Is Meghan Daum's 'Narcissist Give It A Rest'?
Last week my dad got mad at me for using a sarcastic tone when talking to him. I was actually in a great mood, until he started yelling at me. That’s when I realized how important tone is. The same can be said in Meghan Daum’s essay “Narcissist – Give it a Rest” when she argues with a harsh tone. That is why “That’s So Mysto” is more effective because rather than using a harsh tone that’s presented in “Narcissist - Give it a Rest”, Lapidos uses a common relatable tone.
Meghan Daum, the author of “Narcissist – Give it a Rest” uses a harsh tone to prove people use the term “narcissist” too much in an everyday lifestyle and have completely changed the meaning of it. However, when someone accuses multiple generations of being “boring, semi verbal …show more content…
She uses a popular movie reference that incorporates examples of slang to make her essay more engaging for the reader. The movie the author uses is Mean Girls, and she remembers, “Gretchen want[ed] to introduce fetch as slang (to mean, pretty much, “awesome”), but clique leader Regina [wouldn’t] have it. ‘Stop trying to make ‘fetch’ happen,’ she [said], ‘It’s not going to happen’” (Lapidos 220). She mentions this scene from Mean Girls not only to create a relatable tone, but also because it is a major part of her theory. Lapidos’s argues, for a slang term to work in an everyday lifestyle, it always helps to have influential people in a community to use the new slang. In this case, the influential person is Gretchen from Mean Girls. Lapidos also uses creative and fun language to make her essay more relatable for her readers. When she was introducing her essay, Lapidos expressively lists everyday slang such as, “dig, trippy, groovy, grok, heads, hip, mysto, and, of course, cool” (Lapidos 219). These fun words aren’t only examples for her essay, but they also show off the author’s personality. Reveling her charm creates a connection between the author and her audience, which makes Lapidos’s readers feel more engaged with the work they are reading. When the reader becomes engaged in the literature, the author’s writing was truly
Meghan Daum, the author of “Narcissist – Give it a Rest” uses a harsh tone to prove people use the term “narcissist” too much in an everyday lifestyle and have completely changed the meaning of it. However, when someone accuses multiple generations of being “boring, semi verbal …show more content…
She uses a popular movie reference that incorporates examples of slang to make her essay more engaging for the reader. The movie the author uses is Mean Girls, and she remembers, “Gretchen want[ed] to introduce fetch as slang (to mean, pretty much, “awesome”), but clique leader Regina [wouldn’t] have it. ‘Stop trying to make ‘fetch’ happen,’ she [said], ‘It’s not going to happen’” (Lapidos 220). She mentions this scene from Mean Girls not only to create a relatable tone, but also because it is a major part of her theory. Lapidos’s argues, for a slang term to work in an everyday lifestyle, it always helps to have influential people in a community to use the new slang. In this case, the influential person is Gretchen from Mean Girls. Lapidos also uses creative and fun language to make her essay more relatable for her readers. When she was introducing her essay, Lapidos expressively lists everyday slang such as, “dig, trippy, groovy, grok, heads, hip, mysto, and, of course, cool” (Lapidos 219). These fun words aren’t only examples for her essay, but they also show off the author’s personality. Reveling her charm creates a connection between the author and her audience, which makes Lapidos’s readers feel more engaged with the work they are reading. When the reader becomes engaged in the literature, the author’s writing was truly