Umar Malick
2SW, IWA, Q2 In her memoir Debra Marquart writes about her heartfelt and sincere love for the upper Midwest even though this region is often critically stereotyped in the media; the people, the land and even fictional characters hailing from that region. The area is described as "uninhabitable" and yet Ms. Marquart still avers that the upper Midwest is not as second-rate as it seems to be. Throughout the passage Ms. Marquart uses multiple rhetorical strategies to profess her profound love for the Midwest such as using examples of what specialties are exclusive to that region. Of the multitudinous strategies that Ms. Marquart is how the region is both relevant and important to the rest of the nation; such as when Ms. Marquart quotes Sylvia Griffith and writes that "We are the folks that Presidents talk to when times require" as do many "TV News anchors" as well as "most innocent female characters in movies and prime-time TV dramas". The aforementioned examples are so important because Americans rely on the latter two professions the most; the news, most Americans would agree, is the primary source of information, important and unimportant, and often, the information is very important and diverse, ranging from the subjects of missing …show more content…
Marquart references that due to the fact that the region is quite old, in regards to the nation, the people in that area are more important to American history as well as the region being so itself; going so far as to even being "the folks that Presidents talk to when times require". Although Ms. Marquart does not say so explicitly it is only safe to assume the President, under most regular circumstances, would not take such a step until he/she was absolutely required to do so, writing so in an attempt to fill the readers with patriotism and pride, especially those from the specified region, almost nearly bragging bout how that region is highly regarded in
2SW, IWA, Q2 In her memoir Debra Marquart writes about her heartfelt and sincere love for the upper Midwest even though this region is often critically stereotyped in the media; the people, the land and even fictional characters hailing from that region. The area is described as "uninhabitable" and yet Ms. Marquart still avers that the upper Midwest is not as second-rate as it seems to be. Throughout the passage Ms. Marquart uses multiple rhetorical strategies to profess her profound love for the Midwest such as using examples of what specialties are exclusive to that region. Of the multitudinous strategies that Ms. Marquart is how the region is both relevant and important to the rest of the nation; such as when Ms. Marquart quotes Sylvia Griffith and writes that "We are the folks that Presidents talk to when times require" as do many "TV News anchors" as well as "most innocent female characters in movies and prime-time TV dramas". The aforementioned examples are so important because Americans rely on the latter two professions the most; the news, most Americans would agree, is the primary source of information, important and unimportant, and often, the information is very important and diverse, ranging from the subjects of missing …show more content…
Marquart references that due to the fact that the region is quite old, in regards to the nation, the people in that area are more important to American history as well as the region being so itself; going so far as to even being "the folks that Presidents talk to when times require". Although Ms. Marquart does not say so explicitly it is only safe to assume the President, under most regular circumstances, would not take such a step until he/she was absolutely required to do so, writing so in an attempt to fill the readers with patriotism and pride, especially those from the specified region, almost nearly bragging bout how that region is highly regarded in