Blog 13 (week 4) ( MP2) (Article)

Source: Sciencemag.org (science journal/news website)

Article: Chorus of presidents. rock stars, and industry titans calls for the end to AIDS.

     This article was found within a science journal website with the intent of informing readers of the current president and past presidents view points on the standing predicament with AIDS.  Singers like Bono and Elton John were present at this affair as well as scientists and authorized MDs.  The event to discuss the AIDS epidemic took place on December 1st and the context of the meeting was that it was a national holiday for AIDS awareness.
    The author's purpose was to convey that many cultural people as well as political people all take part in the act to raise awarenss of AIDS and to stop the epidemic from escalading any further.. It shows that a bunch of people from different back grounds are able to push differences aside in order to solve a global issue and show unity within the people.  The audience is every person in the United States as well as people affected by AIDS globally in order to show awareness to not just this country but to others as well.
   Rhetorical devices used :

Pathos - draws the passion for AIDS topic from survivors, people who were affected by it, and it appeals to people nationally who are for unity.

Quotations - quotations are used in order to have proof of the context of the situation and of the actual people who were at the meeting for AIDS

Urgency - urgency could be a rhetorical device in this case because it is used throughout the entire article as a key term to moving the audience to take action in the AIDS awareness cause.  Which further promotes the author's overall purpose.

symbolism - this whole event of a bunch of different people from different aspects of culture are coming together for a certain cause and to promote a certain awareness for the benefit of America and more importantly victims of AIDS.  This is symbolic to past events that involved all sorts of leaders coming together to make a decision in America.... which could relate to the signing of the declaration of independence, or the revolutionary war where a bunch of colonies that had almost nothing in common came together for a certain cause.  So this article symbolizes another step in American unity.


I believe that the author did achieve their purpose because it has reached a public viewer such as myself and has reached others.   This event was national and also made the news.