In the article, “Why Literature Matters” by Dana Gioia, Gioia presents a claim that shows the decline of interest in the arts, specifically literature, in the newer generation of Americans. Within the piece, Gioia provides accurate statistics, a quote from a notable professional, and reports from trustworthy sources. Gioia makes an attempt to shift America’s attention to the downfall of participation in the arts. He seems to direct his argument mainly at the modern group of individuals.…
The Lack of Persuasiveness The idea of “Why Women Still Can’t Have It All” can be a bold and touchy subject. A writer should be careful on the way the tone and language are presented so that their audience may take away exactly what they want. With the wrong tone or language, a writer could very easily misguide their audience the wrong direction in which they intended. Anne-Marie Slaughter presents respectable and clear examples when she discusses “Why Women Still Can’t Have It All,” which helps…
Self-imprisonment often takes the form of isolation, and therefore requires some form of action to escape from. The Story of Lucy Gault by William Trevor and Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett express the effects of isolating oneself through their respective main characters. William Trevor delves into the traumatized aftermath of a young girl who ran away, which caused her parents to believe she was dead. They subsequently abandoned their home and, thus, their only child who refuses to leave…
Question 1: I got five questions right and five questions wrong. Question 2: From this quiz I learned that though there are issues in the world, it is not as bad as it is conveyed through the news and numerous studies that caused me to have a preconceived notion that the rest of the world is struggling and their living conditions are getting worse. For example, in the question where they ask you how old you think the average life expectancy is in the world, I knew that in countries like America…
Amanda’s language development can best be exemplified by the Linguistic Innateness Theory, according to Nikola Wolf Nelson (2010). This is because Linguistic Innateness Theory describes language development as a human talent that is unique, genetically determined, and innate. Also, this theory explains that direct teaching cannot explain normal development, minimal success may be a result of the efforts to teach language, according to (Nelson, 2010). According to Amanda’s background history,…
Aside Box?- Besides charging vendors for the amounts of waste produced vendors can actively encourage patrons to help decrease waste streams by providing discounts on practices that can save both the vendor and costumer money. Some straightforward tips that could be applied to all new staff trainings and business practices to reduce waste and help save on purchasing costs for vendors are: Ask if your costumers need a receipt, if not do not print one! Encouraging patrons to bring their own…
On March 23, 1775 Patrick Henry delivered his speech to the Virginia Burgesses about fighting for independence against the British Empire. Patrick Henry used three rhetoric facets to try and persuade the Virginia Burgesses. These three facets are called Ethos,Logos, and Pathos. Ethos means that there is credibility. Patrick Henry had to be credible and fair to his audience. He had to prove to his audience that he could be trusted. Logos shows reasonable time and thought was put in. Patrick Henry…
HWE 1 Nicholas Carr is a 56 year old writer who mainly writes about technology, business, and culture. In the short essay “Hal and Me,” Nicolas Carr discusses how his own reading capacity and capability of concertation has decreased since the internet has come about. Carr uses friends and other writers/bloggers as major sources of evidence. A lot of evidence he uses are personal experiences, and what he thinks the internet has done to his reading ability, making the essay biased. When Carr uses…
Summary In theory, the researchers main goal in this study was to establish if there was a correlation in the intonation of someone’s voice and the desire to influence another individual to buy a product or answer a set of questions. How willing are we to just listen to someone based on the pitch or tone of their voice? Our brains don’t have any visual cues to know if we can trust this person or not, so that’s why when companies are trying to sell you something, they should be very particular on…
On the fourth grade narrative writing assessment, Isaac scored 5 points out of a possible 20. He was scored on: Focus, Content, Organization, Style, and Conventions. The purpose and idea is slightly unclear in Isaac 's writing. It can be seen that the idea he is writing about is that he is thankful for his dad, however he was unable to provide purpose. The purpose is difficult to recognize because he was also unable to provide an introduction or a conclusion in his writing. Rather than writing…