In the article Twitter is Destroying America by Damon Linker, Linker uses devices such as analogy, pathos, logos, and ethos to win the reader’s attention and affection to support the idea that the use of Twitter by politicians is leading to America’s downfall. However, not everyone shares this opinion. An author named Emily Parker disagrees with Damon Linker. Comparing the two articles, they are similar in many ways, but one is superior in captivating their intended audience. The one that is superior is the article by Damon Linker simply because of the complexity of the language used in the article paired with the complex use of rhetorical devices. This captivates an audience that is well endowed about Trump’s positions on issues and how he
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He uses one analogy that ties all the readers together throughout his entire article. The analogy that he uses throughout the article is the comparison of Twitter to a high school cafeteria. Linker states that Trump is the “most popular kid of all - the one many hate but no one ignores - is President Trump.” This analysis along with the rest of his comparisons to journalists being the popular crowd, and the faceless people being the ones that simply like and retweet the President's tweets. This analogy hits home for almost every American since we all stumbled and struggled through high school. The same analogy is used throughout the rest of the article and continues to captivate the audience's emotions and aligns us with the author's point of view. This is one of the strongest reasons that this article is simply better than the other article; it entices the reader to sympathize with the author and side with him about the use of Twitter by our President. By combining two elements of rhetoric, pathos and analogy, the intended audience is widened to almost every citizen in the US. It effectively targets everyone over the age of 18 while the other article by Emily Parker simply goes along with sympathizers to Donald Trump and what he wants to accomplish during his Presidency. This article seems to identify with the every American while, the other article seems to complain and whine if you don't sympathize with the use of Twitter by Donald Trump. Looking at other rhetorical devices you can continue to see how the article by Damon Linker is
He uses one analogy that ties all the readers together throughout his entire article. The analogy that he uses throughout the article is the comparison of Twitter to a high school cafeteria. Linker states that Trump is the “most popular kid of all - the one many hate but no one ignores - is President Trump.” This analysis along with the rest of his comparisons to journalists being the popular crowd, and the faceless people being the ones that simply like and retweet the President's tweets. This analogy hits home for almost every American since we all stumbled and struggled through high school. The same analogy is used throughout the rest of the article and continues to captivate the audience's emotions and aligns us with the author's point of view. This is one of the strongest reasons that this article is simply better than the other article; it entices the reader to sympathize with the author and side with him about the use of Twitter by our President. By combining two elements of rhetoric, pathos and analogy, the intended audience is widened to almost every citizen in the US. It effectively targets everyone over the age of 18 while the other article by Emily Parker simply goes along with sympathizers to Donald Trump and what he wants to accomplish during his Presidency. This article seems to identify with the every American while, the other article seems to complain and whine if you don't sympathize with the use of Twitter by Donald Trump. Looking at other rhetorical devices you can continue to see how the article by Damon Linker is