2/27/2018 This Is What We Know About Nikolas Cruz, The Florida High School Shooting SuspectRead NowBuzzfeed News reporter, Brianna Sacks in her article, "This Is What We Know About Nikolas Cruz, The Florida High School Shooting Suspect", alleges that the suspect of the Florida high school shooting is a troubled and alarming teenager. She develops her claim by first narrating how the suspect had been expelled from the high school that the shooting occurred, "Officials identified the suspect in the shooting as Nikolas Cruz, a 19-year-old former student who was expelled for disciplinary reasons from Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, where the shooting took place." Nikolas Cruz, the suspect of the Florida high school shooting, had been expelled from the high school where the shooting took place for his improper behavior on the school grounds. Then, Sacks appeals to ethos by stating how a Douglas High School teacher saw that other students feared Cruz, "Jim Gard, a math teacher at the school, told the Miami Herald that Cruz had previously been identified as a potential threat to other students." Jim Gard, a math teacher in Douglas High School, stated that students perceived Cruz as a frightening individual. After, she appeals to logos and ethos by including a quote of a former friend of Cruz, stating how the suspect was obsessed with guns, "'He used to tell me he would shoot rats with his BB gun and he wanted this kind of gun, and how he liked to always shoot for practice,' 16-year-old Joshua Charo, who went to school with Cruz, told the Miami Herald." Joshua Charo, a student that had some communication with Cruz, described some of the disturbing statements Cruz had previously told him, such as how he relished killing animals with his guns. With the statements that Charo claimed that Cruz has stated and how many students saw Cruz alarming, it is no surprised that a rebellious teenage boy that enjoys killing animals and has a gun obsession would be a suspect in he school shooting. Lastly, Sacks utilizes ethos, by presenting a comment made by a student about Cruz's last relationship, "Victoria Olvera ,a junior, ... said that Cruz was abusive while he and his ex-girlfriend were together". Victoria Olvera, a student at Douglas High School, stated how the suspect had mistreated and abused his previous girlfriend. Based on this statement, it is easy to identify that Cruz is violent by his anomalous way of treating his former girlfriend. Sacks' purpose is to inform in order for Americans to be aware of the suspect's past eccentric and parlous behaviors. She establishes an informative tone for Americans to know facts about the suspect. The author uses simplistic diction, utilizing words, like "opened fire", "custody", and "issues"; overall, the simplistic diction provided more people to be able to understand key information about the suspect without knowing a complex vocabulary.
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Buzzfeed reporter, Brianna Sacks, in her article "9,000 Massage Parlors In The US Are Sex Trafficking Women", informs that there are thousands of massage parlors that are centers to human trafficking and prostitution all across the United States. She develops her claim by first appealing to logos by introducing a shocking statistic,"...Polaris, a group fighting modern slavery, conducted a study of more than 32,000 reported human trafficking cases in 2017 and found... rundown, massage parlors accounted for 2,949 calls to the National Human Trafficking Hotline over the period 2007 - 2016, Polaris reported... they are popping up at alarming rates in every state across the US". Polaris discovered that the second most common call to the National Human Trafficking Hotline was involving illegal massage parlors that are growing in a rapid rate all around the United States. Then, Sacks explains how, "The victims are primarily immigrants from China or South Korea who speak little or no English, are burdened with debt, and are desperate to help support their children." Majority of the sex trafficking victims are immigrants from China or South Korea that do not speak English, but are involved in debt. After, then the author narrates the mysterious characteristics that illegal massage parlors obtain in reviews and in person, "Reviews, being open at odd hours, showcasing nude modeling or lingerie photos, and being cash-only are very clear red flags that a massage parlor is forcing women to perform sexual acts, Keyhan said. Covered windows, buzzers, and cheap prices are other indicators that a parlor is illegal". The reviews for the illegal massage parlors are quite peculiar since they open at unfamiliar hours and also exhibit inappropriate pictures on their reviews. Finally, Sacks appeals to ethos by stating how the Los Angeles County is now enforcing new rules to catch illegal massage parlors, "In Los Angeles County, officials are now requiring routine inspections to catch and eradicate sex-trafficking massage businesses. San Francisco recently regulated hours of operation, resulting in the shuttering of more than 100 illegal parlors." Massage businesses located in Los Angeles County are now required to have routine inspections, in order to view the environment of the massage parlors and have regulated hours of operation. Sack's purpose is to bring about change in order to ensure that illegal massage parlors are abolished, and a reduction to human trafficking. Sacks creates a infuriated tone for Americans that unaware about what obsolete,unusual, underpriced "massage parlors" are actually doing. Overall, Sacks' diction was straightforward and easy to comprehend, as she utilized words, such as "second-highest volume", "rundown", and "establishments".
https://www.buzzfeed.com/briannasacks/massage-parlors-trafficking-women?utm_term=.xo6zZowXk#.kjK5O3R7X Buzzfeed News Reporter, Salvador Hernandez in his article "North Korea Claims It Fired A New Missile That Can Reach The Entire Mainland US," alleges that North Korea has fired a new missile on Wednesday that has potential to range in U.S. territory. Hernandez's diction is simplistic and easy to understand, by utilizing words such as "pre-dawn", "demonstrated", and "combat", in order for a wider range of people, to be able to understand the information he is stating. The author's point of view, is an American point of view, as he mentions the U.S. president thoughts on the missile North Korea has recently launched. Hernandez first supports his claim by stating what the Nation-state of North Korea has done, which was the launching of '... a new type of ICBM called the Hwasong-15, its' "most powerful missile so far," North Korea's state TV reported...The report said the missile is capable of reaching "all of mainland USA."' From Wednesday, North Korea has achieved to develop a missile that is more powerful than any missile created by them before, it is efficient enough to reach mainland of the United States. Then, the author develops his claim by using logos and ethos by expressing specific details of the launching of the missile, like "The Pentagon confirmed the launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile took place around 3:17 am Pyongyang time, or 1:17 p.m. ET. The missile fell into the Pacific Ocean after flying about 600 miles." According to the Pentagon, the launch of North Korea's newest missile was around 3:17 a.m. Pyongyang time and flew around 600 miles. After Hernandez, states about the emergency UN Security Council meeting that is being requested by the U.S. Ambassador to Japan and South Korea ,"US Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley, as well as her Japan and South Korea counterparts, requested an emergency UN Security Council meeting in response to the launch." The US Ambassador Nikki Haley to UN, Japan, and South Korea has requested an emergency UN Security Council meeting about North Korea's latest missile launch, that is able to reach mainland in the United States. Finally, the author talks about how North Korea's relationships with other countries recently, "Tensions between North Korea and its neighbors in the Pacific, as well as the United States, have intensified in the last year, with Trump trading insults with regime leader Kim Jong In." Since the last year, North Korea has intensified their relationship with the United States, since the United States' President Donald J. Trump has insulted the North Korean dictator Kim Jong In. Hernandez's purpose is to inform in order for Americans to be aware of North Korea's newest missile being able to reach mainland in the United States. He establishes a serious tone for the Americans that might be threated by North Korea's new missile.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/salvadorhernandez/north-korea-just-launched-another-missile-into-the-pacific?utm_term=.hvw6rK4Ld#.lcvDwBzPA 11/16/2017 California Gunman Killed His Wife And Buried Her Body Under Floorboards Before RampageRead NowReporter of Buzzfeed News, Nidhi Prakash in her article "California Gunman Killed His Wife And Buried Her Body Under Floorboards Before Rampage," notes that the California gunman intention was to kill whoever whenever. Prakash's diction was simplistic by using words such as "encountered" and "prevented", vocabulary that the average person tends to obtain.She supports her claim by utilizing ethos by using information stated by the authorities stating that the gunman identified as Kevin Janson Neal, killed his own wife, "The wife of the man who went on a deadly shooting spree in Northern California on Tuesday was found dead under the floorboards of their home, authorities said." Authorities discovered that Neal hid his dead wife under their home's floorboard. Neal, the California gunman, assassinated his own fiancé before he went on his way to kill lives of innocent civilians. Then, Prakash establishes ethos and pathos by utilizing information from personal testimonies, "Johnston told reporters on Wednesday that after Neal killed his wife, he drove to the Rancho Tehama Elementary School. "After, Neal killed his wife, he went to killed some Elementary school students at Rancho Tehama. However, the gunman's plan were cancelled,"...administrators had already placed on lockdown upon hearing gunshots down the road. When he failed to gain entry to classrooms, he drove away." The administrators at Rancho Tehama Elementary School were prepared for Neal, since they have already heard the shotguns down the road. Finally, Prakash uses pathos by stating, "Five of the shooting victims are still in the hospital, including one child." Some of Neal's victim are still wounded and at the hospital, including one child. Prakash's purpose is to inform in order to have readers understand that the California gunman, Kevin Janson Neal, acquired no limits, from killing his own wife and hiding her in their home's floorboard to trying to assassinated lives of elementary children. She establishes a serious tone for the adult-age readers to comprehend the horrid actions Neal did and had attempted to do.
https://www.buzzfeed.com/nidhiprakash/california-gunman-killed-wife-and-buried-body-under?utm_term=.ljW83WEOK#.slwZX405A Buzzfeed News reporter, Alicia Melville-Smith in her article, “Hundreds Of Deadly Wildfires Are Raging Across Portugal And Spain,” argues that the majority of wildfires in Spain and Portugal could of been prevented. She supports her claim by first utilizing pathos by demonstrating photographs of the actual wildfires and talks about the resulted number of deaths, ”At least 34 people have died, hundreds are injured, and many more are missing as the blazes burn on.” Melville-Smith asserts that various individuals have lost their lives, and even more are injured or missing. Then mentions that on Sunday, October 16, 2017, there were 500 wildfires recorded in that day only, which was dreadful compared to the number of wildfires in more than a decade for Portugal. After, talks about the local community attempt to stop the wildfires, "Volunteers use a water hose to fight a wildfire raging near houses in the outskirts of Obidos, Portugal”. The author states the community’s effort in ceasing the wildfires. Finally, she supports her claim by stating the percentage of humans that are in risk because of wildfires burning across the region ,“About 105 fires are burning across the region and around 15% of them pose a risk to human life.“ The author uses logos, in order to back up her claim by stating that 15% of people’s lives are in risk because of the 105 wildfires burning across the region. Melville-Smith’s purpose is to inform people that have not heard about the wildfires in order for them to be aware of the state that Portugal and Spain’s environment is in. The author uses primary diction, by using simplistic words that most people use daily, such as “attempting”, “extinguishing”, and “massive". She creates a morose tone for individuals that are reading about the disastrous actions, such as the number of deaths and the risk people around the region confront, due to the abundant amount of wildfires in Spain and Portugal. https://www.buzzfeed.com/aliciamelvillesmith/hundreds-of-deadly-wildfires-are-raging-across-portugal-and?utm_term=.ab7yKXjb8#.ghAL70DWa 9/30/2017 This Is What It's Like For Thousands Trying To Find Food And Water In The Hurricane-Hit US Virgin IslandsRead Now
Reporter of Buzzfeed, reporting from Saint Thomas, US Virgin Islands, Brianna Sacks in her article, "This Is What It's Like For Thousands Trying To Find Food And Water In The Hurricane-Hit US Virgin Islands," implies that parents in the Virgin Islands are struggling to feed themselves and dependent ones, like children and elders. Sacks uses simple, but yet sorrowful words, such as "uninhabitable", "at-risk", and "worthless", to justify the repulsive state that many Virgin Island residents are currently living in.She supports her claim by first stating a quote from Virgin Island resident that has pessimistic thoughts, '"I feel we were given false hope," one resident said as she waited hours in line for food. "You hear that it's going to get better, but today I still had to struggle to be able to feed my kids."' This individual has lost hope for recovery since the government just stating that things will get better but not actually doing anything for the citizens, like providing an adequate number of food for them. Then, Sacks uses an example of a family that has been impacted so devastating, that has absolutely nothing, so they depend on the government food, that is junk food, so the mother worries about her and her children's health since she knows that they have only been eating unhealthy items. After, Sacks uses logos to inform the audience about the Virgin Island's poverty level ,"35% of children on the US Virgin Islands live in families with incomes below the federal poverty level and a majority of them receive government benefits...".There are 35% of children's families in the Virgin Island that are already economically struggling prior to the natural disasters and needed government help in order to survive. Finally, she provides more examples of Virgin Island residents that are having a challenging time to survive and how they think the government is doing a dissatisfactory job in the situation. Sacks' purpose is to explain in order to have the audience, which are probably individuals outside the Virgin Islands that have electricity, to be aware of the dreadful conditions the residents of the Virgin Island are currently in and how the government is doing a unsuitable job. She establishes a gloomy tone for people outside the Virgin Island to have a peak of what is actually happening and the unpleasant situations and challenges the residents of the Virgin Island face. https://www.buzzfeed.com/briannasacks/this-is-what-its-like-for-thousands-trying-to-find-food-and?utm_term=.cizQ48bdO#.phK7rQvL6 |
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This Is What It's Like For Thousands Trying To Find Food And Water In The Hurricane-Hit US Virgin Islands09.30.17 By Brianna Sacks |