September 11th 2001, left a huge impact on people’s lives all over the country. Michael Burke, a wall street journalist, talks about 9/11 in the article, “No Firemen at Ground Zero This 9/11?”. He explains how brave the firemen were on the attack of 9/11. On the 10th anniversary of 9/11, the firemen were not invited to ground zero to watch the remembrance ceremony, they were told they could watch it at another area on tvs. They were told there wasn’t enough room at ground zero for them, but invited politicians instead. Burke is trying to appeal to the businessmen of New York about how wrong not inviting the first responders was. Burke appeals to his audience with his descriptive narrative and organizational structure. To begin, descriptive
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Burke used descriptive words and phrases such as: bodies charred, bodies rained down, and they exploded. These words help emphasize everything people saw when the buildings began to come down. Many people watched people jump out of the towers, committing suicide before they were crushed by falling debris, these short phrases bring them back to seeing all of the bodies dead and destroyed. Using these phrases bring the audience to the day, to make them remember how truly awful the terrorist attack was. After using the descriptive phrases he uses short one sentence paragraphs to show what the first responders sacrificed on 9/11. Burke states, “and still they went in,” “and still they went up,” showing how brave they were on that day. After painting the picture in his head he hits them with the strong short paragraphs showing that they firemen still fought while most people were running the other way. When people think of what they did when they saw all the bodies falling from the sky and the tower coming down they …show more content…
Burke doesn’t state his claim until the very end of the article, the very last sentence to be exact. He uses the 12 out of 17 paragraphs to describe to the audience what happened on 9/11 before he states his argument. He wants to make sure the audience has a picture of what happened that day before he wants them to see what he was fighting for. He wants them to understand why this situation was so important to him and others all around the country. Burke is speaking to businessmen and realizes if he starts out with his claim they will not be moved by the piece the way they will be with his thesis at the end of the article. He goes making them remember all of the events that went on that day to why it is important that the firemen are able to go to ground zero on the 10th anniversary. Doing this leaves the audience knowing exactly why Burke is fighting for the firefighters right to be recognized as a huge part of 9/11 on ground zero. To conclude, Burke gets his claim across using different writing strategies throughout his article. The two that will leave an impact on the audience are his descriptive narrative and organizational structure. Burke persuades his audience that firemen must be invited to ground zero on the 10th anniversary. The firemen of 9/11 were selfless, brave, and courageous and deserve to be remembered/ recognized for all that did on September 9th,
Burke used descriptive words and phrases such as: bodies charred, bodies rained down, and they exploded. These words help emphasize everything people saw when the buildings began to come down. Many people watched people jump out of the towers, committing suicide before they were crushed by falling debris, these short phrases bring them back to seeing all of the bodies dead and destroyed. Using these phrases bring the audience to the day, to make them remember how truly awful the terrorist attack was. After using the descriptive phrases he uses short one sentence paragraphs to show what the first responders sacrificed on 9/11. Burke states, “and still they went in,” “and still they went up,” showing how brave they were on that day. After painting the picture in his head he hits them with the strong short paragraphs showing that they firemen still fought while most people were running the other way. When people think of what they did when they saw all the bodies falling from the sky and the tower coming down they …show more content…
Burke doesn’t state his claim until the very end of the article, the very last sentence to be exact. He uses the 12 out of 17 paragraphs to describe to the audience what happened on 9/11 before he states his argument. He wants to make sure the audience has a picture of what happened that day before he wants them to see what he was fighting for. He wants them to understand why this situation was so important to him and others all around the country. Burke is speaking to businessmen and realizes if he starts out with his claim they will not be moved by the piece the way they will be with his thesis at the end of the article. He goes making them remember all of the events that went on that day to why it is important that the firemen are able to go to ground zero on the 10th anniversary. Doing this leaves the audience knowing exactly why Burke is fighting for the firefighters right to be recognized as a huge part of 9/11 on ground zero. To conclude, Burke gets his claim across using different writing strategies throughout his article. The two that will leave an impact on the audience are his descriptive narrative and organizational structure. Burke persuades his audience that firemen must be invited to ground zero on the 10th anniversary. The firemen of 9/11 were selfless, brave, and courageous and deserve to be remembered/ recognized for all that did on September 9th,