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Rethorical Analysis of Our Green Goals Jennifer Urbina University of Texas at El Paso

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According to the investigation an organization called Our Green Goals which have the purpose of making people become aware of the environment and promote appropriate behavior with effective measures. Also giving any information that may be necessary to seek the interest of the public and make it a lifestyle. This organization contains a highly influence from the article titled How Do We Know Humans are Causing Climate Change? Written by Kristin Pene in which she explains the origins of the causes of the global warming and the possible consequences during certain period of time. Pene opens her article with a mostly pathos paragraph, stating the following question "I know global warming is happening, but how do we know humans are causing the change?" (Kristin Pene, 2011) what makes the reader actually think critically, creating an emotional attachment, because it is does not contain necessarily a concrete answer. The next portion of Penes article opens with ethos mentioning that humans represent a huge disadvantage to the global warming, because we contribute to this problem during our daily lives. The following statement focuses on since when we have been living through this problem which basically affects every single living creature that habituates Earth. More than a century ago, scientists figured out that carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases trap heat. Since then, we've identified many lines of evidence that confirm our planet is warming because of carbon dioxide and the greenhouse effect it produces. (Kristen Pene, 2011) The following paragraph makes reference to a different question But how do we know we humans are behind the major increases in carbon dioxide? We've left many "fingerprints" that show this is the case. (Kristen Pene, 2011) What connects to pathos and makes the reader wonder if humans contribute to this issue.

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The next paragraph relies on ethos Since the industrial revolution (the period when humans began intensely burning fossil fuels), levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere have increased by about 40%. During this same period, the ocean has become about 30% more acidic due to increased carbon dioxide dissolved in its waters. (Kristen Pene, 2011) The technique of giving an estimated percentage increases the credibility of the reader. This statement explains how humans influence in the increasement of carbon dioxide. The eight paragraph is more intricate with the rhetorical strategies of ethos using formulas and predictions based on chemistry. When burned, fossil fuels combine with oxygen to produce energy and chemical byproducts like carbon dioxide. According to this recipe, as carbon dioxide is produced, oxygen is lost. (Kristen Pene, 2011) Penes closes her article following pathos Did you know that the carbon dioxide that comes from fossil fuels can be distinguished from other types of carbon dioxide? It tends to be a bit lighter. (Kristen Pene, 2011) trying to use a fact which cannot be trusted, because the idea does not include any type of details or support. Kristin Penes article did not contain a strong sense of ethos because she did not include the sources from where she gathered the information. Her article contains a high influence of the rethorical analysis of pathos, because she creates an emotional attachment with the reader, but does not give the supportive sources for ethos, although is something it may be proved by experiments. The author never made the reader feel like something was not true, meaning that there was no logos arguments. This article contains a highly credibility to the reader according to the article How Do We Know Humans are Causing Climate Change?

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Reference Pene, K. (14 November, 2011) How Do We Know Humans are Causing Climate Change? Climate Leaders. Retrieved from http://presenters.climaterealityproject.org/news/article/545 Our Green Goals. Our Green Goals. Retrieved from http://ourgreengoals.org/about