primarily typical of conversational language (that is, colloquial) or of a more formal style? Does the writer use slang words or technical words? Is the word choice concrete and vivid or abstract and intellectual? These differences help to shape tone and affect our response to what we read. For example, [. . .] Lincoln's word choice in "The Gettysburg Address" is formal and abstract. Lincoln writes: "on this continent" rather than "in this land," "we take increased devotion" rather than "we become
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problems that cause the gender pay gap. Perry and Gundersen appear to write in hopes of explaining why the gender pay gaop exists in order to let people know why the pay gap is a problem. Because of the authors’ informativet tone, it seems they are writing for an academic/educated audience. 2. In her article The Gender Pay Gap Got Worse, Not Better, In 2012—And It’s Great For Women written in 2013, Meghan Casserly, a writer for Forbes who believes in entrepreneurship by women, of women, for women argues
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this course I have been taught different types of communiqués in business situations; formal and informal based on the context of the communiqué and the intended audience. I recently participated in a team project where we were instructed to send communiqués to four audiences based on the purpose of the communiqué and the receiving audience while projecting the senders leadership style; for the following I will be evaluating the four communiqués my team submitted. In the communiqué
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Validity of Sources: We learned that it is important to evaluate the credibility of the source and make a judgement on its relevance to our topic/argument. Credibility can be validated based off on the background of the author, impartiality, style and tone of article and currency. For instance for an argument on animal rights as described in…, the argument can be presented in different ways depending on the specialization of the author. A phychologist, philosopher or economist might present the
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speech before the convention of the National American Woman Suffrage Association, argues for child labor laws and improved conditions for working women. Kelley’s purpose is to inform readers about the unjust ways of child labor and women’s working conditions. Florence Kelley uses multiple rhetorical techniques, along with an urgent tone, in order to emphasize the importance of change that is necessary in the labor laws of children in her readers. At the beginning of her speech, Kelley appeals to
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Americans together during the Vietnam War despite its growing unpopularity. With Nixon persuading the people by remaining firm in his decision to go into Cambodia and defeat the Vietnamese, he creates a patriotic, yet confident tone. Using this patriotic and confident tone, he is able to emphasize his reasons and explanations that he gives in his address to increase the possibility of successfully persuading the public into supporting his cause. In the first part of his address, Nixon focuses on
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Now as an adult, she fights to regain her Latino identity and acceptance. Barrientos was brought to the United States at a very young age by her parents who absorbed her into the American culture by speaking only Spanish. This was to serve the purpose of blending her more readily into her new society and thus, ensuring her success. She describes how Americans during that time were not culturally tolerant and expected foreigners who entered the country to “leave their cultural baggage at the border”
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extreme are the leanest media—those that communicate in the simplest ways, provide no opportunity for audience feedback, and aren’t personalized, such as memos, posters, and podcasts. Generally speaking, use the richest media to send more complex messages and to help communicate emotion. Use leaner media to send simple, routine messages. Message formality. Your media choice governs the style and tone of your message. For instance, IM and e-mail can be considered inappropriate for formal messages.
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Both Ronald Macaulay and Rachel Rafelman thru their essays are trying to eradicate the stereotype, they are both almost speaking about the subject in their essays and the tone in the essays are almost the same, funny and at the same time keeping a serious tone underneath, sexism seems also to be a common point for these two author it seems to be the center of pretty much everything they’re talking about. Stereotype in the both essay as been pointed out and the authors seems to take people to
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1: Part 2: Part 3: Part 4: Part 5: Part 6: Part 7: Part 8: Part 9: Part 10: Part 11: Appendix Appendix Introduction to the section Assessment information for this section Reading complex texts Defining the writer’s purpose Identifying the source of a text Identifying the target audience Summarising texts Identifying the writer’s attitude Evaluating a written communication Summary of this Study Section Answers to SAQs A B 3 7 9 13 19 31 37 45 49 55 63 69 70 Acknowledgements Grateful thanks are given
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