For our first assignment, i have to write the source based essay of our own choice of topic. I pick “Climate Change” for this essay. This assignment required four or more than four sources and rhetorical situation like author, audience, purpose, genre and tone to write this paper. My sources came from different types of genres like news articles, magazine, scholarly articles. Below is a copy of my source based essay about climate change.
SEMAB RAZA
ENGL 11000
PROFESSOR I. MURPHY
09-28-2021
Climate Change
The world’s temperature is changing all over the world. Sometimes it’s cold. Sometimes it’s hot. Weather changes from place to place. Climate is also a weather. It’s different for different seasons. But nowadays, the climate is changing faster than ever. As climate change increases, dangerous weather is becoming more common. Humans and animals are facing new challenges for survival because of climate change. The main cause of climate change is burning fossil fuels such as oil, gas, and coal. They release carbon dioxide into the air which causes the planet to heat up.
For example in the article “Climate change is accelerating, bringing the world “dangerous close” to irreversible change” by Henry Fountain. He says that climate change and its effects are going up so fast. Seas are warming and rising fast which increase the risk of flooding. He shows the different point of view of professors and scientists. Ice melting at a faster rate than usual. That may put the world in a dangerous position that sea level may rise by four feet or more.
In this article “The Climate Crisis – A Race We Can Win” by The United Nation. The author is saying that we are in a crisis of climate change. There is no place in the world which is not affected by climate change. He writes about the impacts climate change has on the earth. He said that if we don’t take action the entire district of New York, Abu Dhabi, Osaka and many other cities will find themselves underwater in the next few years. Climate change is also impacting agriculture and food prices. It reduces access to food and affects the food quality. The author also talks about the solution to climate change. He says that technology can help us to create a clean world. He says that if the government and society work together, we can have a green and better future.
In this article “Global Temperatures of Top Paris Limit by 2060” written by Annie Melchior. She talks about the latest information about climate change. She said that according to the report, which was written by 234 authors and cites data from 14,000 studies, said that without any doubt the cause of climate change is human action and we have no time to fix it. She gives the latest report to different institutions about climate change. According to the IPCC reports, from earlier studies we already know that we are in an emergency and it is up to us to stand and take action based on evidence provided in the previous report.
The article ”Climate change Science” by the organization called EPA talks about the impact of climate change. They said that one or two degree changes of average temperature can lead to a serious effect on climate such as many places have heavier rain than ever which result in floods. Climate change also affects glaciers. Ice is melting and sea level is rising which is challenging for our environment. It also has an impact on human life by increasing the spread of diseases. They said that if the temperature gets warmer there will be a higher risk of changes in the atmosphere.
Rhetorical Situation
The author Henry Fountain felt the need to write this newspaper article so that the people should know how climate change is affecting the world. And he talks about the point of view of different professors and scientists. This article is from the New York Times which is a well-established newspaper. The tone of the author is informative.
The article “ Climate Crisis – A Race We Can Win” is written by the “United Nations”. The United Nation is an international organization. Their main purpose is to discuss the common world’s problems and find their solutions. They talk about the disasters that relate to climate change and how we can solve these problems together. The tone of this article is informative and optimistic.
The author “Annie Melchior ” felt the need to write this magazine article so that the people should be aware of the latest news of climate change. The tone of this article is informative and worrisome.
The article “Climate Change Science” by the organization EPA. It shows the impact of climate change on the atmosphere and human beings. The tone of this article is informative.
Purpose:
The purpose of the article ”Climate change is accelerating, bringing the world “dangerous close” to irreversible change” by Henry Fountain is that he wants to inform the world that we are in a climate emergency and what will happen in the future if it gets serious.
The article “Climate Crisis- A Raca We Can Win” written by the organization called ” United Nations”. They want to tell the world that there is no place in the world which is not affected by climate change but their aim is to tell the world that if we work together we can solve this issue and have a better future.
The purpose of this magazine article “Global Temperatures of Top Paris Limit by 2060” by Annie Melchior is to aware people to the latest reports of the climate change and that now people are fully recognize with this issue because they can see with their own eyes that what is happening to the weather of the world. And it is time to make a decision and solve this problem.
The purpose of the article “Climate change Science” is to make people aware of the impact of climate change on the world. And how changes in temperature can cause serious effects on climate .
Audience:
The audience of the article “Climate change is accelerating, bringing the world “dangerous close” to irreversible change” are people from all over the world especially for the people who read newspapers daily. Because this issue is global and the author talks about how climate is changing all over the world.
The article “Climate Crisis- A Raca We Can Win” has the same audience. He also wants the people from all over the world to know that climate change is a serious issue and we have to take action on this issue together.
The audience of the article “Global. temperatures of Top Paris Limit by 2060” are the people who read the magazine and also the other people because she wants to spread the latest news of climate change.
The audience of the article “Climate Change Science” is the same as the other articles, people from all over the world are aware of the causes and effects of climate change in the world.
Genre:
The genre of the article “Climate change is accelerating, bringing the world “dangerous close” to irreversible change” falls under the news article. He writes new information that the public should know.
The genre of the article “Climate Crisis- A Raca We Can Win” is the organization. They want the government and society to work together to have a better future without suffering.
The genre of the article “Global Temperatures of Top Paris Limit by 2060” is non-fiction because she talks about real life issues .
Stance:
These articles have different genres but have similar stances. In newspaper articles the author is informative and no bias is found. The stance of other articles are also informative and worrisome. The stance of the third article “Global temperature of top Paris limit by 2060” is that the author wants to fix this issue and she wants people and society to work with the government to keep the world safe.
In conclusion, these 4 articles that I choose to do with one topic is “Climate Change”. All these articles have the latest news and research about how the world’s climate is getting worse day by day. For example in the second article “ The Climate Crisis – A Race We Can Win” the author said that there is no place in the world which is not affected by climate change. I think we should make more people aware about the effects of climate change and take actions about it. To keep the world a better place.
Work cited
Climate Change Is Accelerating, Bringing World ‘Dangerously Close’ to Irreversible Change (Published 2019)
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2019/12/04/climate/climate-change-acceleration.amp.html
The Climate Crisis – A Race We Can Win
https://www.un.org/en/un75/climate-crisis-race-we-can-win
Global Temperatures to Top Paris Agreement Limit by 2060: Report
Melchor
https://www.epa.gov/climatechange-science/impacts-climate-change
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