https://padlet.com/campbell_ela381/2p6mgs9apoez Think about the author's attitude toward the oil spill, then explain the author's purpose or reason for writing the editorial. Use at least two details to support your answer. en-us 2020-03-24 12:29:15 UTC 2020-04-01 21:45:31 UTC hello@padlet.com gymnastbreana17 https://padlet.com/campbell_ela381/2p6mgs9apoez/wish/472725480 The author attitude toward the oil spill that it was a disaster to the environment. The author's purpose for writing this editorial is to persuade the reader that  the company was negligent that they ignored the tragic events of the oil spill effecting the environment by contrasting the the opinion on the British Petroleum's explosion issue and the company's official position  in the gulf of Mexico. According to the text'' The blast caused a horrific oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. Known to many as the Disaster in the Gulf, this tragic event killed not only workers, but innocent wildlife as well. It also assaulted the environment. BP knew an event like this is possible, but the reckless company refused to take the threat seriously. '' This evidence shows that the oil spill is a disaster that it cause a tragic event to the company and and the environment, but the BP refuse to take the tragic event seriously . According to the text'' Although the words of Suttles sounded noble , BP did not act quickly or thoughtfully to control the disaster. Experts also feel that an ounce of prevention could have avoided the disastrous spill together.'' This evidence shows that the BP company still didn't listen to Doug Suttle's words that he says about the threat. Overall, this shows the author's purpose for writing this editorial.]]> 2020-03-24 13:36:58 UTC https://padlet.com/campbell_ela381/2p6mgs9apoez/wish/472725480 jabaricampbell465 https://padlet.com/campbell_ela381/2p6mgs9apoez/wish/472727592 The author purpose for writing the editorials to the readers by contrasting the opinions about the book oil spill that the company neglected to establish]]> 2020-03-24 13:37:59 UTC https://padlet.com/campbell_ela381/2p6mgs9apoez/wish/472727592 belmakandic https://padlet.com/campbell_ela381/2p6mgs9apoez/wish/472732298 The author's attitude towards the oil spill is that it was a disaster. The reason the author wrote the text is to persuade readers about the oil spill and how neglectful the spill was. In the text it states "a recipe for disaster" This quote shows that the author's attitude towards the oil spill was a disaster because he's calling it a "recipe for disaster" Also in the text it states "BP knew knew an event like this was possible,but the reckless company refused to take the threat seriously" This quote shows the author's attitude towards the spill was negative because he said that the company wasn't taking it seriously. In conclusion the author's attitude towards the oil spill is that is was a disaster. Overall the reason the author wrote the text is to persuade readers about the oil spill.]]> 2020-03-24 13:40:05 UTC https://padlet.com/campbell_ela381/2p6mgs9apoez/wish/472732298 aniziaraeburn https://padlet.com/campbell_ela381/2p6mgs9apoez/wish/472739242 The author's attitude toward the oil spill is it was disaster her purpose for writing was to persuade the reader that the company was negligent. In the text it states"BP knew an event like this was possible but the reckless company refuse to take company refused to take the threat seriously."This shows that BP knew that the oil spill was going to happen but was not serious about it.The text also states that"The oil spill disaster was a result of BP's  thoughtless action and its refusal to listen to experts."This quote show that BP didn't care and was selfish.Overall this is the authors attitude toward the oil spill.]]> 2020-03-24 13:43:04 UTC https://padlet.com/campbell_ela381/2p6mgs9apoez/wish/472739242 marmarponton https://padlet.com/campbell_ela381/2p6mgs9apoez/wish/472740547

The authors attitude towards the spill was that it was a disaster. The author’s purpose for writing the editorial is to persuade readers by contrasting the opinions about about the BP oil spill, that the company neglected to establish and follow safe procedures for deep sea drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. 


]]> 2020-03-24 13:43:39 UTC https://padlet.com/campbell_ela381/2p6mgs9apoez/wish/472740547 kimoraw991 https://padlet.com/campbell_ela381/2p6mgs9apoez/wish/472760724 The authors attitude was that bp was negligent. The authors purpose for writing the editorial is to persuade the readers that the company was neglectful, by contrasting the opinions about the BP oil spill that the company neglected to establish and follow safe procedures for deep-sea drilling in the Gulf of Mexico. The text states “The oil spill disaster was a result of BP’s thoughtless actions and its refusal to listen to experts “ this means that BP was very careless and he didn’t listen to experts .    ]]> 2020-03-24 13:53:03 UTC https://padlet.com/campbell_ela381/2p6mgs9apoez/wish/472760724 https://padlet.com/campbell_ela381/2p6mgs9apoez/wish/472764319
The author attitude towards the oil spill that it was a disaster. For example it states, "This tragic event killed not only workers, bit innocentsm wildlife as well. It also assaulted the environment." This quote shows how the disaster "Assault" the environment and was a disaster. Another example it states "]]> 2020-03-24 13:54:50 UTC https://padlet.com/campbell_ela381/2p6mgs9apoez/wish/472764319