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Do You Care More About A Dog Than A Refugee Analysis

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SAT Revision How much do we actually know about what's happening in the world around us? Sadly, for most people, the answer is not a whole lot. Nickolas Kristof is trying to change, at least with his Facebook friends, how little people actually know or care about things going on around the world. He builds his argument in the article, “Do You Care More About a Dog Than a Refugee?” that people should value any/all human life just as much as our beloved family pets. In Kristof’s article he uses a wide variety of devices, including: repetition for effect, strong connotation, and the use of a full circle ending. Using repetition for effect when talking about an issue is a very effective way to really emphasize something to the reader. If one point is made multiple times it helps to show that it is something that the writer really wants you to pay attention to. Kristof uses this many times in his piece. He emphasizes that there are “children” in Syria who are starving and suffering. He only uses the words children, or kids to describe the Syrian refugees. This just helps him to create more sympathy from his readers to the refugees. By referring to them as “kids” it creates an appeal to protect them from adults and younger readers alike, people are more likely to help a child before an adult. …show more content…

Someone's word choice can dramatically change the tone of a piece. Kristof, by using words like: genocide, massacred, catastrophe, depriving and even callousness, really helps to show just how much of a hot button issue this is to him. There are many examples of this strong word choice in action, one that stood out is the talk about “Depriving refugee kids…” is laying the “groundwork for further tribalism, poverty, enmity, and violence.” This really helps to show the reader his outlook on the

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