Name: Lauren Sawyer
Contemporary Communications: The Hot Zone
Hour: 4
Read the article provided and answer the following questions. Be sure to include a detailed explanation in support of your responses.
Title of Article: 'Ebola is Man-Made', and Other Crazy Conspiracy Theories
Author: The Heretics by Will Storr
Website/Address: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/11216881/Ebola-is-man-made-and-other-crazy-conspiracy-theories.html
1. What type of article is this (biography, essay, journal, true adventure, other)? Explain your choice.
This article is an article from The Telegraph, which is a British daily newspaper published in London. This would be considered a newspaper article because it is an article from The Telegraph that has been uploaded to the newspaper's website.
2. Is this article mainly description, narration, or exposition?
Exposition
3. Quote 2-3 sentences exemplifying the main type of writing.
"Some believe the Ebola outbreak started with sinister armed men poisoning wells, a successful attempt at mass murder that led to arrests in Liberia."
"Boyle points to the existence of US government laboratories in Africa that are creating bioweapons under the guise of innocently working on cures/"
"Why is it that some condensation trails, or contrails, left by commercial craft dissipate after a short amount of time, whereas others remain for hours and expand?"
4. What is the author's purpose? What is the message and how is it conveyed?
The author's purpose is to bring up conspiracies involving Ebola and cause the reader to question this disease. It bring up many questionable concepts regarding the disease and leads to questioning of Ebola.
5. What is the tone and mood of the article? What Diction supports the tone/mood?
The mood and tone of this article is questionable and speculative of Ebola. There are different conspiracies brought up in the article that cause the reader to rethink what they have been told able the disease prior.
6. Does any part of this "non-fiction" article seem embellished, sensationalized, or made up? Which part?
Yes, it brings up conspiracy theories that make the article seem embellished. It seems like the author creates these questionable theories in order to engage the reader and create an uproar regarding the disease.
7. Does the article show tension between characters? Cause tension for the reader? How?
Yes, it brings up many different people such as President Obama and questions whether or not he played a role in the outbreak of Ebola. This leads to tension among the reader because of the two different viewpoints the reader can have. By bringing up such an important person in our country, there is a conflict that can arise.
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