The author is practically speaking from his subject's mouth, which makes for a strong argument.
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The author of this article creates a sympathetic tone. They feel for Jordan military personnel because they are in quite the pickle; actively working with the American forces that are present in both Syria and Jordan, but cannot afford to intervene or invade in the civil war in Syria. Their concise diction plays into their credibility appeal. They include sources in every paragraph of the article and make them flow smoothly from source to source, boosting their argument.
The author appeals to logos for the majority of the article, which makes their argument strong. They create a technical diction through the use of multiple facts. The author has researched the topic thoroughly and fabricates a serious tone, which implies that they care about the subject at hand. Their purpose is to update their audience on the release of the girls that were captured by Boko Haram, a terrositic group in Nigeria.
The author's argument is relatively weak in this article. They fail to provide enough evidence as to why the incident occurred, what is being done to prevent it, and how many times it has happened in the past. The tone comes across as uninterested, and they attempt to appeal to ethos by citing authority figures of Myanmar a few times, but it doesn't create the effect the author needs to strengthen their argument. The overall organization of the article is erratic and confusing, as is the diction.
The author's tone in this article is impressed. They are amazed at how the hackers were able to take control so quickly and how citizens and organizations were not prepared for this type of attack, yet they try to mask their feelings through their loaded diction and descriptive syntax. They mostly appeal to ethos, citing multiple sources in each paragraph, since they did not know the full extent of the attack, which makes their argument stronger because it's easy to tell that the author conducted an extensive amount of research to get the story right.
Hamza Mohamed, the author of this article, creates an emotional diction throughout his piece which makes it easy to tell that he sympathizes with the Somali government and their quest for a lifted arms embargo through his empathetic tone. The article is riddled with examples of logos, such as, "The UN Security Council placed the country under arms embargo in 1992, months after the outbreak of civil which led to the ouster of long-time President Siad Barre," which strenghtens Mohamed's argument that Somali is not well equipped to fight al-Shabab, an Al Qaeda affiliated terrorist regime.
The author of this article creates academic diction through the use of simplistic, polysyllabic words. They make it hard to tell their position on the story through their uninterested tone. They establish their credibility by referring to remarks from the members of the FIFA board and attempt to fabricate a scholarly effect. Their purpose was to alert the public of the scandalous nature of FIFA and their executive board. The argument is weak because while they cite FIFA board execs, they don't synthesize them very well.
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