- What makes her hook effective?
She uses experiences that a lot of people have in colorado to illustrate the point and draw people in. “All we have to do to ruin the buzz from a sunny day on the slopes or lunch with a friend is to tune into the impeachment trial on the TV”.
- Identify three specific examples where her diction exhibits “snap and sizzle” by using more colloquial, informal, or slang language.
She uses three examples of slang language. They are “Let’s face it”, “will make your blood boil”, “seems like a no-brainer”. These affect the argument as a whole because it changes how people look at the argument and it makes it more relatable for the common person.
- Identify two places where she uses a shorter paragraph for rhetorical effect – to emphasize a key point.
She uses small one line paragraphs a few times to emphasise her point. One of these is, “Let’s face it, outrage is our new normal.” This makes her point very clear and it also has the rhetorical effect of impact.
- Identify two places where she uses an incomplete sentence, a fragment, for rhetorical effect.
She also often uses short or incomplete sentences to also provide rhetorical effect. Two times she uses this is, “How else to explain it?”, “That brings us to $170.9 million.” These create more impact points for the author.
- In her push leading to her turn, what data and grounds does she offer as evidence?
She uses evidence to support her argument which is the annual revenues for oil drillers in Colorado. They are making so much money they do not have to worry about losing a little piece.
- Where is her turn, and what’s her argument
Her turn to her argument is, “Colorado’s severance taxes are among the lowest in the country, thanks to intense and wildly successful lobbying efforts, and industry-friendly governors and state legislatures over the decades.” This creates a turn between the evidence used and her claim.
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