Indledning
This is an analytical essay of the opinion article “Joe Biden issues call for unity amidst extreme partisan rancor” written by Carly Graf and published in The San Francisco Examiner, 20 January 2021.
The topic of the article deals with the newly elected President Joseph Biden who gives a speech at his inauguration.
He is talking about the hard times that America is facing with the widespread Covid-19 pandemic and how to get through it as a unit.
Carly Graf also talks about all the accidents that Trump has created and how Joe Biden will make America great again, which she substantiates with quotes.
In the essay, I will be focusing on argumentative, linguistic features and how successfully Carly Graf communicates her views. At the end, I will come with a conclusion.
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Uddrag
Carly Graf uses all three forms of appeal in the article. She uses pathos to get emotions into play, and an example for that could be (p. 4, ll 89-90).
In this example Carly is talking about how president Biden and vice president Harris will lead the people out of the global pandemic and out of the economic collapse, and away from the poison that Trump empowered.
She is talking to the people’s emotions because she is using some of the things that have been though for the Americans. For instance, the global pandemic.
She is using the word poison when she is talking about Trump, which will be an insult to the Trump supporters and also make them angry which means that it also hits their emotions.
However other forms of appeal are also used, for example ethos (p. 3, ll. 68-72). In this example Carly Graf is talking about the protection of the Capitol, and why they needed 25.000 guards to protect the capitol.
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