Write a 300-word rhetorical analysis (one to two paragraphs) based on the following text — use the selected questions below the passage. Just answer the questions thoroughly with full sentences using correct I grammar and formal diction. Include ONE in-text citation (aka quote or parenthetical reference) using the info below (title, author, etc).
TITLE: The cruelty of exposing outdoor workers to extreme heat | Editorial (Sun Sentinel), April 17, 2024, by Steve Bousquet
It won’t be easy to find another Florida governor who inflicted so much cruelty on its people as quickly as Ron DeSantis did with a single signature.
What some call the very worst single action by the 2024 Legislature, House Bill 433
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• prohibits all local governments from taking any steps to protect outdoor workers from heat or from requiring their contractors to pay employees more than the Florida minimum wage of $12 an hour.
People are already dying from extreme heat in Florida at a time when every year and virtually every month sets new records. Farmworkers have been the most conspicuous victims, but roofers, delivery drivers and indeed everyone who works outside are the losers, because no state or federal standards exist to sufficiently protect them, and now there will be no local laws either.
A needless death in Broward
In Parkland, a 28-year-old Mexican immigrant who took a job picking vegetables died on New Year’s Day 2023. A farm labor contractor from Okeechobee was cited for exposing workers to a heat index.
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of above 90 degrees without water, shade or periodic rest periods.
The workplace bill goes beyond simply forbidding heat-protection ordinances.
It prevents local governments from asking how they protect their workers from heat or giving preference for that. It also forbids any local scheduling law, such as one that might guarantee domestic workers time off for their children’s graduations or doctors’ visits.1
As Florida’s Legislature was intentionally leaving workers exposed to lethal heat, the city council in Phoenix, Ariz., the nation’s hottest city!
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, voted unanimously for a protection ordinance much like what Miami-Dade might have adopted.
A since-discarded Florida tourism slogan claimed. *The rules are different here.” How true. How sad. How dangerous.
QUESTIONS: You MUST elaborate and explain, use insights and critical thinking. Simplistic, surface responses will not get all points.
1.What is the purpose of the editorial?What does it hope to achieve?
2.What appeals does the argument use — emotional, logical, and/or ethical?
3.What facts, reasonina, or evidence is used in the editorial?
4.Is the editorial persuasive or not? In what ways? Explain.
