Article: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/people-s-climate-march-spurs-thousands-descend-white-house-n752861
The author has a loaded and charged diction towards the climate activists. They used words like "descended" as if rushing into a war. The author seems attached to the climate change movement, displaying their opposition to the new presidential administration and their changes in EPA guidelines. The tone of the article when describing protesters is grandiose, motivational and supportive. When discussing the presidential administration and the head of the EPA, the tone drops to a annoyed and slightly sarcastic tone. The author appeals to the audience's pathos with a short, powerful introduction to the article. Depending on political beliefs, the audience is motivated and inspired or annoyed and distainful. The author is trying to further demonstrate the sentiment that "climate change is real" and this movement matters, by putting emotional emphasis on information about the protest. The author's purpose is to inform and convey excitement wbout the Climate March. The beginning of the article talks about the valiant bravery of this movement and the people who participated. In the middle of the article, the author talks about Scott Pruitt's disagreement with the movement and Trump's mocking of climate change awareness. The author does not elaborate anymore on Pruitt and Trump's opinions, which are clearly inconsistent with theirs because they cut harshly to tweets and pictures of the march without any transition. Despite my excitement and support of the movement, I feel that this article lacked details that I would've liked to know like leaders in the movement that attended or the actual effect of the protest so far. The author's excitement got in the way of valuable information about the movement and the progress it's making. The author claims that the climate activists sought out to send a message saying that climate change is real. The beginning to the article describes the scene of the protest and who was involved in organizing the event. The middle covers opposers of the movement and their statements on climate change, which may have sparked this protest. The end of the article features multiple tweets from the movement.
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