Mujia Official Language

Mujica’s article, “Why the U.S Needs an Official Language,” the author clearly states his claim at the start of the article. Mujica illustrates the fact that English is slowly becoming the official natural language of the US even though there is no official declaration. The author uses sub-claims such as pointing out the fact that despite the multilingual nature of the American citizens many are embracing speaking English. Mujica uses examples from various sources to build up to his thesis, “given the globalization of English one might be tempted to ask why the United States would need to declare English its official language. Why organize something that is happening naturally and without government involvement?” (581) James Crawford,

The article aims to reach out to the educated American adults since Mujica calls for the support of the citizens on the matter. The author uses examples from other nations such as France and how they have embraced having one official language. Mujica addresses the fact that people find it resist when they are expected to speak in English to point out that his target audience is the citizens. The author uses simple language that any person can understand to reach out to his readers

Mujica uses subheadings to organize his work and ensure the audience can follow through. The author starts off with an attention getter “the question of whether America should have an official language is controversial,” (581). The audience will give their attention to the article since the topic is of considerable debate. Mujica’s organization of the text is logical and at the same time creative enough to appeal to the target audience.

In Crawford’s case, he also uses subtopics to organize the work. The technique creates a logical flow of ideas that is especially necessary since he has a specific elite target audience. Crawford directly addresses the matter and avoids any attention getters or creativity that may waste the audience’s time since he targets using logos. Thus, there is a logical flow of the article through the use of facts based on various reliable references. Therefore, the style that Crawford chooses to organize his work is entirely different from that of Mujica because they are targeting two different types of