Guns-When Trump Can T Even Tweet, By Gail Collins

Gail Collins is a liberal / progressive American journalist, op-ed columnist and author, most recognized for her work with the New York Times. Gail Collins joined The New York Times in 1995 as a member of the editorial board and later as an Op-Ed columnist. In 2001 she was appointed editorial page editor – the first woman to hold that post at The Times. In one of her most recent articles, “Guns-When Trump Can’t Even Tweet,” she addresses the issue of gun control. In order to get her message across she uses appeals to logos, sarcasm, and clearly states her arguments. In her article, “Guns-When Trump Can’t Even Tweet,” Gail Collins uses appeals to logos in order to get her message across about the need for gun control. Logos is the appeal to logic, which helps convince an audience by use of logic or reason. Many authors use logos as a tool in their writing in order to appeal to the reader’s intellect. Collins first uses the logos tool in the beginning of her article. She starts off by

Sarcasm is the use of irony to mock or convey contempt. An author may use sarcasm in literature to add humor or cynicism or to add variety to their writing. Collins opens up her article with an immediate use of sarcasm in order to get the reader's attention. She states, “I don't know if you heard, but this week a boy with a handgun killed two of his fellow students at a high school in Kentucky”. Collins use of sarcasm is evident, seeing as it’s impossible not to hear about a new school shooting. Not surprising, yet unfortunate, eleven school shootings have happened in January this year alone. Collins uses sarcasm as a rhetorical tool in order to give the reader a reality check. If the reader wasn’t aware of the problem, the excess of gun violence, they certainly are now. This opening sentence helps awaken the reader to the problem at