Catchphrases

I subscribed to Anne Applebaum, a Washington Post columnist a few days ago. Anne’s column did not have very many recent articles, so I began to read from older writings; I read articles that began on June 16.  She addressed topics from politics to soccer. The first article that jumped out at me on my feed was Whose Race Problem? In this article, she stumped my mind. After Hillary Clinton was out of the presidential race, she stated that America is obviously ready for a black president. She then followed the thought with a question, Are foreigners ready for a black president? The thought had never crossed my mind if other countries could handle this new image of America.

In another article, The Saudi Guide to Piety, she tells what kind of books fourth grade classes are reading. The books have multiple-choice questions, which ask about religion from a Muslim point of view. The books make other countries look horrible because they are not dominate in the Muslim religion. Applebaum suggests that Obama and McCain make sure that the children of Islamic countries have decent reading material, and then adds that their help may save some grief in the future.

 In a couple articles, I noticed that she used onomatopoeias. When she used the onomatopoeias, she gave her writing a little excitement. She used a pun with in the title of another one of her articles. The article was titled Nationalism gets its kicks, which talked about soccer or as she points out known as futbol everywhere else except in America. A persuasive strategy I noticed that she used was she put the negative light on others to make her idea look more appealing. She also gave her writings a strong, confident tone. This is a feed that I can learn from when having to write something persuasive. Anne’s writings are also great to learn from because of the wide range of topics that she writes from. Applebaum’s feed will definitely stay in my reader.