Debunking Media Violence (Formal Tone)

At the begining of the writing, the author introduces two groups. One group believe that media violence affect our children and create lots of problem in our society. Moreover, other group does not believe it. People think movies, video games, and cartoons influence children toward violence even though experts not agree with them. For the believer the writer referred to the article of Mr. Faarmer and his report said that, “…a stabbing of a child by an 11-year-old boy after watching the movie "Valentine.” The four major American public health groups blamed the media for creating and continuing violence and said, “…the effects of violence in the media are both measurable and long lasting.’’ To solve these problems The American Acadmy of Pediatrics suggests that parents should reduce the time for using media and should use V-Chipin in their television. As the writer go through the eassy he used examples and described why people think and argue that our children are not affect by media violence. Researchers have found that it (media violence) does have an effect on children but it is very small and only effect for a short term. All of his argument for believer and nonbeliever contains facts that are strong and well organized.

Even though this piece was written in formal tone it seems more informal. For a formal tone author does not address the audience directly. However, in this essay he addressed them directly. For example, he said, “Even if you don't believe the argument that violence in the media doesn't cause any problems with our children, you need to take matters into your own hands’’. The structure of the essay seems like a report because it has sub heading.

This piece did not have many rhetorical devices. However, it had lots of example that makes it more stylish, powerful, and interesting. Rhetorical question was most common device that was use. At the end, he used rhetorical question, “So does media violence have an effect on our society?’’. By asking this question, he engaged the audience to think about this serious issue. He could improve this essay by using more rhetorical devices and statistics information