Chaya's AP Lang Blog

The editorial board of USA Today, in " Will Trump's lows ever hit rock bottom?" (2017), passionately proclaim their opinio n that  Donald Trump is completely unfit to be leading our nation, partly due to his wildly inappropriate and offensive comments and remarks, and his overall lack of morality, ethics and simple humanity which is consistently displayed in his speech and behavior over and over again. They highlight several specific examples of Trump's abominable behavior in recent history, even giving a lengthy catalog of just a number of his offenses, and use fiery rhetoric to display both Trump's disgraceful nature as well as their hate-fueled feelings towards him, delivering their message with a scathing, disgusted and critical tone to accurately convey their thoughts on the subject. Their purpose is to take a strong stand against Trump and use their position as a representation of an established news platform to hopefully educate and influence...

President Abraham Lincoln, in his "Second Inaugural Speech" (1865), asserts that slavery was the cause of the Civil War, and the war would only end when God felt that America had paid the consequences for their sins. Lincoln describes how the issue of slavery is what spurred the war into action, brings in biblical verses and allusions to show that the war is divine retribution from God, and ends off with a hope that the nation will be able to heal itself and rebuild in unity after the war will end. Lincoln's purpose was to give answers to the American people regarding the cause and length of the war, in addition to giving his own religious and political opinion on the issue, emphasizing the evil of slavery, pointing to it as the root of the death and destruction caused by this war. He speaks with a passionate, yet critical tone towards the American people, both Northerners and Southerners, and acts as a sort of religious leader preaching about the divine providence of God...