In today's world headlines such as these are far too common. Gabriel Tye is no longer with us but as the Chicago Tribune reports his story he can live on in all of our hearts.
With stories involving sensitive topics such as suicide, it is important to use high diction and very good particular word choice. The tribune shows high diction in statements throughout the article. One example talks about the young boy's parent's legal situation, "the Hamilton County coroner said she is reopening the investigation into Gabriel's suicide. He hanged himself with a necktie in the bedroom of his Cincinnati apartment on Jan. 26". In the same sentence we can see the emotional appeals made in the article. While there are various examples the most prominent was the authors choice to include the video of poor Tye being bullied in the hallway to the point of passing out. Truly this is a tragic story and event. The purpose of the article was to raise awareness for the issue of bullying among young adults and it is conveyed in a melancholy tone due to its overarching sadness that comes with the subject. The article focuses on parents to inform them about school students not always showing signs that they are being bullied and the fact that what happened to Tye could have happened to someone much closer to home and might happen if something does not change.
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Twitter posts make up a majority of Chicago Tribune's media. With multiple tweets per day this is the source of most of their free to view media. The tribue uses moderate to high diction by varying between larger and smaller words in their post in order to meet the character requirements yet still get across their underlying message.
As is the case with most of their twitter posts they convey a media which has a very emotional message plastered across it in bold white letters, In this message they quoted Craig Rosenbaum in saying "You cant live in Chicago on that kind of salary. And if you're really smart, which everyone there is, you're going to find a job somewhere else." While the post itself is particularly vague, continuing to the article you can acquire that the Chicago Reader newspaper workers organised a strike due to unfair wages. With their measly salaries they were barely getting by and could almost work at McDonalds for more money per month. The tone conveyed in this article entails bitterness toward the employers that have not given their workers a higher pay. The purpose the author wanted to promote was to get the public to stand behind the striking workers so that we can stand together for a change and with enough pressure from the public the employers will be forced to cave in. This tweet and article gave me a mix of emotions right off the bat. I was very excited to see an article and tweet related to food until I realized I did not live in Chicago so I might have trouble participating in these activities. Needless to say I am craving some good lobster after seeing the opening image.
The target audience shifted to the common man and anyone who likes food... so everyone. In this instance the diction was high enough to get the point across but with varying sentence structure and a numbered list it was still not too high as to dissuade the audience from making it all the way from 5-1. The article immediately appealed to my emotions after reading the word food and seeing the word lobster plastered on the twitter post image. The word alone was enough to make my mouth water and insist to eat at red lobster for dinner. The imagery was very well placed needless to say. The tone of the article was very light with a hint of melted butter as the purpose was to persuade people to follow the authors idea of a good time in Chicago it was a well meabing and fun article for the tribune. Thank the Lord for kevlar! Had it not been for his vest the officer (unnamed) would have met hsi maker sooner than he would have liked. A drug deal gone wrong was where it all started. Officers in an unmarked SUV witnessed a woman and man exchanging suspected drugs and after approaching the two suspects the man took off running and the woman turned and opened fire on the officers. The officer who was shot is perfectly fine thanks to his vest and the woman is critically wounded (karma?).
High diction was used throughout the article. The author used high diction to add to the professional nature of the people he was quoting such as the police chief who made a statement for the public aboput the officer and the fact his vest gave him an extra life. Including quotes and video from the statement and pictures of the scene adds credibility to the author and thus appeals to ethos. The purpose of the article was to tell an amazing instance where an officer was nearly harmed in the line of duty upholding the law but was given a second chance and saved due to his vest and some luck. The tone represented in the article was very happy and revived due to the miracle that occurred, almost giving the surreal feeling of redemption and self sacrifice given the officers bravery in the line of duty. I am not an environmentalist by any stretch of the imagination but fish and their natural habitats and contributions to the world have always intrigued me especially as a scuba diver. In this article the Chicago Tribune analyzed the importance of a specific bottom feeder in climate research which is a peak interest for many people in today's time.
By using high diction the editor is able to identify and try and make sense of some complicated scientific analysis although they could have spared the high diction because at some points in the article I found myself lost in the flow. However, this article seemed like the target audience was an audience over my head. By using varieties of logos appeals the author was able to present scientific facts and statements that were essential to the argument of how vital this bottom feeder was to climate change. Purpose was clearly to describe the effect of a certain fish on the environment and to alert the general public of the fishes importance. Essentially it functions as the vacuum of the river. The swiffer wet jet of the deep blue if you will. The tone used in this article is scientific and very educational oriented, in lamens terms a smarty pants tone. Definitely not something expected out of a teacher of the year. I guess this just adds to the phrase don't judge a book by its cover. Although based on his school picture in the headline he looks as if he will not be getting his first mugshot.
The author of this article uses explicit word choice with another sensitive topic especially involving a teacher of the year. This teacher has been in close contact with children and in this case too close of contact. Emotional appeals are meant to make the audience feel badly abut the teacher. they are very effective from the photo they presented of him to the articles articulate wording. Focusing more on he photograph, you can see the editor was not attempting to flatter the teacher. he may be wearing a yellow polo but he looks like he belongs in an orange jumpsuit on a lineup due to his facial expression and demeanor with the plain bland background. The purpose of the article was to raise awareness of the teacher who assaulted his student. This story probably would not have been as significant if this teacher was not teacher of the year but since he was the editor tried to make the point that teacher of the year or not people can be very different on the inside with very different intentions than what is apparent. the tone throughout the article as hard to pin down due to the articles strict reference to the fact of the story but regardless he is definitely a guilty man. You have heard of soccer, football, baseball, basketball lacrosse and even math-letes, but apparently there is a new fad among us, the craze of competitive gaming. Personally, f Call of duty was my sport I would be at a higher risk of running out of potato chips than of breaking a sweat. Needless to say I probably couldn't compete with these guys and in the grand scheme of things what kid doesn't dream about being a competitive gamer? I could procrastinate on my homework and still say that I am at practice. I digress but according to The Chicago Tribunes latest twitter post competitive gaming could be a high school sport of the future.
They use low diction in their description due to their targeting of high schoolers and middle schoolers. They definitely know how to appeal to their target audience with talk of competitively gaming. Appeals to logos are evident from the picture and the description due to the facts and stats presented throughout the article. The tone created was very upbeat and excited about the fact that gaming could become a sport. The obvious purpose of the article was to excite young people and expand the movement for these gamers to show their skills too despite there being no sweat involved in their sport it is definitely an adrenaline rush. |