Seth Andrew J.

Salih ENGLCOM WC NO5B

October 25, 2012 Brain Drain Essay

1. In terms of structure, how is the article different from Dear Country? If there are similarities, what are these?

The article, Whos to Blame for Brain Drain?, does not use words commonly utilized in a conversation. Its structure and tone is unlike Dear Country. The latter contains 1-sentence paragraphs and its tone is that of a person informally conversing with another. This article is formal in structure and tone, as it gives facts and opinions of people in authority such as those from the United Nations organization.

2. In terms of rhetorical techniques that are usually used in this type of written discourse, what are these techniques? Pick out the support/evidence from the article.

Definition is one of the different rhetorical techniques used in this article. Its evidence is in the 2nd sentence of the essay: Also known as human capital flight, brain drain describes the emigration of educated and highly skilled workers. Exemplification is another technique used. In two separate paragraphs, it states: Remittances further complicate the effort to sort out the costs and benefits associated with brain drain. In 2005, according to the World Bank Global Economic Prospects report, expatriate Filipinos sent home $11.6 billion. India received $21.7 billion. and In fact, according to a report in The Independent, emigration from Germany . . . German women ages 18-29 has increased 25 percent in recent years.

3. Whats the purpose of the author and how does this purpose affect its tone and word choice? What could be inferred about the author? (What or who is he?)

The authors purpose of writing this composition is to inform the public on brain and its effects, as well as to appeal to the higher authorities to create an autonomous, multinational consortium that would regulate the quantity of migrants from relocating. The author seems disturbed at the decline of a countrys brain- and manpower due to its high immigration rate. Because of this, he compiled the paper in a formal structure since it was meant for most educated people as well as the government officials of the different countries with high brain drain rates.

Judging from the authors tone, it may be safe to assume that the author is a medical professional who lost his colleagues or a patient looking for a doctor but could not find one. It was stated in the essay that due to the many immigrants moving away from the country, numerous registered nurses and doctors departed from the country, like the Philippines. Seeing that many professionals left the country, a number of establishments, such as hospitals, closed down. If he is a patient, he also implies that the countries with leaving white-collar workers need the workers more since they are less developed than those to which the laborers migrate to.

4. What constitutes the conventional lead of a journalistic piece like it? Explain how the lead is developed in the body paragraphs.

A lead paragraph of a journalistic piece is essentially made of the most important facts, opinions and views. It must state what the entire written work talks about. Journalistic pieces must discuss the what, why and how of an idea, issue or problem. In the essay Whos to Blame for Brain Drain? the author states the definition of brain drain. Aside from its meaning, the writer also notes the reasons why brain drain affects third world countries like the Philippines and India. Lastly, the rest of the body talks about how these problems may be remedied.