Phil Plait, the author of the article "15 Facts About Our Planet for Earth Day" talks about the Earth and facts about it. His facts include information about how long it takes for the Earth to go around the sun, how much it weighs which is one trillion cubic kilometers, and the Earth´s mass which is 6,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 kilograms or sextillion tons. Some other interesting facts Plait points out in his article are the gravitational forces between the sun and the moon in relation to the Earth. He also shares how the earth is the only planet with perfect temperature, amount of water, and carbon dioxide for the humand body. Since today, April 22, is Earth day, Plait takes time to write about how important the Earth is and why everyone needs to understand it.
Plait uses various rhetorical devices in his article to get his point accross to his audience. He uses a lot good diction and sentence stucture. He also develped a very good organization in his article, using numbers to list 15 facts about planet Earth. His tone is very caring and makes the reader open up his eyes and see how without the Earth we would not exist because existence is not possible in any other planet.
http://www.slate.com/blogs/bad_astronomy/2013/04/22/earth_day_15_facts_about_our_planet.html
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