Toyeka Bates Professor Bey English 101-2CD 26 November 2012 Text Messaging Can Improve Writing, Not Future Success Over the past ten years technology has changed the way we communicate. Several advances in technology such as the telephone, fax machine, computer, and cellular phones have made communication faster and easier. The text messaging application allows students to abbreviate words write the way would like to. Text messaging on cellular phones is very common among those who use cell phones, especially amongst school-aged children. Everywhere you look you see children texting on their cell phones.
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There are many points made that can clearly push the overall answer one way, or another, its just about balancing out the positives and negatives. Cullington explains that texting can potentially hurt formal writing, but is proven to have no positive or negative affects in the long run. There are many concerns about text speak and formal writing. Cullington talks about how teachers see a decline in writing and are having problems in class because of text speak. “A Minnesota teacher of seventh and ninth grades says that she has to spend extra time in class editing papers and must 'explicitly' remind her students that is is not acceptable to use text slang and abbreviations in writing” (Cullington 89).
Elzbieta I Pawlica Professor White College Writing II 17 February 2015 Rhetorical Analysis Texting Misconception In her 2008 student essay called “Texting and Literacy,” Veronica Stafford discusses a well debated topic: texting. Her essay was used in a textbook called From Inquiry to Academic Writing as an example paper on how to effectivity develop a thesis. The essay’s purpose is to inform her peers about the problems that are caused by texting as well as to persuade students to read books more often. Stafford begins with a short anecdote where she describes students who devote their full time and energy to texting. Stafford notices that they do not socialize with people around them.
Also, that high school reading lists are developed by adults who had to suffer through the same system as the kids before them, thus developing their literary taste in high school and recycling the same books generation after generation. It also assumes that all high school teachers only teach meaning, and not writing styles and such. 4. What appeals does she make to logos? She refers to her “research” of high school reading lists, teaching plans, and teaching guides, as well as statistics and “top 100” lists.
The goal of this article was to inform adults of the many different motivations of teen tattooing in order to reduce the assumptions many adults make. For example, the text explains that while adolescents view tattoos as “personal and beautifying statements”, parents associate tattoos with “oppositional and enraging affronts to their authority.” Martin explains that in most situations this is not the case, and if parents would just show interest and “nonjudgmental appreciation” towards teenager’s tattoos, they would be able to communicate and make contact with their tattooed teens. Martin is just trying to explain that if they view tattoos with an open mind, then maybe they can have a better understanding of why this is a growing epidemic within the teen community. The style and format in which Dr. Martin wrote really gives his reader a better understanding of the text. Martin’s utilization of all three persuasive appeals (logos, pathos, and ethos) is the reason for his arguments strength.
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Texting on mobile has widely spread among the youth recently. However, the different impacts of texting on English literacy have attracted many debates. In the article “Mobile phone and literacy”, published in The Daily Planet on August 8, 2012, Samuel Tsung argues that texting has positive effects on English literacy, whereas, in the article “Text message and the decline of the English language”, published in The Fulchester Time on August 25, 2012 Louise Dite asserts that texting is totally negative to writing and reading English. The following essay is to critically respond for the two article’s main arguments. Tsung suggests that there are many benefits of texting.
SMS users learn that the ways in which they text takes on particular social meanings, signifying different aspects about their individuality... The writing/texting process itself is considered creative, as it is most definitely not a simple or basic concept when it comes to selecting the right characters to express yourself, especially within the short word limit given. After analyzing data and text transcripts, it has become evident that the majority of teenage texters use phonetic spelling on a day to day basis to represent themselves and their personality within a virtual environment. Teens feel as though using simple or standard English words is ‘dull’ and ‘boring’, so by adapting words to fit their own liking and individuality, they are creatively embodying
Technology in the cyber-world has been growing rapidly in recent times, and the internet has become the most useful communication and education tool. However, there is a lot of information provided in the cyber-world, both good and bad, and there is no any restriction for people using it. These conditions may cause serious risks for the internet users, particularly children and teenagers if they use it without parenting controls. This essay will discuss some problems related to the use of internet by children and teenagers and also give solution to tackle the problems concerning the serious risks. It will then explain some of the advantages and why it should not be banned by parents.