Ending Extreme Poverty, By Dilip Singh

In the article, “Ending Extreme Poverty: A Tree Falls in an Empty Forest” by Dilip Singh, Singh proposes an argument that the news media aren’t giving enough attention to extreme poverty. Singh effectively builds his argument by using statistics and facts, word choice, historical references, and comparisons. First of all Singh provides a fair amount of statistics and facts about extreme poverty throughout the whole article. For example, “The World Bank defines extreme poverty as living on less than $1.25 per day.” Within this information, Singh provides background knowledge to the audience which helps the readers understand how serious poverty is. Singh uses statistics and facts to portray his audience that extreme poverty is crucial and