2. The tone is this piece is very sarcastic. He realizes how completely absurd the claim made by the Patriots PR department sounds, but just to show you how absurd it is, he defends it. You can see a prevalent example when he writes, "Brady was actually making a Public Service Announcement. Maybe he fumbled the words a little. But it's a great message. When you drink a lot of water, it not only helps you feel healthy, but it also does foster rowdiness. Yes get 'lubed up' on Aquafina. Brady is worred about your health, your diet and probably your carb intake, too." When he phrases it like that, it makes you as the reader realize its ridiculous that Brady wants his fans to get riled up on water. There is the humor of it too. In a humorous sarcastic way the author insults Tom Brady and the the Patriots PR department. Then he changes tone towards the end. He switches to a more serious tone, and conveys his true message of how players and coaches need to be more responsible with their words, given the amount of influence they have. When he switches tone, the readers knows he means business. The drastic change in tone and style grab the reader's attention and let he or she know that the author now means business. This is really effective, because through this tone switch he grabs the attention of the reader, and then can drive his point home really easily He already won us over, now he just needs to sell the message. Overall, the tone is really effective, and makes the piece really convincing.
Thursday, January 3, 2013
Football editorial reply
1. The argument the author is trying to make is that football fights and violence are inevitable. People get riled up about the game. When people go to an away game, there will probably be a fight. That is just the nature of the game, and the teams can do little to prevent that. The author brings in all of these statistics showing how fights are common. In the New England- Miami game there was a fight every three minutes. 78 people were ejected. It is not something you can just stop. However, his main point is that players and coach's can't be encouraging this sort of behavior. If they encourage this type of behavior it will only become more prevalent. Big time quarterbacks like Tom Brady have a lot of influence, and if he tells them to start drinking early, people are going to show up to the game drunk, and start fights.The author even says at the end, "There is no use in pretending its not going to happen. Still, a coach, or a quarterback, or anyone else should not be egging it on." The author admits there is no way to stop the fights, but provoking people will only make it worse. If players and coaches discourage such behavior there might be a small decrease, but there won't be a definite increase like when players and coaches are encouraging it.
2. The tone is this piece is very sarcastic. He realizes how completely absurd the claim made by the Patriots PR department sounds, but just to show you how absurd it is, he defends it. You can see a prevalent example when he writes, "Brady was actually making a Public Service Announcement. Maybe he fumbled the words a little. But it's a great message. When you drink a lot of water, it not only helps you feel healthy, but it also does foster rowdiness. Yes get 'lubed up' on Aquafina. Brady is worred about your health, your diet and probably your carb intake, too." When he phrases it like that, it makes you as the reader realize its ridiculous that Brady wants his fans to get riled up on water. There is the humor of it too. In a humorous sarcastic way the author insults Tom Brady and the the Patriots PR department. Then he changes tone towards the end. He switches to a more serious tone, and conveys his true message of how players and coaches need to be more responsible with their words, given the amount of influence they have. When he switches tone, the readers knows he means business. The drastic change in tone and style grab the reader's attention and let he or she know that the author now means business. This is really effective, because through this tone switch he grabs the attention of the reader, and then can drive his point home really easily He already won us over, now he just needs to sell the message. Overall, the tone is really effective, and makes the piece really convincing.
2. The tone is this piece is very sarcastic. He realizes how completely absurd the claim made by the Patriots PR department sounds, but just to show you how absurd it is, he defends it. You can see a prevalent example when he writes, "Brady was actually making a Public Service Announcement. Maybe he fumbled the words a little. But it's a great message. When you drink a lot of water, it not only helps you feel healthy, but it also does foster rowdiness. Yes get 'lubed up' on Aquafina. Brady is worred about your health, your diet and probably your carb intake, too." When he phrases it like that, it makes you as the reader realize its ridiculous that Brady wants his fans to get riled up on water. There is the humor of it too. In a humorous sarcastic way the author insults Tom Brady and the the Patriots PR department. Then he changes tone towards the end. He switches to a more serious tone, and conveys his true message of how players and coaches need to be more responsible with their words, given the amount of influence they have. When he switches tone, the readers knows he means business. The drastic change in tone and style grab the reader's attention and let he or she know that the author now means business. This is really effective, because through this tone switch he grabs the attention of the reader, and then can drive his point home really easily He already won us over, now he just needs to sell the message. Overall, the tone is really effective, and makes the piece really convincing.
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