Known for its open minded and acceptance to opinions, the Guardian allows readers to send in weekly letters replying to any article they may have encountered on the news site, or any of its social media platforms.
One of the respondents this week was Annie March from West Hobart, Tasmania, Australia. Through out her letter, she develops a chastising tone, seeming upset and strongly opposed to claim made by Larry Elliott’s article Ready for another revolution. For example, in her letter she addresses Larry Elliot as "just the emperor pretending he's not wearing the same old nakedness?". With her tone, she criticizes those who focus more on the advancement of technology rather than how the environment is dying because of the advancing technology. This causes the reader to reflect on their role in their environment and feel guilty. In addition, she creates a polysyllabic diction through her words such as "cannibalizing" and "debauching". Her diction allows her to develop an informational tone within her letter. When a writer uses longer words with heavy definitions, the reader will most likely take the writing seriously and follow along with their claim. In addition, through her polysyllabic diction, March portrays herself as more knowledgeable and credible. March also successfully appeals to pathos, especially when she admits the real revolution exist as we are "bequeathing a thriving, exquisitely beautiful planet to all our children." By bringing the reader's children into perspective with the issue proposed, the reader's chance in trying to accomplish something positive for their environment increases because they hope their kids will also have an earth to live on. The main purpose of her letter was to point at that simply because technology continues to advance and improve our lives, in the long run, the technology and the power required to run it depletes the environment. Annie March places a strong argument because through her repetition with the prefix "inter" she emphasizes the importance that all organisms have on an ecosystem, meaning if one part of the ecosystem stops thriving, the rest of the ecosystem will have a decreased chance of thriving as well.
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