One of Maureen's most recent articles was featured on the Google Art Heist. In the article she summarizes the events that led up to the building of the Google art room in Paris.
SOAPS Tone Analysis:
S- The speaker was Maureen Dowd.
O- The occasion of the article was a visit to the Google Art Institute in Paris.
A- The audience of this article are likely those who enjoy art or Op-Ed columns.
P- The purpose of this article was to inform the reader of the new Google Cultural Institute, in Paris, and to get them to see how it is ridiculed by many.
S- The subject of this article is art and history,
TONE- The authors tone is very informative. She uses information and pieces of interview material to get her point across.
RHETORICAL ANALYSIS (Diction):
"JUST seeing the Crayola colors painted on the tall iron fence of the 18th-century hotel particulier made me shiver."
- The word shiver is used instead of another word like afraid or uncertain to make the reader have to pay attention that much harder to receive the negative connotation.
"And the petite ham sandwiches getting wheeled around to Google staffers looked positively menacing."
- Positively menacing is an oxymoron, and is used in an attempt to show the reader how confused Dowd was with the true intentions of the museum.
"The more playful Google gets, the more paranoid I get."
- The word paranoid in this case further drives home the fact that she is worry some and unsure of the true intentions of the exhibit.
SOAPS Tone Analysis:
S- The speaker was Maureen Dowd.
O- The occasion of the article was a visit to the Google Art Institute in Paris.
A- The audience of this article are likely those who enjoy art or Op-Ed columns.
P- The purpose of this article was to inform the reader of the new Google Cultural Institute, in Paris, and to get them to see how it is ridiculed by many.
S- The subject of this article is art and history,
TONE- The authors tone is very informative. She uses information and pieces of interview material to get her point across.
RHETORICAL ANALYSIS (Diction):
"JUST seeing the Crayola colors painted on the tall iron fence of the 18th-century hotel particulier made me shiver."
- The word shiver is used instead of another word like afraid or uncertain to make the reader have to pay attention that much harder to receive the negative connotation.
"And the petite ham sandwiches getting wheeled around to Google staffers looked positively menacing."
- Positively menacing is an oxymoron, and is used in an attempt to show the reader how confused Dowd was with the true intentions of the museum.
"The more playful Google gets, the more paranoid I get."
- The word paranoid in this case further drives home the fact that she is worry some and unsure of the true intentions of the exhibit.
The video on the left shows another art heist, but one that was stolen by hand rather than online.