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Matt Ridley's Argument For Global Warming

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Matt Ridley and National Geographic have posted articles in attempt to persuade their followers in their opinions of Global warming. Matt Ridley, a man well experienced in almost all forms of fuel, has found a plus to global warming. In his argument Why Climate Change is Good for the World, where he is trying to persuade and educate the people of the world who dislike global warming, he uses very persuasive writing techniques such as placing one of his good arguments first and his best argument last and sandwiching his important but not his best arguments in the middle. He uses popular symbols in his argument to get his audience to relate to his case. Lastly he criticizes the old thought of global warming with valid reason to persuade the audience but also acknowledges that even his argument has flaws by stating the flaws and allowing his audience to disagree. National Geographic is an organization that reports articles and photographs of nature and the wild. In their September 2013 magazine the front cover is the statue of liberty half way submerged in sea water, portraying what will happen when the ice caps melt. Here National Geographic is trying to communicate to the United States that global warming is a very …show more content…

Ridley brought in the thought of polar bears which is a very emotional topic when talking about global warming. He stated “The lowest polar bear cub survival [rate] was the years when the sea ice was to thick”, this strengthened his argument because he found a fact that global warming is helping the polar bears, unlike the typical thought that it was killing them. National Geographic used the Statue of Liberty half way submerged in water. This is a very proud monument to the U.S. because it stands for their freedom. Once again this takes control of the emotions of their audience because a symbol like this has a very emotional history and

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