In the article titled “Forcing Apple to Hack That IPhone Sets a Dangerous Precedent”, Congressman Darrell Issa argues that protecting the privacy of millions of people should be more important that forcing Apple to unlock an iPhone that a terrorist used. Congressman Issa suggests that forcing Apple to create new software to unlock the device will put privacy of millions of people at risk. Congressman Issa writes this article in response to the controversial decision of the court to force Apple to create software to unlock a phone of a terrorist, who “killed 14 people” in San Bernardino (Issa, Paragraph 2). In the article, through the use of rhetorical question, simile and statistical facts, Congressman Issa is able to effectively show the readers
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He starts his article with a rhetorical question. In the first paragraph, Issa questions “Are Apple and other tech companies…the company’s own engineers can’t break into?” By starting the article with this rhetorical question, Issa is able to get readers attention towards the main subject about the article. Reading this question, the reader will feel more involved in the article and will want to read more. In addition to that, to keep the readers engaged throughout the article, Issa uses another rhetorical question towards the middle of the article. In the question, Issa questions “Why shouldn’t law enforcement… to prevent terrorist attacks in the future?”(Issa, Paragraph 1) Here, Issa is getting the audience involved and also showing his audience that he understands them. When the court forced Apple to unlock the iPhone, a lot of people answered this same question and said Apple should do it because it’s for national security. So, by stating that “at first glance, the issue seems simple”, the author is able to show the reader that he too thought it was just a simple issue at first (Issa, Paragraph 4). But, then, the author goes to say that this simple question “overlooks” the main reason Apple is not willing to create new software. So, by relating to his readers, Issa is able to keep the readers’ attention throughout the
He starts his article with a rhetorical question. In the first paragraph, Issa questions “Are Apple and other tech companies…the company’s own engineers can’t break into?” By starting the article with this rhetorical question, Issa is able to get readers attention towards the main subject about the article. Reading this question, the reader will feel more involved in the article and will want to read more. In addition to that, to keep the readers engaged throughout the article, Issa uses another rhetorical question towards the middle of the article. In the question, Issa questions “Why shouldn’t law enforcement… to prevent terrorist attacks in the future?”(Issa, Paragraph 1) Here, Issa is getting the audience involved and also showing his audience that he understands them. When the court forced Apple to unlock the iPhone, a lot of people answered this same question and said Apple should do it because it’s for national security. So, by stating that “at first glance, the issue seems simple”, the author is able to show the reader that he too thought it was just a simple issue at first (Issa, Paragraph 4). But, then, the author goes to say that this simple question “overlooks” the main reason Apple is not willing to create new software. So, by relating to his readers, Issa is able to keep the readers’ attention throughout the