Taylor Groom
English 101
Ms. Kerr
The
World's in OUR Hands
We
already know that climate change is here and growing substantially. Bill
McKibben has put in great effort in trying to reach out to the people, whether
that be through Eaarth, online articles, or other published news
articles that he has written about climate change. According to Geoff Dembicki,
a reporter on energy and climate change, "McKibben was determined not to
waste any more. The bestselling author criss-crossed the U.S. Copenhagen
In
making his presence known, he is allowing people to be aware of the situation
at hand involving the climate. With the information he is providing his
readers, he is hoping to install a sense of concern in the people of the world
to help the climate change destruction. The increase of climate change is only
getting worse when it needs to be getting better.
However,
Bill McKibben believes we have wasted resources in the last 20 years. He is
determined that we can fix the issue of climate change despite wasting "27
trillion dollars" to carbon emissions. He, along with many other people,
is worried concerned about all of the national monuments that will be lost due
to climate change. Bill McKibben states, "Montana
I
personally believe that global warming is an upcoming issue that many people do
not take the time to read into. Climate change and global warming effects each
and everyone of us daily. There needs to be a change of ways in the people of
the world today because the consequences are slowly and surely beginning to
show.
To
enter the debate, several argue that we have to act accordingly if we want to
see our national parks not be destroyed by CO2 emissions. Bill McKibben uses
proposal of fact in several of his articles. Using these facts are important to
make readers understand the consequences and advantages to changing the populations
ways in the environment. There are so many facts about how humans have
destroyed the environment, whether that be factories or oil spills. We still
need to figure out how we are going to adjust our habits to better the
environment in the future. Unless the world as a whole can improve their
attitude towards saving the environment, our world will continue to suffer.
Works Cited:
Dembicki, Geoff.
"The Tyee – Is Bill McKibben Making the Climate Change Fight Harder?" The Tyee.
TheTyee.ca, Aug. 2013. Web. 31 Oct. 2013.
Horgan, John.
"Overheated Rhetoric: Why Bill McKibben’s Global-warming Fear- mongering Isn’t Helpful | Cross-Check,
Scientific American Blog Network." Overheated
Rhetoric: Why Bill McKibben’s Global-warming Fear-mongering Isn’t Helpful | Cross-Check, Scientific
American Blog Network. N.p., n.d. Web. 15
Nov. 2013.
McKibben, Bill. "Worried? Us?" Google Books. N.p., n.d.
Web. 31 Oct. 2013.
McKibben, Bill. "Global Warming's Terrifying New Math." Rolling
Stone. N.p., 19 July 2012. Web. 31 Oct. 2013.
To start off, I loved your picture you used. The world being on fire in someone's hand really illustrated exactly what your post is about. I feel that the rhetorical strategy used with this picture was pathos. Your illustration appealed to pathos because it makes readers realize that by not stopping climate change, they are in return hurting earth. The illustration causes guilt to fall over your readers because they are the reason the earth is "on fire". You also used the rhetorical strategy logos. You have factual evidence and statistics throughout your post about Bill McKibben's role in climate change and climate change in general. Your use of the logos appeal strengthens your credibility because I can tell you researched your topic very well. You are arguing on the level of evaluation because in a sense you are evaluating Bill McKibben's argument of policy. I like how you take McKibben's side and use his evidence to support your claim that not many people have the right attitude towards climate change. I love your ending sentence because it sums up your post as a whole. My only advice would be to include more sentences similar to your last one throughout your post to keep referring back to your topic. Overall, you did a wonderful job and I really enjoyed reading your post!
ReplyDeleteI thought that this was a very well written piece Taylor! It was very academically strong and very informative. I think what would have made this article even stronger is if you cut out some of the academia and inserted more of a personal approach. Let us know who you are, how you feel about the issue, what concerns you have moving forward in the climate change debate, etc. I really do like the picture that you put in the blog. It really catches your eye and makes you think, “Is this really what climate change is doing to our world?” Even with the great illustration, I still believe that this article is too formal for the task or the assignment that was given. You did do a very good job though using the persuasion methods to help the readers realize that this climate change issue is actually pretty big and that we should probably do something about it. You provided many facts that contribute and back up all that you are saying, while also staying credible. I feel this is very important to do when persuading someone and you did a fantastic job at that. All in all I thought this was a well written article that mainly just needs to be written in a different format.
ReplyDeleteI thought that this was a very well written piece Taylor! It was very academically strong and very informative. I think what would have made this article even stronger is if you cut out some of the academia and inserted more of a personal approach. Let us know who you are, how you feel about the issue, what concerns you have moving forward in the climate change debate, etc. I really do like the picture that you put in the blog. It really catches your eye and makes you think, “Is this really what climate change is doing to our world?” Even with the great illustration, I still believe that this article is too formal for the task or the assignment that was given. You did do a very good job though using the persuasion methods to help the readers realize that this climate change issue is actually pretty big and that we should probably do something about it. You provided many facts that contribute and back up all that you are saying, while also staying credible. I feel this is very important to do when persuading someone and you did a fantastic job at that. All in all I thought this was a well written article that mainly just needs to be written in a different format.
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