping no test scores get canceled over memes!”
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The article was written by Phillip Tracy on May 4, 2017. The authors purpose of writing this article is to appeal to the website's main audience of teenagers by providing new updates of social media. This makes the reader feel excited about the possible update of TV shows on snapchat and create hope for the readers by including many other news websites to help bring it to life and mentioning other social media sites. The author creates an informational and matter-of-fact tone. Tracy provides much information about the new snapchat stories of TV shows as well as matter-of-fact because does not indicate any personal feelings towards the topic at hand. Tracy writes with concrete diction by involving lots of statements that would back up any claim made by other news sources. He uses words like “heavily involved” which supports that other media sources were involved in creating Tv show stories on snapchat. While Tracy used “goal” to prove that it should be accomplished and it was important that it would be. The author provides logical evidence about the TV shows, he mentions “You should expect to see two to three shows on Snapchat each day by the end of 2017, Snap confirmed with Business Insider.” This also appeals to the credibility of many other news websites that were referenced in the article such as NBCUniversal, ESPN, ABC, Turner, Vice, and the NFL. This appeal of credibility supports the argument greatly based on the the information stated by “The social media giant is said to have signed deals with a number of traditional media companies”. https://www.dailydot.com/irl/bill-nye-saves-world-ice-cream-gay-conversion/
This article was written by Samantha Grasso on April 30. The author’s intent is to make a serious issue like sexuality and gender into a less serious situation and more funny. He portrays a whimsical tone but starts off with a factual tone by describing conservative blogs and their take on the issue before. Then he started telling about what the metaphor represent which is when the author starts having a more whimsical tone. Using diction such as “demands”, “convert”, “change”, and “asserts” he describes what the video was showing therefore the tone Grasso shows while telling about the video was more insertive than whimsical but that was the overall tone. The diction Grasso used was insincere based on the word he used in the headline “impossibility” which indicates the author’s boldness to say that it is impossible to explain it which could challenge many people’s opinions. She also uses “revelations” to describe how the author thinks about Nye’s ideas. The author included a tonal shift at the very end of the article by stating “take a deep breath, folk” which could possibly mean she herself does not even agree with Bill Nye supposed scientific research. Grasso appeals to pathos and ethos. She appeals to our emotions by making us feel for the gay community and what they go through. The author provides credibility for other media websites who exploit Bill Nye’s lack of scientific basis. The argument created is slightly weak due to the fact that throughout it is hard to determine the side of the argument that she is on. Whether her opinion is that the video was good or bad. https://www.dailydot.com/layer8/fbi-translator-syria-marry-isis-recruiter/
This article was written by David Gilmour on May 2. Gilmour wrote this article to expose the wrongdoings of a former FBI translator and to claim that even sometimes good guys can make bad decisions. Towards the end of the article the author makes it seem like she should be lucky her sentence was only two years and now she has turned her life around. The tone used by the author is cynical and objective. He shows little emotion towards the subject at hand and the only time he does is when he mentions the character of Denis Cuspert. The author described Cuspert as “high-profile” and then after Daniela Greene married him, she “regretted” marrying him and a reason her sentence her so shortened was because she pleaded “remorse”. Gilmour appeals mainly to the credibility of who both Daniela Greene and Denis Cuspert were as people. Greene provided actual facts of what she did and how she felt afterwards. While Cuspert contained many different identities in many different countries. A video is also provided to give extra information about the marriage between the two. https://www.dailydot.com/upstream/oscars-2017-nominations-diversity/
This article was written by Lauren L'Amie on Jan. 24, 2017. Her purpose for writing this article was to express how 2017 is changing and it’s starting with the Oscars. L’Amie wants to point out how the Oscars are usually white and this year there was more black nominees and the author wants to emphasize how this is the start of a big change. L’Amie creates a reverent tone by showing tweets that show the congratulations to the nominees and the great respect many people hold for them. The author also provides tweets that say “to the folks who made history” which tells that many people are proud of this accomplishment of the number of black nominees in many different categories. Diction such as “victory” used by the author supports the claim that “they’ve made history with a record number of black nominees across all categories”. The unifying diction the author uses is described words like “diverse”, “minority groups”, and “people of color”. These words were used by L’Amie to support her claim that the Oscars is now opening up to all types of races and no longer limited to mostly whites. Although the author also used “blacker” to say that the Oscars mostly just included more black people and not more diverse groups just as hispanics and asians. The author appeals mostly to logos by providing many examples of the black women that were nominated such as Viola Davis, Naomie Harris, and Octavia Spencer, as well as mentioning their respective films Fences, Moonlight, and Hidden Figures. This is not only marks the first time that three black women have been nominated in a performance category, it’s also the first time three black people have been nominated in the same category. She also includes a list of other black nominations in the Oscars: Denzel Washington for best actor (Fences), Ruth Negga for best actress (Loving), and Mahershala Ali for best supporting actor (Moonlight), making this year the first time that at least one black actor was included in every performance category, Joi McMillon is the first black woman to be nominated (along with Nat Sanders) in the best editing category for her work on Moonlight, and Bradford Young, nominated for best cinematography for his work on Arrival, is the second black cinematographer to be nominated in the category. L’Amie starts her article by directly stating what she will be discussing then she introduces her supporting evidence such as the syntax used to create her list and appealing to logos. https://www.dailydot.com/irl/donald-trump-jr-lgbtq-college-kids/
This article was written by Ana Valens on April 13. The authors purpose is to exploit the truth about who Donald Trump Jr is and Valens successfully shows us how Trump Jr. wrongly accused a group of people, LGBTQ, by providing facts about how LGBTQ strudents are more stressed than most. The position made a strong stance on the position that Donald Trump Jr. had no right in accusing this specific group of students in their lifestyle. The tone used by the Valens was slightly matter-of-fact at the beginning of the article and towards the end it is a slightly more callous tone as the author doesn’t care at all about Donald Trump Jr. by stating he is “deeply insensitive” and also by mentioning in the top right corner “Because life is harder when you’re born wealthy” which responds to the title of the article. This makes the author sound a little condescending. Valens uses words such as “troublemakers” and “radically” to explain how an article in Daily Caller makes Trump Jr. feel “compelled” to make fun of LGBTQ students. The word “troublemaker” was used to describe LGBTQ kids which contributed to the way Trump Jr. felt about this certain group of people. While using the word “radically” makes it seem kinda like a bad thing. The author included this to indicate that Trump Jr. could have possibly been influenced by false accusations from other articles. Valens appealed to both logos and ethos while writing this article. She appealed to her readers with logical by providing proven medical studies that LGBTQ students are more stressed and from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention which gives statics of the number of LGBTQ students to feel uncomfortable in school environments. While also appealing to the credibility of Donald Trump Jr. by showing the screenshot of the tweet he posted insulting the LGBTQ community. The article then ends very abrupt with another incident of Trump Jr. where is was being “insensitive on Twitter”. Although the author doesn’t go into any depth about the incident and instead ends the article. https://www.dailydot.com/upstream/this-week-had-me-like-podcast-caroline-goldfarb/
The article was written by Nayomi Reghay on Jan. 5, 2017. The author writes this article to show how the “This Week Had Me Like” podcasts are good for people to listen to when there are so many problems in our country today. The beginning of the article holds more of an argument than end by getting right to the point and telling the readers how listening to the podcasts can make you feel better in light of current events. Reghay’s overall goal is to get more people to start listening to the podcasts that will make them laugh and be happier. The article starts with “In a world of bitter daily news, This Week Had Me Like tastes like a bowl of Fruity Pebbles”. Therefore, while getting her point across she creates a jovial tone in her writing. Her jovial tone comes from the diction she uses such as “Fruity Pebbles” and “colorful” which both show that the podcasts have a bright outlook in life instead of a “somber” one, which is another word the author uses to describe current events. The word “somber” was specifically used as a way to describe the recent political climate. Reghay the adds to this example by describing this “saddening” event and entering into her article how the post election podcasts included Ivanka Trump who attempted the mannequin challenge which appealed to pathos by adding to her readers humorous side. Reghay also provides funny pictures from Caroline Goldfarb, the creator of the viral OfficialSeanPenn Instagram. Providing these pictures also helps appeal to the Reghay’s credibility by giving not only the person she got the memes from but the place as well, instagram. Although Reghay very clearly states many times that Goldfarb is humorous in her podcasts and find the good in a bad situation she also“never hesitate to point out the absurd, but they aren’t ripping anyone to shreds”. Then at the end of the article Nayomi Reghay states a powerful quote about what the podcast is all about “The podcast is a wonderful reminder that there is so much beauty left in the world. You just have to know where to find it.” |
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