Let's hope the Salvador Castro Middle School shooting finally wakes up L.A. Unified on school safety2/1/2018 In this article, the author explains a shooting incident at the Salvador Castro Middle School in Los Angeles, and how this incident should "wake up" LA's awareness on the importance of school safety. The article starts off by briefly explaining the incident and both sides of the argument. One side of the argument believes that schools should use metal checking wands to check kids for weapons. The other side of the argument believes that these type of actions are humiliating and a waste of time. The author then appeals to logos to explain the results of schools that did check for weapons. After explain the basic information, the author starts to introduce what side of the argument he or she agrees with. In the first half of the article, the author mainly focuses on providing background for the audience. The appeals to logos are very minimum in the first half of the article. However, in the second half of the article, the author appeals to ethos by mentioning specific names of schools and school employees. This adds credibility because the audience has examples to refer to. There is also more focus on the appeals to logos in the second half of the article. These appeals are mostly percentages that tell the progress schools had when they decided to do weapon checks. The whole article was basically opinionated with minimum appeals to ethos and logos, I believe the author's main goal was to prove to the audience that LA school districts need to take school safety more seriously. The author successfully does this by using a judgmental tone and elegant word choice.
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