Rhetorical Analysis

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Climate change is a big issue, even in this decade. At least, that’s what Hayhoe claims, an author and political scientist that stays above underrated issues, by writing articles. In an article, Hayhoe wrote, “Yeah, the weather has been weird: people already believe in climate change--the trick is getting them to realize it.”, she claims to the citizens of the United States that people do not see the issue of climate change as big as it is. Hayhoe shows her credibility and points by sharing facts and events, although the article later becomes based on emotions, leading it to different topics throughout.

Hayhoe’s article begins with her explaining a story of when she visited polar bears, seeing their alarming habitat. She continues in her
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At the beginning, Hayhoe explains in her experience with the polar bears, she was lead by a man that has been saving polar bears for 40 years, Steven Armstrup. This shows the trustworthiness of the situation. When Hayhoe explains the issues that happen due to climate change, she says that she lives in Texas, a state with many climate issues, improving the amount of persuasion I the way she sees the situation, considering she has been in them. A number of experiences she has shared help persuade readers to understand her claim, coming from the victim and the …show more content…
Most pathos used were warning and threats upon the human's safety and the globe. Hayhoe used many words that make people feel more such as, love, safe, healthful and child. Not only using sweet, softening words, Hayhoe used fearful words to trigger readers like suffering and consequence, which blend well in with logos when Hayhoe shares, “...the most dangerous myth we’ve brought into is the idea that climate change is a future concern, one that we can address or ignore without immediate consequence.” This quote Hayhoe made supports her argument, though later on, the Hayhoe uses ethos telling the reader to “save the polar bears, does not. The words and descriptions used with pathos helped catch the reader’s attention, making them think about how it affects them, which was used more than less later