It is argued that sport utility vehicles consume vast amounts of gasoline and those who buy them support foreign lands. Another extreme argument is that the pollution being produced by the vehicles are causing global warming. The author however fights off the alleged attacks.In this article,John Merline is trying to persuade the american population to believe sport utility vehicles are not harming the environment by using statistics, Imagery and the freedom of choice.
Throughout this article Merline uses statistics to prove the opposing sides of sport utility vehicles harming the environment. He showed that from 1990 to 2000 the fuel economy increased by 7 percent. The other party's strength is to attack large sport utilities by proving that they are horrible on fuel economy. This statistic was probably placed to show the public that in reality gas millage is really not as bad as the other side fights.
In the closing paragraph the author appeals to the freedom we have to choose, when he says... consumers get to choose what car to buy. Freedom is so crucial for Americans and that is why he uses this to his advantage. He probably believes that this is his strongest point so that is why he ends with it.
We should drill for oil in Alaska instead of giving our money to foreigners to do it.
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You identify great tools, but I feel like you could include quotes and dig deeper into why the author uses a certain tool. Also, maybe ask yourself: How will the tools mentioned effect his audience?
You did a good job with your thesis and also your two paragraphs of analyzing the authors tools. But you could add more to your paragraphs and talk more in depth of how the author tried to persuade the audience.
I thought you did a good job in identifying the tools used, and I thought your analysis of each was good. My only suggestion (and I bet you would have done this anyway in your final paper) would be to beef up the paragraphs and go into a little more depth. This would be a good way to meet the page requirement too.
Your tools are great tools to identify in the authors article and it sounds like you know what you want to do, but you need to analyze the tools more in depth than one sentence.
alright, so the intro is a little awkward. leave out the "the author however..." sentence. Because you havent introduced the neither the article nor the author yet. and just give some more background on SUV's in the beginning of the intro!
as others have said, expand on your thoughts and analysises and add some quotes.
Great job in picking out and identifying the tactics used, but you may want to make it a little longer for the final paper.
Good Paper- I liked how you stated what tools he used in your thesis, and then gave an example of how he used those tools per paragraph. It was very clear. However, I think you could offer more analysis on what he is trying to say rather than just giving your own opinion. Don’t get me wrong, giving your own opinion is great, but if you gave more analysis on what he said that would probably be more to your benefit.
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