matters‚ which could be used in the readers’ own lives. I have chosen four essays that I have read this term from which I have learned from. The four essays I decided on are: “Shooting an Elephant” by George Orwell‚ “Sex‚ Lies‚ and Conversation” by Deborah Tannen‚ “What Really Scares Us” by David Ropeik‚ and “Delusions of Grandeur” by Henry Louis Gates‚ Jr. In George Orwell’s “Shooting an Elephant” Orwell writes of his experience in British ruled India in the early Twentieth Century. At the time‚ he
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0349 4/11/2012 C4D1 According to Deborah Tannen‚ “We like to think of ourselves as unique individuals‚ not representatives of stereotypes. But it is more dangerous to ignore patterns than to articulate them”. Many people aware that gender stereotype is dangerous because it may cause a serious problem to family and society. Therefore‚ it’s very necessary to expose and discuss about its dangerous and damaging effects. Deborah Tannen showed a few examples about men and women in
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Jacqueline Morales Period 4 11192014 Language‚ Gender and Culture Power relates to language‚ gender‚ and culture. Power is shown through the way we speak to others‚ the way different genders relate to each other‚ and the way are raised within our cultures. The use of language‚ gender‚ and culture is used in various ways that allows us to communicate with society in representation of who we are and what we stand for. Although it isn’t shown in the same way‚ power relates to language
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“unmarked” are used several times in Deborah Tannen’s‚ “There Is No Unmarked Woman”. These two simple words hold very strong meanings throughout this essay. Tannen gives many examples of how women in today’s society are constantly being “marked”‚ whether they try to be or not‚ and how men are therefore “unmarked”. This essay analyzes the ways in which society judge’s women as being marked by their appearance‚ and how men can have the option to choose to be unmarked. Tannen realizes this as she sits in a
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Mikaela Myers Professor Cragoe ENG 105 30 May 2015 Deborah Tannen’s “How Male and Female Students Use Language Differently” In her essay‚ “How Male and Female Students Use Language Differently”‚ Deborah Tannen states that classrooms are more receptive to most men than to most women because our educational system puts more emphasis on challenging debate rather than open-ended discussions. (From Inquiry to Academic Writing) From my own personal classroom experience I agree with her claims. My educational
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Battle of the Sexes “American men tend to talk more than women in public situations‚ they often talk less at home” (Tannen). Even though it sounds unreal‚ this is a large problem when it comes to communication between men and women‚ whether it is their cultures‚ or society‚ but they have different impressions of communication‚ which have been created since their childhood. Deborah Tannen‚ in her article “Sex‚ Lies and Conversation” compares the styles of conversations on both men and women. She mentions
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Cited: Killing Us Softly 4. Dir. Sut Jhally. Media Education Foundation‚ 2010. DVD. Tannen‚ Deborah. “There is No Unmarked Woman.” ENG 701 Fall 2010 Course Packet. Ed. Alessandro Braidotti. Temple University‚ 2010. 68-70. Print.
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Danielle Pearson English 151 9/19/10 Can We Be ‘Unmarked’? “There Is No Unmarked Woman” Deborah Tannen In Deborah Tannen’s essay “There Is No Unmarked Woman” she describes how every woman is “marked” in some way. She tells about how everyone judges or “marks” a woman by what kind of clothes she is wearing‚ whether they are tight or hang limply from her body. What kind of make-up she is wearing to how she styles her hair. She says that just by writing her essay and pointing out the fact that
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October 2005 The Renaissance Woman When Oprah Winfrey told her 49 million viewers‚ "It just stopped me cold from eating another burger!" (Tannen) about the Mad cow disease‚ she wouldn ’t know it would cost the beef industry $12 million (Deborah Tannen). Texas cattlemen tried to sue Oprah for causing this such massive downfall‚ but she would win (Deborah Tannen). Oprah Winfrey was once a constantly abused thirteen year old girl. Now she is arguably the most famous African American woman and her talk
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UDWPA Questions for April‚ 2011 Scroll down for April Udwpa Text Question 1 In her essay “The Argument Culture‚” Deborah Tannen claims‚ “the argument culture urges us to approach the world‚ and the people in it‚ in an adversarial frame of mind.” Do you agree with Tannen’s observation and with her claim that the impacts of this approach are negative? Write an essay that answers this question with specific reference to Tannen’s text. Your essay should include your own defensible thesis statement
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