Faux Friendship by William Deresiewicz was most effective at persuading his audience. Deresiewicz added strong diction directed to his audience, used his own personal examples, and made a claim that didn’t directly relate to his audience.
Because Faux Friendship was originally written for The Chronicles of Higher Education, he uses terms better suited for educated people. He compares professional-networking, “cleaning the jungle gym of professional contacts in order to advance your career,” to social-networking. He also uses strong diction to describe. Words such as “desiccated” and “seduce” help Deresiewicz to prove his point about social-media. In Our Moral Footprint, he uses more basic diction. While Havel has strong syntax, he often repeats
Because Faux Friendship was originally written for The Chronicles of Higher Education, he uses terms better suited for educated people. He compares professional-networking, “cleaning the jungle gym of professional contacts in order to advance your career,” to social-networking. He also uses strong diction to describe. Words such as “desiccated” and “seduce” help Deresiewicz to prove his point about social-media. In Our Moral Footprint, he uses more basic diction. While Havel has strong syntax, he often repeats