Saturday, October 31, 2015

TOW #8 - Hurricane Patricia

            For my TOW number eight, I read a piece about Hurricane Patricia. It tells readers about the Hurricane. While reading, I learned about the low air pressures and the high wind speeds. This article was published on weather.com, a website dedicated to forecasting the weather and sharing weather related news. The website is dedicated to giving the most accurate information it can give.
            This article was published to inform people about this weather crisis occurring in Mexico. The intended audience is, therefore, everyone else in the world. The text was written shortly after the hurricane dissipated, so everyone could be aware of the weather that occurred.
        This article relied heavily on the use of didactic. Its purpose was to teach readers about Hurricane Patricia. It did not do anything more than that. The article was purely informative.

            The author’s purpose was to inform readers about this hurricane. I think they could have gone above and beyond by informing readers of how they could join in the effort to help the people who were affected by this storm. Even though this article was a bit minimal, I think that the author did achieve their purpose of teaching readers about how severe Hurricane Patricia was.

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