Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Global Warming

I would title the first article “Key or Fork” and in my intro explain that we need cut back on these things because they are contributing to global warming. My audience would be from the ages of 20-40 because I think they are the drivers of this nation as well as meat buyers. My tone for this article would be pretty relaxed but filled with facts. I would also try to make my audience laugh a little bit while reading. My introduction would be one with a couple of statistics for back up as I argued how global warming will one day take over our world. I would want my article to appear in a national newspaper such as the Washington Post, or the New York Times.

My title for the second essay/article is gong to be “Greenhouse vs. You”, and my target audience would be a large age group, 20-60 years of age. Just in the picture alone there are awesome stats that can be used in the essay. My tone would be “logos”, mostly because I think a scholarly approach is the best kind strategy to use in an article. Again, my intro would include statistics and facts that would bring my side of the argument to recognition. Also, by using these facts and stats in my introduction, the reader will automatically start to side with your comments, unless he/she is already opposing the view strongly. I would have this article show up in the most popular magazines possible such as “TIME.”
I would have to title my essay “NO JOKE” and use the comic with the sharks reading. Because the cartoon almost picks fun at global warming, I think by titling my essay “no joke” it will make my audience realize the seriousness of the matter rather than laugh it off. My target audience would be people in my age group, so from the ages of 16-20, targeting the younger side of the scale because not many adolescents know about global warming. The tone of my essay would be a scholarly, and a casual one. I would want my audience to read my article/essay and not have them think they were just being lectured about another current event. Along the way, I would slip in interesting and necessary facts, so while they are reading, they will have great information and not be bored with the content. My introduction style would be one that used a significant quotation or a startling fact or statistic. I believe that the reader will automatically be intrigued by a fact or statistic, especially if he/she cares about the topic at hand. My intro would include information that warns the audience about global warming and its harmful effects. I would argue the side of trying to save the environment. This introduction strategy would be the most effective because right off the bat I would be hitting the readers with facts that cannot be argued against. I want my article/essay to appear in adolescent magazines such as “Seventeen”, for girls, and “Men’s health”, and “Sports illustrated”, for guys. Although a sporting magazine, so many people read Sports Illustrated that I think my point would be able to get across to the intended audience.

1 comment:

Twila Johnson said...

Well done! You are very thorough with your approach, considering your audience carefully by combining different tones.