Diction: Donald Trump speaks with short sentences and repeated phrases, often in the same format for every speech. "So they asked me, Wolf … asked me about NATO, and I said two things. NATO’s obsolete – not knowing much about NATO, now I know a lot about NATO – NATO is obsolete, and I said, ‘And the reason it’s obsolete is because of the fact they don’t focus on terrorism.’" He repeats the phrase "NATO" 5 times, and the word "obsolete" 3 times, in the same sentence.
Devices: The author criticizing Trump uses a very intellectual form of syntax, using complex sentences and ideas. "Trump doesn’t know what he doesn’t know, but he’s nevertheless prepared to tell you his thoughts on the subjects he doesn’t understand."
Tone: The tone of this article is critical, addressing the hypocrisy of Donald Trump's flip-flopping opinions and ideas about certain things, organizations, products, and services.
Purpose: The purpose of this article is to bring light to the problem of Trump suddenly discovering things the rest of us already knew, and that’s definitely an important hindrance to his presidency.
Argument: Ignorance is just the first stage of Trump’s fairly advanced problem. He is not only ignorant but clearly unaware of his level of ignorance. This is compounded by a seeming inability to understand that everyone else isn’t equally ignorant to him.
Devices: The author criticizing Trump uses a very intellectual form of syntax, using complex sentences and ideas. "Trump doesn’t know what he doesn’t know, but he’s nevertheless prepared to tell you his thoughts on the subjects he doesn’t understand."
Tone: The tone of this article is critical, addressing the hypocrisy of Donald Trump's flip-flopping opinions and ideas about certain things, organizations, products, and services.
Purpose: The purpose of this article is to bring light to the problem of Trump suddenly discovering things the rest of us already knew, and that’s definitely an important hindrance to his presidency.
Argument: Ignorance is just the first stage of Trump’s fairly advanced problem. He is not only ignorant but clearly unaware of his level of ignorance. This is compounded by a seeming inability to understand that everyone else isn’t equally ignorant to him.
Original article: http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/donald-trumps-ignorance-keeps-getting-the-way