Deborah

Deborah Tannen, a professor at Georgetown University, spends her career researching language and the way people use it in all walks of life. In this particular article, Tannen argues that classroom dynamics are predominantly male which leaves female students with a disadvantage. Throughout this article, she explains the masculine classroom dynamics and how her research has caused her to change her teaching style. In the beginning of the article, Tannen conveys the fact that class discussions…

Men, Women and Communication Deborah Tannen’s essay in Sex, Lies and Communication explains the problems of communication between men and women and how communication between them can be misunderstood. I do agree with her statements in this essay. In Deborah Tannen’s essay, she talks about how women feel neglected by their spouse by not listening to them while they are talking. “He doesn’t talk to me,”. Pg. 408. This is one of the complaints made by women about their spouse. Women like to…

In six chapters Deborah White breaks down the living burdens of racism and sexism black women endured. White breaks down the numerous identities a slave woman showed during the Antebellum South. White gathered interviews, researched examples, events and writings from historical figures that too have also attempted to describe the heinous events black woman dealt with. The chapters all standalone elaborating specific studies in certain aspects of the enslaved women yet all merged as one in…

I can use a transition in my essay by connection two different topics, that I write in my essay. This the example of sentence with a transition. Example in the article “Sex, lies, and conversation” by Deborah Tannen. The results of the research of why men and women don’t communicate well, and how that has been leading to 50 percent divorce rate. No doubt that the communication must be because men and women have been raised differently as a child. In fact, in a conversation men jump from topic…

articles. The first article, called “Sex, Lies, and Conversation: why is it so hard for men and women to talk to each other?” written by Deborah Tannen, describes the difference in conversational behaviors of men and women. The reason for these differences and how they are a severe problem for married couples and also a reason for their divorce. In the end Deborah gives a solution for the problem. This article was published in the Washington post, 1990. The second article is a marketing study by…

In chapter four of Strategic Writing, Deborah Dean stresses the importance of writers taking into mind the perspective of the audience (84). Understanding audience will help writers better understand the context they need to write in(Dean, 84). To convince others that our perspective is valid, we need to analyze the intended audience and whoever might read our writing (Dean, 84). Dean uses the quote, “Every form of writing is working to persuade other people to see the world as the writer…

In the book Countdown by Deborah Wiles, the theme that in times of trouble, families, friends, and even strangers can help reigns supreme. Throughout Countdown, Franny’s mom is seen to be supporting Franny in times of trouble a few times. On page 99, Franny is happy to see her mother after Uncle Otts’ horrifying keeling over even despite the amount of trouble she would be in. The theme is shown in this instant as it expresses that Franny is desperate for support no matter at what cost of trouble…

In Deborah Tannen’s article “The Argument Culture,” she states that due to the ways that society has changed it seems as if we only know how to argue and criticize. Life as we know it tends to revolve around people being partisan in every subject that comes to the table. She explains that“war metaphors pervade our talk and shape our thinking,” (Tannen) trying to mean that everything seems like a battle where there is supposed to be just one winner. Tannen continues with saying that even though…

In The Disabled State, Deborah Stone's main thesis is that disability is an administrative category in the welfare state that grants people with disabilities (PWD) special "privileges" and exemptions from obligations of citizenship. Her use of the term privilege when describing disability is provocative and sets the tone that she wishes to challenge popular held beliefs and conceptions of disability in modern Western society as a medical condition. She is interested in answering why social…

In Deborah Brandt’s article, Sponsors of Literacy, she compares Raymond Branch and Dora Lopez’s experiences with literacy. Brandt argues that race and class impact how much access people have to literacy sponsorship. In my perspective, Brandt’s argument is accurate. The differences among Branch and Lopez are fair reasonings to justify Brandt’s dispute. Branch was a European American who was raised by parents with steady and successful jobs. Since Branch’s father was a professor, he has more…