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that people are allowing the Internet to think for them. Are the readers of the world losing the ability to think for themselves? Are they allowing others to do the long, tedious research just because they can? Carr’s writing is influential because he gives accurate cause and effects of his argument, shows his knowledge of the topic while presenting both sides of the issue, and makes his words exciting and interesting for the reader. Summary…

logos may offend the reader and destroy any argument present. The Flight From Conversation is…

contributor Jessie Hellmann, in her article about the Cedar Rapids Prairie bond issue, argues the necessity of the bond issue. Hellmann’s purpose is to inform the readers the issues that are present in the school district and exactly how the bond issue will be used to update those certain areas of need. She uses a serious tone to persuade her readers just how important this issue is. She effectively addresses her audience through her message using pathos, ethos, as well as logos to purvey her…

to add to the experience of the reader and various aspects of his argument . All of Laymon 's essays in this book are packed full of Allusion, but they all have different effects. Throughout this book, Laymon uses Allusions to connect with the reader, add a dark side to his essays, remind the reader of past greats, provide second opinions, and build his credibility. Overall Laymon choses to uses these allusions in his work not only because they connect the reader to the story through the…

this tendency, leading to a societally instilled assumption of what people of African descent are, and what they are not. In his novella Benito Cereno, Herman Melville utilizes the character Babo to grant the reader an opportunity to reflect on the perceptions of ‘blackness’ and…

tech field, Aoun then takes the reader through what she feels are the most important issues at hand regarding the gender gap: the misinformation she claims companies provide about diversity, and proposals for the destruction of this bias. She successfully establishes strong rhetorical appeals when…

fit in with an underlying theme whereby Fielding urges to the reader to vigorously question even the most basic of truths. When reading Tom Jones, the words of Voltaire came to mind: “Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers.” () It is in the way Fielding asks his questions, however, by which he should be judged. Fielding employs self-deprecation, satire, and suggestive narrative order in order to demonstrate to the reader the truths which may not be known by book alone.…

various acts of attention, the story examines the complexity of relationships and problem of miscommunication which can force a person to abandon even luxurious home. The problem of miscommunication is clear from the first sentence where a reader is exposed to tension between character’s…

personification in her poem to show readers an in-depth view of death. Death is in the form of a gentleman who picks up the speaker and takes her for a ride in a carriage. Most would assume that the reader would be scared to be in the same carriage as Death, but that is not the case. The speaker is actually very calm and they go about the ride in a calm and peaceful manner. However, they pass many sightings and end up in a not-so-peaceful place. In the first stanza, the reader is introduced to…

explains the story, he remarks that his “brother swore” after he brutally murdered the guppy (19). Hence, the brother clearly feels something about it. Second, the less amicable brother offers a little excerpt about the incident, trying to prove to the reader that he does not care about it. Yet, he still devotes some narration. He wants to confess, but he wants to be a “man.” Lastly, this brother is known to lie often, which corresponds to the second reason; this also connects to why he attempts…