Thesis:
MacNeil is effective in using rhetorical question, illustration and appeal to authority throughout the article in order to keep his readers interested. While expanding their knowledge of the American dialect, MacNeils desire is also to persuade his audience that Americans should embrace all dialects.
“a young waitress approaches out table and asks, ‘How are you guys doin?’ my wife and I are old enough to be her grandparents, but we are ‘you guys’ to her” (MacNiel 306).
This quote will go in the first body paragraph in my paper where I will tell my audience how MacNeil uses personal anecdote to show how the language in America is changing and how it occurs in everyday life. Also the use of MacNeils personal anecdote gives the readers a sense of how the author feels on the topic and allows for a personal connection with the him. The author is quick to catch this waitress …show more content…
Why are black and white Americans speaking less and less like each other? Does Hispanic immigration threaten the English language? Is our exposure to national media wiping out regional differences and causing us tall speak the same? Is the language really in serious decline? Well, we have quite a debate about that.” (MacNeil 307)
I will use this quote in my first body paragraph because it sets a tone of what the rest of my paper will look like and gives the reader some questions to think about as the read the paper. The use of rhetorical question by MacNeil in this article is very effective in the sense that it causes the reader to think about issues lying in America and it requires the audience to keep reading in order to have an answer to these questions. MacNeil gives the audience current problems with language in the U.S and leaves it up to the reader to ultimately pick a side though the rest of MacNeils article helps them fully understand the topic
MacNeil is effective in using rhetorical question, illustration and appeal to authority throughout the article in order to keep his readers interested. While expanding their knowledge of the American dialect, MacNeils desire is also to persuade his audience that Americans should embrace all dialects.
“a young waitress approaches out table and asks, ‘How are you guys doin?’ my wife and I are old enough to be her grandparents, but we are ‘you guys’ to her” (MacNiel 306).
This quote will go in the first body paragraph in my paper where I will tell my audience how MacNeil uses personal anecdote to show how the language in America is changing and how it occurs in everyday life. Also the use of MacNeils personal anecdote gives the readers a sense of how the author feels on the topic and allows for a personal connection with the him. The author is quick to catch this waitress …show more content…
Why are black and white Americans speaking less and less like each other? Does Hispanic immigration threaten the English language? Is our exposure to national media wiping out regional differences and causing us tall speak the same? Is the language really in serious decline? Well, we have quite a debate about that.” (MacNeil 307)
I will use this quote in my first body paragraph because it sets a tone of what the rest of my paper will look like and gives the reader some questions to think about as the read the paper. The use of rhetorical question by MacNeil in this article is very effective in the sense that it causes the reader to think about issues lying in America and it requires the audience to keep reading in order to have an answer to these questions. MacNeil gives the audience current problems with language in the U.S and leaves it up to the reader to ultimately pick a side though the rest of MacNeils article helps them fully understand the topic