SOAPSTone: Subject :Republican Job killers and the Export-Import Bank Occasion:Jobs are being lost due to Export-Import and they aren't financing the companies. Audience:Republican Party, Democratic Party, Congress, Employers of the bank, employed citizens Purpose:Is to give his opinion on how the Export-Import Bank is not being competent and his goal is to talk about the bank so they can became better in financing the companies that are in need of the money.(this is implied and supported by data) Tone:Informative Situational Irony- "The ultimate irony is that we are..." this statement is an irony because the speaker who the author quoted is was expecting great things as an outcome of the manufacturing within the United States but the companies are not focused on the US anymore only the countries outside of the US. This is a irony because it is something that was expected but something else occurred. This relates to the purpose of the author because it states that the Export-Import Bank was once on the verge of having the United States prosper but they eventually became less dependable and now companies are giving their resources to other countries. "Although the Ex-Import Bank still exist,it has been .." In this statement the author uses diction like "insists" and "rather" to continue his commentary on how the bank is in denial and is not willing to own up to their responsibilities. In the paragraph after the one I am referring to, the author starts explaining how Boeing is making it very clear of the damage they are doing to the economy. "At a time when we want to compete around the worlds..." this is a epigraph and it supports the claim of the overall text because it is a quote that sets the tone of the overall article. It states the opinion of the author very clearly and it allows for the audience to understand the thought and opinions of the author at the very beginning of the text. It explains that the author believes that the Ex-Im Bank is very irresponsible because they decided to be very incompetent at the time of the "American manufacturing renaissance".