" I believe that you Sir do not respect many people, or maybe you're acknowledgement of the pain you cause runs so thin that you do not have any idea why I am writing to you, and in such a tone as the one I carry."
The use of the complex sentence used above also emphasis's the writers feelings and what is being said. Another linguistic device that I used to empasise the writers feelings and draw attention the particular word is repitition. In my opening paragraph I used repitition of the word "respectable" and respect", in doing I have set a topic in the letter from the start, as I repeat this word throughout my peice:
"I am a man of a respectable age, with a respectable background and of a respectable name."
By introducing the writer as "respectable" I let the reader believe that what is being said in the letter will seem all the more substaniated, and would have an impact on them more. On the topic of "respect" I also include a rhetorical question which enages and involves the reader on another level-activley involving them on what is being said:
"But what is respect?"
The rhetorical question used also tells the reader, through the writers own answer to the question, what it is that he believes the person in question has done wrong. The writer also acknowledges his own tone towards the reader, which re inforces any dislike shown in the letter, this inclusion also increases the serious tone by adding to the tension in the opening paragraph.
The peice in written in a very personally opinionated way-this is hown by the inclusion of their own feelings, for example phrases such as "which outrages me" and "annoyed me to say the least".
The writer also runs down the reader with sarcasim which runs down not only the reader but the newspaper that the reader writes for:
"the story of a woman who's dog helped her win the lottery without cynicism"
This line was included as a way of mocking the reader as well as the newspaper, this is highenetd by the fact that it was only used as an example for an even bigger point. When reffering to the subject in hand (Madonna) I labelled her as "respected" in an italic font, this was to bring to attention the repetition of the word in opening paragraph and also therefore the define of the word. This adds impact also through the way that the writer shows how the reader has shown a clear lack of respect for the star, which also backs up the statement made in the opening paragraph that the reader does "not respect many people,". I also labelled the star as being "admired" which is again running down the article that the reader wrote about Madonna and arguing against the content of it.
I then went on to include a quote taken from the actual article, this gives the writers arguement a well backed up feel to it, therefore running down and putting the arguement effectively.
Throughout the letter I have made a number of statements about the reader and the article they wrote:
"In you're article you have 3 quotes to back up you're allegations one of which is flimsy and the other contradicts you're heading"
By including actual figures I have increased the formality of the arguement, giving the reader no grounds for argueing back. The number three is also mocking the reader and their writing by stressing again the point made earlier in the text that they had "no real evidence to back up such a big claim."
I also repeat the word "three" to emphasis how the reader had very little evidence for his writing, I also went on to call his evidence "secondary", the inclusion of this also runs down the reader by making it seem as I called it "flimsy" evidence.