The Perfect Storm Rhetorical Analysis

Jacqueline Adams and Ken Kostel's "The Super Disasters of the 21st century" and Sebastian Junger's "The Perfect Storm" describe the causes and effects of natural disasters. Both authors use similar and different strategies and techniques to describe the causes and effects of super disasters. Each author used text structure, choice of vocabulary, and the use of data and details to help the readers better understand the causes and effects of natural disasters. Jacqueline Adams and Ken Kostel in "The Super Disasters of the 21st century", use subheadings and rhetorical questions to describe the causes and effects of 3 deadly natural disasters. The authors use subheadings to categorize the article and to make readers want to read it. The subheading," Hurricane Katrina: New Orleans", indicates the location of where the hurricane took place. The authors state on paragraph 6 that, “Hurricane Katrina was one of the costliest hurricanes in U.S history." They also state, "Most of …show more content…
The author uses personal anecdote to help the readers visualize how dangerous the storm was. The author states on paragraph 2 that," Everybody acknowledged this was the worst storm they'd ever been in-you can tell by the size of the waves, the motion of the boat, the crashing." The author included these three paragraphs of personal anecdote to make the readers feel involved. The author also used scientific theories to help the readers understand the causes and effects of increasing wave heights. On paragraph 6, the author says that "...plankton releases a chemical", "...which in turn prevent the wind from getting a grip on the sea." The author adds that the, “...plankton levels in the North Atlantic have dropped dramatically." By including scientific theories, the author helps the readers understand what caused the wave heights to