Felicia Day's Book Report

Felicia Day’s book was a great story full of laughs and thought provoking statements, and after reading “You’re Never Weird on the Internet (almost)”, one can figure out which audience the book was written toward. By reading and paying attention to the rhetorical style and word choice, it is easy to tell that the book was intended for young adults or teenagers. One way to tell is that Day incorporated diction, or word choice, and tone to specify who her book is for. She uses hashtag symbols in her chapters, a symbol that is commonly used to show what is trending on social media sites such as Instagram, Facebook and Twitter. This stands out as a symbol recognized to be part of teenage and young adult culture, as these sites are not as frequently
One example of this that can be spotted in the book is Day’s use of this allusion, “I would dress as inconspicuously as possible so people wouldn’t notice me, and that way I could do recon to figure out my place in the world. Like going undercover in 21 Jump Street.” (64) This film, not the TV show, is one that would be recognizable to most teenagers or young people, since the movie came out in 2012. Even if they haven’t watched it, they would understand that it is a movie in popular culture and would understand the reference made here. Another allusion that Day uses to identify the audience is her Gossip Girl references. For example, she says “I’d love to say that the stories I conjured up were deep and fraught with intellectual themes, but they were not. They were straight out of Gossip Girl. Anne would arrive in town with a bang, and everyone would want to be friends with her.” (pg. 127-128) Within this section, she mentions two different books, one that is more old and one that would be more familiar with young adults and teens, since it was made into a TV show. The first one is Anne Of Green Gables, the character of her envisioned stories. Even though this is older, young people still typically know who she is, since it is a classic book. The other is Gossip Girl. As a television show about the lives of young affluent people in New York, this would be geared to a younger
The author, Felicia Day, gives many context clues to help the reader come to this decision. Diction, or the word choice, influence this since Day uses slang and an informal tone that will attract young adult readers. The figurative language and rhetoric of the book also point to teens and young adults as the audience, by comparing things to pop culture that is typical in their