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Subject:NFL players are getting Brain injuries and receiving a bogus settlement Occasion:A retired NFL player committed suicide and he was out in the Hall of Fame Audience:NFL players,people who know someone who had committed suicide ,physiologists, Purpose: Is to state that the people with CTE settlements aren't nearly enough as they need Speaker:Joe Nocera Tone:Is stated in the paragraph following SOAPSTone Tone: the overall tone for the article is very cynical and passive. The author uses words like controversy and cynical within his writing to describe the occasion of the article. He uses the word controversy in numerous sentences within the article to describe the impact of how the C.T.E patients aren't welcomed to receive compensation when they are retired or no compensation at all because they have certain traits. The use of the word controversy related to the occasion because it the overall subject of the sick not being cared for brings out opinions and then leads into data for the tone because it makes the issue serious by saying that the issue has a lot of back and forth. He also uses sarcasm to support the tone. “Oh did I mention that the NFL…” this statement shows sarcasm within the author's voice and it show the readers that the author isn't pleased with the NFL only providing money to the lawyers instead of the patients who are actually suffering from years of brain damage. The author also use rhetorical strategies to support the tone of the article by the use of ethos. He uses a judge within the article and states that she even made the overall decision as to why the NFL patients who are retired should not be eligible for the compensation. This relates to the tone of the article because the author states evidence from a credible person to support his feelings of how the NFL isn't doing a great job of taking care of their former players. |