Prose's opening paragraph includes such words as appalled, dismal, and dreariness - all with negative connotations. Why does she start out with such strong language? Does she risk putting off readers who do not share her views? Why or why not? What other examples of strongly emotional language do you find in the essay?
Introduction In this paper, I will be evaluating the article written by Allison Stimach, “A Look at College Marriages: Why Students Should Wait” p. 58 in Writing Arguments. I will be evaluating this article to find if it is a good example of a strong argument to put in the college textbook, Writing Arguments. I will be deciding if this article will teach future students what it takes to write a quality argument. In this article, Stimach argued why college students should wait to get married in college. I believe Stimach’s essay followed the criteria of a successful argument by persuading me with strong details throughout the entirety of the argument.
Trace one of the following patterns of figurative language throughout King's letter: darkness and light, high and low, sickness and health. King refers to sickness as a metaphor and simile to describe the feelings of injustice. For example, “like a boil that can never be cured so long as it is covered up but must be opened with all its ugliness to the natural medicines of air and light" (24). And the, “the disease of segregation” (32). Using diseases coupled with the treatment of blacks provide the clergy or readers something they can relate to.
In Medusa, another emotion is bitterness. ‘I stared in the mirror, love gone bad’. This shows bitterness because she is bitter about the way ‘love’ has turned out. It is almost an oxymoron, because society teaches us that love is good and should be sought after, whereas what she is saying goes against this. This intensifies the emotion and reinforces how much of a ‘mess’ their relationship is in.
This “textspeak” has provoked controversy between those such as John Humphreys and John Sutherland who believe that text language is “wrecking our language”. We can Humphrey’s opinion of text messaging is negative as within his article he describes texting with negative adjectives like “sinister” and “deeply troubling” and in John Sutherland’s article Sutherland tells us that it Is texting that’s promotes “bad spelling” and “dyslexia”. On the other hand in David Crystal’s article Crystal gives a balanced view towards text messaging mostly explaining the positives of this new language and telling us that abbreviations and coded messages have been along for centuries like this one for example, “YY U R YY U B I C U R YY 4 ME” translated as Too wise you are, too wise you be, I see you are too wise for me. This abbreviated message was written in the 16th century showing us that this abbreviated English language has not just evolved recently but could be argued that it now used and abbreviated more frequently. David Crystal also describes this “textspeak” as “a language in evolution” describing texting as having a positive affect on the English Language and that it is encouraging the younger generations to be creative with their language and the riddles they use within their messages, requiring thought and intelligence and showing great knowledge and creativity, perhaps
They attempt to persuade readers to buy a product/viewpoint using the same kinds of appeals authors use when constructing a written argument. So, when you analyze a piece of media, it is important to remember the rhetorical triangle. Ask yourself: Who is the author? How is the author trying to represent himself/herself? What is the message and how is that message coming across?
He subjects the poor characters of his novel to every imaginable evil that man has been wont to commit in order to prove that this could not be the best of all worlds. Secondarily, Voltaire also seems to have other bones to pick. Hardly a paragraph is written that does not contain a sarcastic comment about or outright mockery of some person, idea, or institution. It is a credit to the skill of the author that he is able to present his criticisms with a humor that is as intoxicating as it is relentless and controversial. The sheer number of insults and implications made by the author coupled with a healthy sprinkling of aristocratic inside jokes would indicate that he essentially wrote this book for himself and other like-minded intellectuals of the enlightenment that disapproved of the status quo or could at least appreciate his cheeky sense of humor.
Moliere’s Tartuffe In Moliere’s satire, Tartuffe, the author fires his caustic wit upon the social topics of religious hypocrisy and the inability of obsessed characters to hear the voices of reason around them. At first glance, the focus of this work seems to be religious hypocrisy; however, it is the underlying subplots of obsessive behaviors stay in the mind’s eye until end. Moliere’s portrayal of obsessive characters is certainly exaggerated, but there is a clear note of truth that rings through in their powerlessness to hear reason. Until the spell that binds them to their compulsion is broken, these characters are unable to hear the voices of reason that are shouting the truth to them. The main actor of this play who displays the deafness that comes with obsession is Orgon with his religious fervor that blinds him to his responsibility to his family.
This, above all else, is what gets to me. I can just about endure the inconvenience, I can almost stomach the misleading nonsense, but I simply cannot abide the way these advertisements are aimed at exploiting our insecurities. It is truly immoral and it raises real concerns about what is seen as acceptable in terms of commercial advertising. Thus, advertising in general repulses me. It feeds off our vulnerabilities and is suffocating our society.
The writer addresses his opponents’ arguments by noting their irrelevance, untruthfulness, and incompetence. This helps to convince the reader that the protestors are misinformed hypocrites, but also helps the author to come across as somewhat arrogant. 6. Metaphor- “Considering their stated purpose, accepting such statements at face value would be equivalent to buying a used car based on a sales spiel without "looking under the hood. "(William Talman) The author’s purpose in using this metaphor is to note the absurdity of taking a stance on this issue without hearing all of the facts, and stirs interest in the article in his