Jennifer Price uses tone, irony, and sarcasm in “The Plastic Pink Flamingo” as her rhetorical devices to reveal her view on not only flamingos, but also culture. She engages her audience and this causes them to continue reading. There are deep issues that Jennifer Price addresses in her essay such as consumerism and the materialistic society. She calls these issues to her audience’s attention by speaking of the less serious plastic, pink flamingos. Price criticizes the United States culture by juxtaposing the seriousness of a nation bouncing back from depression with the quirky nature of the flamingo.
It can be reflected in religious, political, cultural and other theories. The forms of Ecologism that are rooted in ‘shallow’ ecology which is seen as anthropocentric seek to reconcile anthropocentrism with ecological thinking. The term “Shallow ecology” was coined by Norwegian philosopher Arne Naess. Shallow ecologists also described as environmentalists and similar to liberal feminists. Shallow ecology has a shallow outlook on the environment and believes that we should only do something if it is for our interests, for example, we should save ecosystems but only if they are of value to us.
Tannen says that a “breakdown of a sense of community is partially to blame for the argument culture” (Tannen chap. 23). This shows how Tannen really wants our culture to get better for the benefit for all. She’s just not writing for fun, she’s serious with persuaded her readers. The problem now, is that people feel too much of themselves.
I learned that I should try more prewriting strategies to find the one that will give me what it is that I need instead of staying focused on the one that is not working well for me. Next time I start to write I would think of things that I like do so I can write freely about those things. Writing Process My purpose for writing this essay was to be informative and that is where my problem came in. How can I be informative not using references or stating where I got my thoughts. My audience was society as a whole and I did fulfill my audience by addressing a subject that we deal with everyday and not realize how much of it is influenced in our everyday life.
Kamaria Swan December 30, 2011 Defying Definitions In reality, people use their professions, clothing, beliefs, and other choices to reflect how they want to be viewed by society. The same holds true for fictional characters, like those in Robert Hayden’s “Elegies for Paradise Valley.” The character, Madam Artelia, chooses her profession, clothing, beliefs, and other things in order to represent how she would like to be viewed by society. Because she makes multiple choices that are often contradictory, it can be concluded that she has decided not to live up to any set definition people may have for her. Madam Artelia’s wide array of choices represents the fact that she is trying to defy preconceived definitions of herself made by the dominant culture. As is the case for most of Hayden’s main characters, Madam Artelia has automatically been thrown into the dominated group, before her personal choices have even been considered.
However, she does not achieve her goal of persuading those who originally agreed with Hitchens. Rhetorical Situations are often an effective way to present an argument because they allow the audience to glimpse into the author’s background and purpose. In this case, the rhetor, or person who is providing the discourse, is Alessandra Stanley, an American journalist who became the television critic for the New York Times in 2003. Because Stanley’s article is in response to Christopher Hitchens’ “Why Women Aren’t Funny,” which seeks to explain many reasons why women are not funny, the exigence, or purpose is to prove women are humorous (Grant-Davie 11). The audience is anyone who read Hitchens’ original article, people who already agree with Stanley, and those that believe women are not funny.
“ The syntax of this part of the story shows that the author is trying to explain the character of Prynne and then compare it to what people believe she would look like. This is important because what it shows is that Prynne is not what the people seem to believe. The sin committed by Prynne, had an effect on her that was very different then the effect of the sin on Dimmesdale and Chillingworth. The effect of the sin on Prynne was very hurtful but the way she took the pain was by doing well in society again and by working and proving that the Scarlett Letter was nothing more than a letter. For a large majority of the story, the Scarlett Letter meant Adultery, but as time changed the letter a meant able.
In the essay, “Multitasking Can Make You Loose…Um…Focus,” the author Alina Tugend sets out to prove that multitasking does not save time. In fact she uses a number of professionals including psychologists and professors to persuade readers that slowing down and completing one task at a time is more beneficial when it comes to time management and mental health then multitasking can be. Tugend does a marvelous job convincing her readers of this fact in her well-organized and researched essay. The opening statement is an excellent attention grabber. Immediately, Tugend presents the reader with a very clear idea about the everyday multitasking that we all can find ourselves performing: * “As you are reading this article, are you listening to music or the radio?
Ronald Salamat 10-21-11 English 101-002 Analytical Essay The written text I chose to analyze is “College Is a Waste of Time and Money” by Caroline Bird. In this written text Caroline Bird talks about the options you receive if you don’t attend college. The money we spend by going to college can be used for so much more things that can benefit us is many ways. She says we only attend college because we feel obligated to go when we really have a choice whether or not to really attend. What she’s trying to get out of this essay is her opinion on attending college and makes you also question the thought of college.
The Conclusion – now that you have an outline, try to restate some of the main parts, and consider the implications of the work you have done Restatement of thesis: In conclusion, technology impacts our life in the social, economic, and personal life since it consists of the imprisonment due to social networks, the censorship due to mass media, the proliferation due to military technology and international trades. Summary of main points/ideas: Questions, applications, implications of argument: The provided arguments state the current situation of the impact of technology nowadays; however, our main concern is its future status. Will it worsen or stay in its status quo? Are people aware of this phenomenon or are they inattentive of its danger? Is there any solution that might reduce or hamper its spread?