This empty string’s blog is for the homework purpose. I founded these two blogs on the http://www.theenvironmentalblog.org, they are on the homepage. By using rhetoric analysis method, I will introduce the purpose that why these bloggers wrote blogs and audiences who they wrote for. Also I will analyze the ethos(evidence of authority) paths(evidence of emotion ) logos(evidence of logic ) that are being used in these blog.
https://www.theenvironmentalblog.org/2016/07/current-environment-problems-that-our-world-is-facing/
Introduction:
This blog illustrated what problems do people currently facing. For example, human population overgrowth, global warming, increase in industrial pollutions, virus attacking and forest destruction. Any of these examples is a huge issue that bothers every environment scientist. We saw how Wuhan Coronavirus affected the entire China and the world, and there is nothing we can do about it except stay in the home. We saw how hurricane hits a place where people ran away from home.
Purpose/audience:
Since this blog has no subscription and donation button, it only has a share button, I believe this blog is either write for homework purpose or the author is kind of people who really cares about environments. This blog is written for the audience who usually use electronic devices and actively search for environmental information. Most of the information in this blog is very general, is like common sense being put in a list. If you are interested, take a look.
Ethos – Most of content are common sense, so kind of authority
Pathos – refer to local residents very easy to get sick if the environment get pullulated
Logos – I don’t see any data, statistic in the blog
This blog is made by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, they announce their next action is to explore and map the Atlantic Ocean. The purpose of this blog is to make funds for their program. Audience think they can do something for human evolution, so there is a donation button. and advisements. The blogs mainly serve to these people who own electronic devices and cares about environments.
Ethos – Referred to many institutions and reports
Pathos – The data that collects will help many people in the world, to make audience think they can help others
Logos – There are many links toward other sites that shows the datas
This blog has also made for a non-profit purpose, so as well for my blog in future, I would not ask you guys to do anything either. My blogs will carry a strong personal bias, so I would like you guys to leave comments below to help, to improve, to empower my blog. As I mentioned above, this blog’s main purpose is for the homework, and audience will be my classrooms, but also for people who hit this website by any chance.
Book citations:
Lunsford, Andrea A., and John J. Ruskiewicz. Everythings an Argument. Bedford/St Martins, 2019.
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