This article presented Robin Lim as the winner of the CNN Hero of the Year award. This is credible, since the reporting news-site is CNN.com and the author, Kyle Almond is a regular CNN reporter. The article described how Lim won the award for her charity work in Indonesia – she has been aiding poor mothers give birth and care for themselves and their children medically – and her organization that helps educate and provide medical care to poor mothers in third world countries. The purpose for the article is not only to inform readers about Lim receiving the award, but also to encourage wealthy American readers (audience) to do more charity work on their own like Lim, to spread awareness of world issues, and to also donate money to Lim’s organization and to CNN in order for CNN to continue these awards (CNN also gave Lim money to continue her work) (purpose). Certain rhetorical devices aided the author in showing this:
- placement: a link to Lim’s charity was embedded in the article so readers could donate and learn more about her cause.
- visuals: the article is attached to a video that has Lim receiving the award (with tears in her eyes) as the still-shot so everyone can see how appreciative and how in-need-of-help the organization is.
- taking advantage of the exigence: this was written during the holidays when everyone is trying to be more generous and trying to do charity work.
The article accomplished their purposes of spreading awareness, but it did not convince me to donate to CNN or to Lim’s charity, or do my own charity, more than I would have been convinced if I hadn’t read the article.
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