Review Of Jutka Terris Sprawl Is Harmful To Wildlife

The argument in an article has a strong effect depending on the language and style the author is using to persuade the audience. In “Sprawl Is Harmful to Wildlife” Jutka Terris argues that urban sprawl is affecting wildlife. Loss of habitat is occurring while people move to the suburbs. Terris must know how to approach towards the audience; it has to be in a manner that will make them believe her argument is correct. Terris argues these statements because she wants to reach out to an audience that agrees to the same problem. Terris’s piece is effective, it accomplishes its purpose by conveying emotions and the language and style she uses to build up her argument. The author came to this subject because she was involved with a lot

The words “exacerbate”, “rapidly growing”, “consuming”, “fragmented” and “disappeared” shown in this example create a negative image in the readers mind. As jutka Terris mentions, “In the exurbs, developments are often far away from each other, connected only by a system of highways and road, Such “leapfrog developments” exacerbate the fragmentation of wildlife habitats …rapidly growing human settlements have consumed large amounts of land in our country, while wild life habitats have shrunk, fragmented, or disappeared altogether” (483). The language an author uses to persuade their readers is very important. Which, in this case makes the readers think on how urban sprawl is affecting nature and animals. These words create images in the reader’s mind that convince them that they are affecting habitats of animals. Terris creates the image that animals are getting harmed, which can shock the reader and will make them think about the way they are living, where they are living and how they are harming these animals. Therefore, by using imagery readers understand and relate emotionally to the author’s

The readers will start to feel a certain way towards the points she is making, by giving examples of the animals that are being harmed and all the land that is being invaded by humans. For example, “In the Southwest, where especially rapid growth is taking place, plant and animal species of the fragile dessert ecosystem are at risk…The endangered pygmy owl, the Sonoran pronghorn” (483). When Terris uses dramatic language she develops more emotional reasons for the audience to be more convinced about her argument. For example, “In Southern California, another booming area, the coastal sage ecosystem is unraveling. Sprawling developments has wiped out and, as a result, the region has experienced a dramatic loss of native species” (484). By these dramatic words “wiped out” and “dramatic loss” the words cause readers to think how sprawl is truly impacting these animals. The use of dramatic language conveys to the reader’s