The author’s language persuades people to agree with him or her and the author uses multiple pieces of evidence to support his or her points. For example, in the video, History vs. Christopher Columbus, one historian strongly believes that Columbus is an “intrepid explorer” and the other historian strongly believes that Columbus is a “ruthless exploiter”(Gendler). The word “intrepid” makes Colombus sound brave, bold, fearless and adventurous, but the word “ruthless” makes him sound merciless, horrible, cruel and harsh. Their account on Columbus is based upon their values and beliefs even though the pieces of evidence they use to support their arguments are
The author’s language persuades people to agree with him or her and the author uses multiple pieces of evidence to support his or her points. For example, in the video, History vs. Christopher Columbus, one historian strongly believes that Columbus is an “intrepid explorer” and the other historian strongly believes that Columbus is a “ruthless exploiter”(Gendler). The word “intrepid” makes Colombus sound brave, bold, fearless and adventurous, but the word “ruthless” makes him sound merciless, horrible, cruel and harsh. Their account on Columbus is based upon their values and beliefs even though the pieces of evidence they use to support their arguments are