Political journalist, Fred Barnes, in his journal, “Trump Gains When He Stays in the Background”, analyzes Trump’s pattern to gaining in the polls. Barnes’ purpose is to indicate what causes Trump to fall behind Clinton in the polls and then how he redeems himself to get ahead of her again. He adopts an unbiased tone in order to appeal to both sides in his adult readers. Barnes’ uses dashes, talks about how Trump falls behind and gets back up again in each paragraph in order to illustrate what pattern could help Trump win the presidency over Clinton, and uses syntax.
Barnes begins his writing by acknowledging that when Trump is in the spotlight of the media, he falls behind in the polls and it’s when he stays in the background that he pulls through it. He uses dashes to emphasize when he’s adding details about how Trump will recover or when he’s changing subject from Trump to Clinton. He admits that Clinton wants Trump “to be the top issue - his character, personality, and lack of control of his emotions - while she stays in the background, waiting for him to blunder.” But, if Trump doesn’t “and the spotlight shifts to her, voters see a weak and untrustworthy leader” which ends up benefiting Trump until her does …show more content…
Trump’s “rise was interrupted again… when the video with his lewd comments about women was leaked. It caused another drop.” But “if Trump focuses on serious issue and doesn’t spoil his progress by saying something stupid or inappropriate, it’s possible he’ll draw even closer to Clinton.” He organized all of his paragraphs to make them similar in order to help the reader find what Trump did to make him fall behind and how he made up for it. Barnes organizing his ideas also helps the reader keep track of the events that he uses for examples, which also helps them understand what Barnes is writing
Barnes begins his writing by acknowledging that when Trump is in the spotlight of the media, he falls behind in the polls and it’s when he stays in the background that he pulls through it. He uses dashes to emphasize when he’s adding details about how Trump will recover or when he’s changing subject from Trump to Clinton. He admits that Clinton wants Trump “to be the top issue - his character, personality, and lack of control of his emotions - while she stays in the background, waiting for him to blunder.” But, if Trump doesn’t “and the spotlight shifts to her, voters see a weak and untrustworthy leader” which ends up benefiting Trump until her does …show more content…
Trump’s “rise was interrupted again… when the video with his lewd comments about women was leaked. It caused another drop.” But “if Trump focuses on serious issue and doesn’t spoil his progress by saying something stupid or inappropriate, it’s possible he’ll draw even closer to Clinton.” He organized all of his paragraphs to make them similar in order to help the reader find what Trump did to make him fall behind and how he made up for it. Barnes organizing his ideas also helps the reader keep track of the events that he uses for examples, which also helps them understand what Barnes is writing