Jeter Use Colloquial Language

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As writers, Obama and Jeter both explain the strategies they use to convey their experience, challenges and goals. The strategy Jeter use is questioning to ask the reader what they really what to do with their lives.Questioning”What would you love to do? What are you good at? What would you like to do for the rest of your life?”(Jeter,61). Other strategies he uses is colloquial language.
Jeter uses colloquial language to introduce two central ideas, goals, and dreams specifically: the contraction “we’re” makes the writing sound informal the phrase “we’re not just talking about baseball here” is another example.Colloquial Language“...you’ll want to open your bedroom window and yell it to anyone with ears.”(Jeter,61) Finally, the last strategies

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