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In his opinion piece "Is Brexit really going to help British Workers?", author Nick Dearden explains his fear of the repercussions that might take place on immigrant workers due to the United kingdom leaving the European Union. His diction in this piece allows him to convey a sense of worry and uncertainty. He says things like, "That makes organizing for rights and protections so scary that it's unlikely to happen.", "More power is in the hands of the employer, who decides whether an employee can stay in the country or not.","...as migrants, arriving from outside the EU, without permission, are forced into the highly exploitative illegal economy" These quotes shows the authors tone because he's trying to show the very unfortunate outcome Brexit could have on immigrants looking for work or those who are already working. Their emotional attachment seems favored against Brexit when it comes to immigrant workers in the United Kingdom. Although the author appealed towards the audience through emotion he also uses some statistics to back up his claim. He mentions that 5,000 people died trying to reach Europe's border, and that research shows that while female workers showed a negative short term impact on salaries, migrant workers helped increase those salaries. He uses these quotes to validate his belief that migrant workers are just people who've faced hardships, but if given a chance they'll have a positive impact on the economy rather than a bad one. His attitude towards the subject is very passionate. He very much so would like to bring to light what problems Brexit could bring migrant working communities. He has a sort of disdain for the un-equalness that globalization saying that it's about "Free capital and controlled people." His overall purpose for writing this passage is to inform the reader about what is happening to those that can't tell us themselves. He was advocating for fairness, peace and love. The argument he established was definitely the appeal to emotion. He appealed to audience by showing how people who've come from a war-torn area came looking for a new chance at life, but were denied that due to xenophobia. He pulled at the audience's heartstrings because people don't really enjoy hearing about a certain group being denied basic rights because of a stereotype that doesn't apply to all of them. Link to article: http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/brexit-british-workers-170921095515937.html