SOAPSTONE Speaker: The author of this article is Paul Krugman. In the article, Krugman discusses climate change, specifically explaining who climate change deniers are and why they think the way they do. Krugman uses sources in his article to support his claims and to cite evidence. He additionally refutes many claims made by the opposing side, and uses the accusations to further support his claim. Krugman also reveals his own opinion on climate change, and how he feels about skeptics. Occasion: Krugman writes the article because of the urgency of climate change. Climate change has been more focused on due to the current president and his administration, and because of the devastating effects that will happen in the future because of it. …show more content…
In the article, he explains why some people are skeptics, and criticizes them. The author additionally criticizes President Trump, and how he and his administration are doing poorly. Supporters of President Trump would not care to read that, and skeptics would not even click on the article because of the title implies climate change is real, and a problem. Subject: The author discusses a few topics in the article. The overall subject is climate change, but then branches of into climate change skeptics, the president, and then how climate change is a problem. Krugman explains why some people are skeptics of climate change, and then refutes their claims and uses it to strengthen his own argument. Krugman then goes on to say how the president needs to take action, as well as other world leaders by using data and examples from the past and present to call for action. Tone: Krugman has a tone of urgency and somewhat disgust in his article. He talks about the imminent importance of reducing climate change, and goes on to criticize President Trump and climate skeptics about denying "straight up facts", as Krugman says. He then goes on about how the skeptics are incorrect by providing evidence and elaborating on how the claims do not make …show more content…
Krugman goes on to refute their claims and argues against their thinking, as well as using data to support his explanations. Krugman's purpose is to help his audience understand skeptics of climate change thoughts, and to also raise awareness of the urgency of climate change. Krugman's tone in the article is urgent, using devastating events that were caused by climate change to help make his article more urgent, by saying these events could happen again. His audience is directed towards climate change believers and Democrats or people who dislike President Trump. "Trump and Pruitt, Making America Polluted Again" -Paul Krugman Krugman, Paul. "Trump and Pruitt, Making America Polluted Again." Nytimes.com. The New York Times, 25 Aug. 2017. Web. 31 Aug. 2017 SOAPSTONE Speaker: The author of the article is Paul Krugman. In the article, Krugman shows how well informed he is of President Trump's actions, and how it will affect not just businesses, but the American people as a whole. This indicates that Paul Krugman is concerned about the budget cuts President Trump has made, and is worried for the well being of the American People. Krugman is also very skilled at refuting claims and using them to support his own arguments, as well as using rhetorical devices to appeal to the reader and support his