The article I will be analyzing is entitled “Pretoria: Violence erupts at anti-migrant protest”. This article is about the anti-migrant protest in South Africa. The protests started because many South Africans felt as if immigrants were taking their jobs. The writer of this article uses concrete diction throughout this piece. When the author talks about the amount of people at the protest, he writes, “Hundreds marches towards the foreign ministry on Friday”. This excerpt from the article is concrete because the reader can surely imagine the hundreds of people who came to protest the immigrants living in their country. Another example of the articles concrete diction is when the writers tells the audience that, “South African police fires rubber bullets, tear gas and stun grenades to break up clashed between local protesters and immigrants at a rally in Pretoria against foreigners”. The author makes sure to specify which weapons were used on the immigrants. By indicating the precise elements used in the protests, the reader of this passage can easily imagine what it must have looked like. The author has a forthright tone all throughout this passage. This column appeals to ethos. The author continually uses quotes in order to make the article more credible. The new reporter on this article quotes one of the foreigners. This foreigner was heard in a video recorded by a local broadcaster. The man says, “‘We don't have hate! We don’t have hate!’ one foreign man was heard shouting in a video posted by eNCA a local broadcaster”. The reader automatically thinks of Al Jazeera as a credible source and eNCA also gets credibility as well. Another example of the author using quotes is when the writer quotes the South African president, Jacob Zuma. When asked about his feeling towards the subject of the division in his country he says, “‘Many citizens of other countries living in South Africa are law abiding and contribute to the economy of the country positively,” Zuma said”. A direct quote from the president himself can only make the reader of the article feel as if the information he or she is receiving is true and credible. It makes the readers trust the news site a lot more and make them more likely to come back to this specific site for other news. The article depicts a forthright tone because the author continues to state facts. For example, the author says from the very beginning that police were firing rubber bullets as well as using other weapons at the protesters and the immigrants. The author gives the reader no time to prepare to the harsh reality that will be given to them in this article. The purpose of this article is to inform the people of South Africa as well as the rest of the world what is going on in their country. The author writes towards the end of the article that, “The periodic backlash has hurt the image of tolerance South Africa has tried to present to the world after apartheid”. This informs the readers of this article about the damaging effects of protest in a country that has fought so long and hard for peace. The author of this column has a weaker argument. The author states, “Resentment against foreigners has sometimes turned deadly”. By saying “sometimes,” the author makes the continuous protests in South Africa not seem as bad as it actually might have been. Check out the link below for more information!
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AuthorJoselle is in 11th grade and is a student in Mrs. Theaker's AP lang class. This is the webpage where Joselle will analyze articles from aljazeera.com. Hope you enjoy :)! Archives
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