Elisabetta Povoledo, in this article, writes about appearance of new papa on Sunday and about people's attitude towards him. In first paragraphs, Povoledo describes his appearance and what was said and done by him on that day. He appeared from the papal apartment overlooking St.Peter's Square, and there were about 200,000 people crowded for his first Angelus. That day, the pope talked about God's power to forgive and gave an example of a woman, in which he showed to the crowd that he had humorous style. Then the author, quotes some important people in Catholic religion, to inform the readers, people's opinions and attitudes toward this new pope. For an instance, she quotes Eric Trochet, a priest from Brittany who says that the pope's way of expressing himself is “a kind of simplicity that is very wise and necessary because people today don’t understand the symbols and traditions of the church.” Besides that, closes up the article by quoting Sister Maria del Rosario of the Sisters of Christian Charity who expresses her hopes of future, saying that she has great hope that the pope will be able to renew faith of many.
The purpose of the author in this article is simply to inform the readers about the appearance of papa on Sunday and about people's attitude towards him. To make this article effective, she uses several rhetorical devices and many patterns of writing. She chooses dictions in such a way that by reading this article, we can see that this was not written only to the Catholics, because for every catholic word, the writer gives a definition of it, so that everyone can understand. Besides that, she quotes people that have an important role in the Catholic religion to support her argument, which helps her appeal to the reader's ethos. In addition to them, she uses several patterns of writtings, such as narrative and descriptive. By mixing up some patterns, the article doesn't get monotonous and makes it entertaining to read.
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