The author of this article discusses how the overall composition of the God's Plan song, specifically the beat, signals a milestone in Boi-1da's career as a producer, helping Drake take step up the ladder of success as well as himself. The song "God's Plan" is just one of the many hit songs he has produced over the years, from "Best I Ever Had" by Drake, to "Real Friends" by Kanye West, and "Work" by Rihanna, which all have a large impact in building up his career in the music industry. Yet, the author, Elias Leight, ties in this large come up with the beginning of Boi-1da's take off career.
The author utilizes majority slang throughout the article in a way that is seemingly conversational to his audience. Yet, he still maintains some formal diction so that he appears to still be credible to the reader. The author heavily utilizes the appeal to pathos to really connect to his audience. Elias, the author, does this through the ways he provides the visual on how his family heavily influenced how he started the career he continues today and provides multiple anecdotes here and there. This in turn gives the reader a feel of humor and often times joy. The purpose of this article is to show minor events within someone's everyday life can lead people to long lasting and impactful changes in the future. The undertone that could be seen is the concept of unrecognized potential that just happened to catch the attention of someone with unknown talents. This leads into Leight's tone throughout the article, which is very optimistic and straight forward as they portray the raw story of how his career came to be and how after his latest hit, will send him to further succeed in the music business. The author portrays the way Boi-1da's unintentional drive for music and pure passion in the way he gets his information directly from an interview of the producer himself. Thus, the author shows credibility all throughout the article when he included the questions and answers straight from Boi-1da. Leight, makes the indirect argument/claim that Boi-1da's success today is credited due to his tendencies to remain "lowkey" and humble beginnings, yet through the appeals to pathos he gives an in depth insight on the ways the producer has made lasting-impacts in the era of new school hip-hop and how he worked his way to the top. https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/producer-boi-1da-on-making-drakes-hit-gods-plan-w516950
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The author of this article gives insight on the "behind the scenes" of the 2018 State of the Union, along with details on how things went in front of the public. Matt Laslo, the author, highlights a few key moments, according to him, of the occurrences away from the public for President Donald Trump and certain political figures experienced.
He accurately utilizes slang/informal diction throughout the entire article in order to represent the heat of the situation he is describing, giving his audience a sense of the humorous side of something as serious as the State of the Union. The author appeals to pathos often times by relating to the reader's sense of humor. This is seen through Matt's first sub category in his article, "The Capitol smells worse than a college dorm", then goes on to explain how all the reporters, lawmakers, and public being cooped up in one place for an extended period of time begins to wreak of a college dorm room and one of the lawmakers who attended even agreed. Thus, he includes comical headings throughout the article that translates to the reader in a joking way, but still is formal enough in structure to be a valid article. In addition, Matt maintains a very candid and comic tone within his writing by stating exactly the raw matter and opinions from the State of the Union but in a very witty manner. The purpose of this article was to illustrate to people that may not have watched the address or never been to a State of the Union at the capitol on what the environment is like there for the event. Lastly, at the very beginning of his article Matt makes a direct statement about the relationship of the two main political parties; republicans and democrats. In doing this he provides the overall point that depending on the President and their political affiliation, determines which side political events lean more towards. https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/features/trumps-first-state-of-the-union-5-things-you-didnt-see-on-tv-w516157 The author of this article explains how the highlights of comedian Kevin Hart are some must-see clips for everyone. The back-to-back sketches of Kevin Hart, as the author implied, helped SNL guide its way to it's so called long lost identity. The author often utilizes informal diction throughout the article that gives the readers a sense of familiarity like the author Ryan McGee is having a casual conversation with his audience. The author mainly uses pathos throughout the article to really emphasize his views in a sense of emotions to the readers. Ryan does this by including some statements giving insight as to how the SNL sketch of Kevin Hart made him feel versus other sketches they have previously shown. He does this with the underlying implication that the reader, if they decided to watch the clips, would feel similarly or the same towards it. The author's tone overall within the article is very amused and candid as this article is fairly recent yet is meant to be comedic in a sense so there is no need to sugar coat when it is meant for entertainment. The purpose of this is to show that the usage of a rare, yet well-known star, instead of using the same old stars on the same show brings something new to the show and makes it more appealing. Thus, aiding the show company SNL on a momentum in a new season benefitting them and their audience. Ryan also shows credibility when he includes the actual clips from the show itself and talks about people who have appeared often times on the show. The author makes a direct statement when he discusses how the sketches often times takes abrupt shifts in character appearances which is crazy as the viewer but it's also very entertaining in his view. https://www.rollingstone.com/tv/recaps/kevin-hart-on-snl-3-sketches-you-have-to-see-w514188 In this article, the author describes to its readers about the thoughts of the former politician, Joe Biden, on the Trump Administration and its effects on politics today. The author, Elias, stresses the point that Joe makes, that the Trump Administration has taken this country on a "journey" that ends up taking us backwards in plans and success instead of forwards.
Elias utilizes mainly formal diction throughout the article to give it more of a scholarly atmosphere. Yet, the some of the word choices used can still be understood by the general population. He relies heavily on the usage of the appeal to ethos to gain a connection with his readers. The appeal of ethos is done through the way he gives full details on Joe's opinions on the situation with politics in the midst of the Trump administration in Joe Biden's eyes. Thus, from this, it gives the reader a sense of right or wrong because there is an undercurrent of the well being of citizens and governmental representation. The author's tone throughout the article is docile and direct in the way he presents his readers with everything straight from the interview with Joe Biden on the talk show, not really giving insight on his thoughts or simply speaking on the matter with a strict bias. The purpose of the article is to inform along with provide awareness on a view of a controversial issue that has been occurring since the election of Trump. In the midst of Joe's busy life, he sits back to take a look at what he left, politics, and points out what many, as he says, are now realizing. As Elias includes as a subtitle in his article, "I think people are starting to realize, 'woah, this is a lot worse than we realized," to summarize the thoughts of the former politician. He also includes a big point that Biden makes that the public perception of Trump has reached an unacceptable point for US citizens in his eyes. Elias establishes credibility throughout the majority of the article in the way that he reassures the audience that the person he is writing on is experienced in politics due to the fact that he was formerly a well known politician so he s speaking based on prior experience. Thus, Elias develops an indirect argument based off the views of Joe Biden on the topic of the Trump Administration in relation to Politics and the public, yet the diction, appeals to ethos he gives detailed insight on the effects it has had on citizens of the US and politics in general. http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/joe-biden-trump-administration-dangerous-to-the-fabric-of-society-w511745 The author of this article discusses how Marvel's Investment in a lone standing movie for Wakanda's King signals a new era for black superheroes and overall superheroes in general. The movie Black Panther will have a large impact in the movie world and perspectives of people due to how the director represented the main character within the film.
The author uses slang mixed with a formal diction that is understandable for various audiences, but no so much as to connect with the reader. The author heavily utilizes the appeal to ethos to really connect to the readers. Tre, the author, does this through the ways he provides insight on the history of black superheroes over the years in comparison to how the director seeks to represent black superheroes in a valuable and sensible way. This in turn gives the reader a feel of right or wrong in a sense because it has the undertone of representation and piercing mindsets. The author's tone throughout the article is very optimistic and anxious as this is a very current event and could make big changes after the film is released or so the author makes it seem. The purpose of this article is to show minor changes in everyday occurrences can cause for long lasting possible changes in the future especially in the way others think of certain topics or cultures. The undertones of this movie is meant to serve as a breakthrough in our society in the way we visualize cultures. As the author describes it, it will be "revolutionary" for all superheroes to come, which in turn comes to represent something bigger, cultures. Additionally, the author shows credibility many times throughout the article when he included quotes directly from the director discussing his views for his film. Tre, makes a direct argument/claim when he first introduces the topic even makes this statement through the title of the article, yet the diction, appeals to ethos he gives an in depth insight on this revolutionary change in the depiction of cultures. http://www.rollingstone.com/movies/news/black-superheroes-matter-why-black-panther-is-revolutionary-w509105 The author does an amazing job with depicting the atmosphere that the artist SZA was giving off as if to show her dialect. The author distinctly creates the feeling of how SZA was at rockbottom with agonizing depression then making her rise to the top with her whimsical creativity. It is also shown how people dealing with depression can come into many obstacles while facing real world problems.
The purpose of this article is to inform, in detail, how occurrences from the artists childhood that made for such a difficult come up in the world. The author uses a more relaxed form of diction that serves as slang in this context, that is not at all formal and gives off a very relatable vibe to the readers. Yet, the author maintains a slightly formal diction in order to not just seem as if the article is irrelevant and not accurate in its telling, giving credibility, including quotes from SZA, and giving dates of important events. The main focus of the article is to describe in a more formal way how the artist talked about how she overcame her mental illness and made big hits in the music industry. The author appeals mainly to pathos to get the readers to feel and understand the struggle that the artist being discussed had to go through, especially in knowing that she dealt with depression. With the story at the beginning of the article on how SZA showed up to the studio beaten down and not at her best due to her depression causes the reader to have a sympathetic feel. The author also appeals to ethos in the way that SZA's changes in actions that got her kicked out of college and in to trouble to ones that began to progress her career and make it to her big album that cracked top 10. Thus the author showed how overtime she began to lean more toward beneficial actions that would better her in the future than her past self-destructive actions. http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/sza-talks-ctrl-depression-discrimination-top-dawg-w500004 |