The article, "A Fatal Derailment in Washington State" was published on December 18th, 2017. The article is written by David A. Graham, who is a staff writer for the Atlantic who focuses on politics and global news. The article was created due to recent events involving a train in Washington. It involved a train crashing and some potential casualties. Graham uses an informative tone and appeals to ethos in the article.
Graham uses an informative tone in the article. There is very little bias throughout the article. This is most likely because the article is regarding an accident that involved a large amount of people. For example, the author states "The reason for the derailment, at around 7:45 A.m. local time, was not immediately clear, and initial explanations and injury accounts aren't often reliable". As you can see, there is very little bias in the text, as the author does not have much information at all that may need a bias of some sort. Therefore, this is how the author uses an informative tone. The author appeals to ethos through the use of quoting multiple sources. Graham quotes multiples sources such as CNN: "Local officials said at least 77 people were hospitalized. Amtrak said the train, number 501, had 78 passengers and five crew members aboard". These quotes allow the audience to trust the author more as he leaves his sources in the article to strengthen the credibility of the article. He also quotes other news websites such as The Washington Post: "President Trump has recommended slashing funding for Amtrak". Therefore, this is how Graham appeals to ethos in the article. Therefore, this is how Graham applies the use of an informative tone and appeals to ethos in his article. He uses and includes multiple sources and uses an informative to avoid potential bias. Graham's purpose in the article is to simply tell the public of these recent events involving Amtrak, the company responsible for the trains and railroads for most areas in the US. The author's goal is to tell us about this accident and if any changes will potentially be made to make trains much safer and efficient, as trains in the US are considered to be slower than most. Graham,'s application of an informative and and appeals to ethos allow the article to be effective to readers of the Atlantic about the recent incident with Amtrak's trains and rail-tracks.
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