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My eighth-graders know climatology better than congressmen. (Pathos…
My eighth-graders know climatology better than congressmen.
Pathos
Concrete details
The author explains how Lamar Smith is not adequate for his position by explaining how scientist have the answers he denies.
Specific example.
"We don’t have time to wait for Austin’s scientifically illiterate representatives to understand how science works while they continue to ignore the warning signs."
Connotations
The author refers to the representatives as "illiterates", representing her emotions towards them & their unresponsibility to address the issue. She also
Narratives
The author does not provide a solid narrative, besides the quotes used from Lamar Smith.
Ethos
Be knowledgeable
The author's article is more inclined towards her opinion on the issue rather than providing facts/statistics.
Be fair to an alternative viewpoint
The author leaves little to no room for an alternative opinion. She explains how climate change is real & cannot understand why representatives would deny it.
Professionalism
The author uses professionalism in her article, however towards the last paragraph, she describes Austins scientifically representative as "illiterates".
Build a bridge to the audience
The author builds a bridge with the audience by explaining how climate change is in issue affecting us all.
Claim & Supporting Reasons
Claim
Climate change should be addressed instead of debating it it's real or not.
Supporting Reasons
Eighth grader have a better understanding than representatives/congress
Climate change is not being addressed properly & it's affecting us all.
People depend on science yet know little to none of it.
Critique
The author wrote her article opinion based; she compared representatives/congress to her eighth graders. To support her opinion she quoted Lamar Smith, as well as Carl Sagan.
Logos
Testimony
The author quotes Lamar Smith when he commented on his denial on climate change & that scientists don't know about the factors affecting climate change
Field Observation
The author observed her eighth grade students & compared them to the congressmen.
Facts & statistics
The author does not provide statics; she also provides very few facts: " Smith...defunding NASA's earth & science research..."
Personal Experience
Does not apply.