A Woman Shot Several People At YouTube's California Headquarters Before Killing Herself
Speaker: Brianna Sacks is a well-educated individual as she uses formal diction. She evidently describes the situation by stating brief details about the female shooter and the setting that took place in. It is obvious that she wants a lot of people to be able to understand her article by using simplistic diction, while keeping it straightforward and serious. After, she states important details that happened throughout the day of the shooting. Assumptions that can be made of the author is that she is well-informed about the whole situation by providing the audience with statements made by police and YouTube. Sacks included information about the shooter by stating facts about the shooter. On top of that, the author utilizes various forms of sources from police statements about the shooting to tweets from YouTube employee's reactions about the shooting.
Occasion: The author usually always writes about major events that occur throughout the world. She usually has an article posted for a shootings ,like she wrote an article about the Parkland shooter, Nikolas Cruz, earlier in the year. Additionally, she has articles for serious crisis, like the how U.S. Virgin Islands were struggling after Hurricane hit them. Based on her content, Sacks seems interested in important situations that occur inside the nation. The immediate occasion was the shooting at YouTube's California headquarters, since it was an significant and alarming event happening at the time.
Audience:This article could impact these two group of individuals: Americans and people associated with YouTube.
The audience could be Americans since this shooting took place on American territory. Also, the audience may be people that have a relationship with YouTube, such as a viewer of YouTube videos or creator of YouTube videos. YouTube is an extremely popular video-sharing site ,that millions of people utilize on the daily, since YouTube has a huge variety of content. In other words, the audience for this article is huge because the platform YouTube has such a big role in today's society.
Purpose: The purpose of this article was to inform others about the shooting that occurred at YouTube's California headquarters. Sacks wants the audience to know details about the YouTube shooting by talking about the reactions of the YouTube employees while evacuating of the building and their feelings on it, by including some of their tweets. This results into the audience to feel sorrow for the victims of the shooting, since they are afraid because of the situation they just lived. Also, Sacks uses logos by using facts about the actual shooting, like at what time the shooting took place at. The main purpose of Sacks was for the audience to become aware of what the people involved in the shooting were in by using pathos and details about the shooting by using logos.
Subject: The subject of this article is the shooting at YouTube's California headquarters. I know this since she clearly states the setting in the title. The article mainly about what happened at YouTube's California headquarters during the shooting. All of the details had to do with the shooting. Sacks immediately introduced the subject by talking about the shooting from the beginning by stating brief details about the shooting to the end with Donald Trump's tweet wishing the best to all involved in the shooting.
Tone: The attitude of the author was solemn and gloomy since she uses words, such as "unfortunate", "victims", and "hateful". If the author were to read this article aloud, she would not show to much emotion, since she kept most of the article serious and brief, and stating out facts. The author seems like she is feels sorry for the victims of the shooting, but does not directly states it. Her syntax throughout the article was almost like any other article she has written, in order to keep it professional. Sacks did not directly state her grieve emotions or thoughts, but indirectly did by using sad adjectives to describe the situation and including tweets that appeared to feel sorry for the victims.
URL: https://www.buzzfeed.com/briannasacks/youtube-headquarters-shooting-reports?utm_term=.jaamVXNBR#.ouznz06G3
Occasion: The author usually always writes about major events that occur throughout the world. She usually has an article posted for a shootings ,like she wrote an article about the Parkland shooter, Nikolas Cruz, earlier in the year. Additionally, she has articles for serious crisis, like the how U.S. Virgin Islands were struggling after Hurricane hit them. Based on her content, Sacks seems interested in important situations that occur inside the nation. The immediate occasion was the shooting at YouTube's California headquarters, since it was an significant and alarming event happening at the time.
Audience:This article could impact these two group of individuals: Americans and people associated with YouTube.
The audience could be Americans since this shooting took place on American territory. Also, the audience may be people that have a relationship with YouTube, such as a viewer of YouTube videos or creator of YouTube videos. YouTube is an extremely popular video-sharing site ,that millions of people utilize on the daily, since YouTube has a huge variety of content. In other words, the audience for this article is huge because the platform YouTube has such a big role in today's society.
Purpose: The purpose of this article was to inform others about the shooting that occurred at YouTube's California headquarters. Sacks wants the audience to know details about the YouTube shooting by talking about the reactions of the YouTube employees while evacuating of the building and their feelings on it, by including some of their tweets. This results into the audience to feel sorrow for the victims of the shooting, since they are afraid because of the situation they just lived. Also, Sacks uses logos by using facts about the actual shooting, like at what time the shooting took place at. The main purpose of Sacks was for the audience to become aware of what the people involved in the shooting were in by using pathos and details about the shooting by using logos.
Subject: The subject of this article is the shooting at YouTube's California headquarters. I know this since she clearly states the setting in the title. The article mainly about what happened at YouTube's California headquarters during the shooting. All of the details had to do with the shooting. Sacks immediately introduced the subject by talking about the shooting from the beginning by stating brief details about the shooting to the end with Donald Trump's tweet wishing the best to all involved in the shooting.
Tone: The attitude of the author was solemn and gloomy since she uses words, such as "unfortunate", "victims", and "hateful". If the author were to read this article aloud, she would not show to much emotion, since she kept most of the article serious and brief, and stating out facts. The author seems like she is feels sorry for the victims of the shooting, but does not directly states it. Her syntax throughout the article was almost like any other article she has written, in order to keep it professional. Sacks did not directly state her grieve emotions or thoughts, but indirectly did by using sad adjectives to describe the situation and including tweets that appeared to feel sorry for the victims.
URL: https://www.buzzfeed.com/briannasacks/youtube-headquarters-shooting-reports?utm_term=.jaamVXNBR#.ouznz06G3