This article was basically bringing to our attention the problem that AIDS could cause especially for developing countries. Gates is trying to motivate everyone to contribute to the prevention of a worldwide epidemic. She just lists all the ways it is possible to prevent.
Melinda French Gates is the wife of Bill Gates and together they have created the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation. She is very much an advocate of rich countries and associations doing all they can to help those that may not be as blessed. I think that her intended audience is mainly towards these types of organizations as well as to the common people who want to make a differnence.
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She relates a lot to her first hand experiences in India, which gives her credibility.
She also gives statistics about how many people have HIV already in India and how many are estimated to have it by the end of the decade, and then compared it to being twice the population of New York.
She says that women need to be more empowered "ensuring [them] and place at the table" which is a great example of a metaphor.
She uses the wording "I had an eye-opening dialogue," which is an overstatement. Her eyes weren't physically opened wider.
She uses repetition when she says "needs more clinics, more condoms, more testing, more information and more treatment."
And lastly she uses diction in the concluding sentence of the article to communicate her point with a bang at the end.
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I think first hand experience is a great tool. You can't really argue with someone who has been through something that you haven't. You can't know how they felt or how it actually was.
The use of diction seems to be a simple but effective way to convey a message to the reader.
I think that the metaphor about women really shows that a change can be made in India and that they really are strong.
I read this article when I was deciding which one to analyze. The personal and first hand experiences not only built Gate's credibility, but also appealed to the emotions of the audience.
I hadn't noticed the repetition before and I think that was a good way to help convince the readers. I also agree that her first hand experiences help to make her crediblity.
Thesis: The author relies very much on one or two personal experiences and lots of imagery to convince the world of an epidemic that could be disastrous.
I think her use of repetition was very helpful. Through her repetition, she made it clear that there are many different solutions to this problem and that there are ways we can keep this problem from escalating.
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