The combat against ISIS is going strong and has had its success including major ISIS leaders being killed in airstrikes and ISIS losing some territory in Iraq. However, the terror group is still strong and may possibly get even more dangerous. Reports by the U.S. intelligence community claim that ISIS is changing its tactics from small lone-wolf attacks to large scale mass casualty attacks. There terror group is believed to still have 20,000 -30,000 members while membership from foreign nations is increasing as well. The U.S. effort to train Syrian rebels to combat ISIS is in trouble because these rebel groups are in disarray and many often desert or are unsuccessful in fighting ISIS. The change of tactics is seen as a thirst for power by ISIS especially to assert dominance over other terrorists groups like Al-Queda in the region. The article is filled with numerous rhetorical appeals. Anytime the word ISIS is mention fear, brutality, and terror are emotions that fill the audience and are automatically related to the group. Also by stating that ISIS want to move towards more mass casualty attacks, this notion creates fear in people as well. After the tragedy of 9/11, people are always in fear for another attack of that magnitude because if they did it before it could happen again. 9/11 created an ongoing fear in people, so when ISIS is believed to move towards attacks similar to that nature, obviously people are filled with fear and worry. Logos is used in the article as well. The author states the number of ISIS combatants in the Middle East that shows the strength of the group and that it is capable to pose a serious threat. The world wide effort to stop the terror group must be raised if we want to protect innocent people and save ourselves from another terrible tragedy.

We all know about the growing attention with the American public and even the government towards marijuana and its legalization. Two states have legalized its use and several states have legalized its use for medical purposes, with many to follow. Before we know it, the U.S. will most likely legalize the drug for recreational use. According to Dr. Sanjay Gupta from Denver, Colorado we are in the mist of a medical marijuana revolution. He avidly researches and acclaims the benefits of marijuana for medical use and uses a lot of statistical evidence to persuade his audience on the drug’s popularity and effectiveness. He states that for the first time a majority of Americans, 53% favor its legalization and77% support its use for medical purposes. These facts help the audience realize that marijuana is increasing in popularity especially for the people that aren’t so sure about the drug yet. He also states that in 1969, only 12% of the nation favored its legalization. This shows the audience that support has grown dramatically and the drug must be doing some good if it is becoming so popular, especially with medical uses. His article is filled with rhetorical appeals especially ethos. He builds credibility of the drug by using a story of a girl who after started using medical marijuana went from 300 seizures a week, to just one or two. This example, shows the audience that the drug really does have medical benefits since this girls seizure’s decreased dramatically. Many states that you wouldn’t think would support marijuana are now starting to be persuaded by its usefulness. Georgia is even in the mist of passing the legalization for the medical use of marijuana in the state. His examples really lets the audience know the growing popularity and usefulness of the drug. The country is in a weed revolution and the supporters are gaining ground. Will the revolution end with Marijuana as the victor? We shall see.