This text focused on Hillary Clinton
in the Democratic political debate. While other candidates were mentioned, this
article focused on how well the author thought Clinton had done. This essay
described a few points of the debate, as well as mentioning many of the
candidates who participated. Stephen Collinson wrote this piece. This man is a
senior enterprise reporter for CNN Politics. He was tasked with covering the
2016 presidential campaign. This presidential race will be the fifth one that
Collinson has covered.
This piece did not go very in-depth
with the actual debate. There was minimal information about what was said.
Collinson’s essay was geared towards people who watched the debate, as they
already knew what was said. This piece was, obviously, written after the debate
had occurred. Its purpose was to analyze the surface level of the debate. It
also aimed to prove how good of a job Hillary Clinton did.
One rhetorical device used in this
essay was positive diction. Collinson wanted to show how pleased he was with
Clinton’s performance. The essay started off with, “Hillary Clinton delivered a
poised, polished performance” (par 1). By using such upbeat phrasing, readers
get the sense of how much Collinson liked or enjoyed what Clinton said in the
debate. With his use of positive diction, Collinson achieved his purpose of
showing how Clinton did a better job that the other presidential candidates by
getting readers to feel positive towards her performance in the debate.
For this particular piece, the
author’s purpose was to show readers that Hillary Clinton did the best job out
of all the democratic candidates in the debate. Collinson did achieve his
purpose, as he cited specific moments in the debate and used positive diction
to prove that Hillary Clinton gave a superb performance in the debate. He
wanted to show readers that she is a strong contender for president.
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