Rhetorical Analysis On Unanswered

Unanswered Calls for Help The Military Times states “New VA study finds 20 veterans commit suicide each day.” An editorial from the Denver Post suggest that this is an alarming rate and actions need to be taken to greatly decrease this. They found that oftentimes veterans literal calls for help were left unanswered. Often calls to the veteran suicide hotline are met with the ring of a busy signal, or simply sent to a voicemail. The writer of this editorial uses logos, pathos and grim diction to convince the reader that something needs to be done about these calls going to voicemail and help reduce the amount of calls left unanswered. The writer of this editorial targets the reader's emotions to help convince them that actions need to be