Terrorist attacks in Africa are still and up and running and don't show any signs of slowing down. While these terrorist groups are out and about going out to torment villages and their families, peacemakers are there to try and make their continent a better and safer place to live in. However it's quite ironic that peacemakers were killed in such an aggressive way. The authors of this article utilize diction with negative connotation behind the words as well as their appeal to ethos to express the seriousness of the terrorist attacks still going on in Africa, especially against important leaders. When first coming up this article, the title says it all. One thing that will be sure to catch the readers attentions is the authors' use of the word slain instead of 'killed'. The word slain immediately brings to thought a very violent death, and many readers of this article might think it unjust that people who were only trying to do go had to die in such a terrible way. When reading the article, the authors' immediately make sure to include that this was a "deliberate attack" on UN peacekeepers to make sure the reader grasps the idea that the terrorist groups had planned to kill this leaders, it wasn't a spontaneous action against them at all. This invokes a feel of anger toward the radical groups for killing innocent people who were only trying to bring good to their country. To further express the graveness of this situation authors' use a statement by UN Secretary, General Antonio Guterres stating that its the "worst attack on UN peacekeepers in the organization's recent history". This makes the quote all the more striking because of Guterres close affiliation with this organization. Matthew Rycroft, UN ambassador continues to say this attack was "not just on them as individuals, but on every essence on UN peacekeeping." The authors' had used the voice of an ambassador of this organization to make sure readers knew that it went way past the people who were actually killed, but to everyone behind the peacekeeping as well. http://www.cnn.com/2017/12/08/africa/africa-un-peacekeepers-killed/index.html
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