Water Rationing on the Way in Santa Clara
The essay I chose for the online article is Water Rationing on the Way in Santa Clara County from the Santa Cruz Sentinel news website. This article is about the mandatory water rationing for all residents in the Santa Clara County which includes the city of San Jose. I picked this article because I believe that the Bay City News successfully used rhetoric devices to inform the people of Santa Clara County about the important issue of water rationing. Logos is used because of the statistics about the rainfall during the season of spring. Also, the article states that people need to observe how much precipitation the valley gets because that is the factor that determines whether or not there will be up to 10 to 20 percent reductions of water use. Since water is a really important element for everyone the idea of not having enough water brings up the emotion of fright; the rhetorical device of pathos is used here.
In chapter 14 of Compose Design Advocate, “essays tend to be reflective and personal.” According to this statement, even though the article focuses on a community as a whole, the article affects each individual in the county of Santa Clara on a personal level. People need water to live.
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Succinct and smart - I like how you point out that a community can feel very personal or be cast as personal.
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