Audience Purpose and Tone Three possible entry points into assessing an essay—and important considerations for writers as well—are the identification of the essay’s audience‚ purpose and tone. “Audience” refers to the readership the writer is writing for—as best we can tell from reading it ourselves. An essay’s intended audience could be the entire world‚ or the entire English-reading population‚ or everyone in the United States‚ or readers of the Washington Post newspaper. It could be
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Considering business‚ Deborah Tannen‚ a researcher from Georgetown University‚ studied how business men and women regarded apologies. From her studies‚ she concluded that men tend to focus on apologies more in means of status implications than women‚ demonstrating that not only
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1995. Frauensprache – Männersprache. Die verschiedenen Kommunikationsstile von Männern und Frauen. Zürich: Onell Füssli. Schanel. 1999. Frauensprache – Männersprache. Grin Simon During (ed.). 1999. The Cultural Studies Reader. London: Routledge. Tannen‚ Deborah. 1990. You just don’t Understand. Women and Men in Conversation. New York: William Morrow. Trömmel-Plötz‚ Senta. 1984. Gewalt durch Sprache. Die Vergewaltigung von Frauen in Gesprächen. Frankfurt a. M.: Fischer. Weatherall‚ Ann. 2002. “Gender
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Offensive Language in Television Offensive language has been the surrounding factor in finding subjects to base many television shows with. Many television shows use offensive language to draw in their viewers and leave them with excitement‚ through the words they use. The various television shows that will be mentioned in this paper have used offensive language as their main topic. Many of the shows are known for the offensive language they use to spotlight various races and stereotypes on many
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cultural and gender differences in particular. Deborah Tannen broadly defines conversational style as “a combination of features relating to meaning and management of conversation: prosody (rhythm and intonation)‚ overlapping‚ repetition‚ use of laughter‚ tolerance of noise and silence‚ and ways of using anecdotes‚ asking questions‚ linking topics and expressing particular emotions” (1984‚ cited by Maybin‚ 2006). The aspects of style identified by Tannen are some of the elements that constitute the
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Lecture 1 Semiotics: Signifier (sign or symbol)/Signified (what it means) The logic of signs If sign A = sign B and sign B = sign C Then à A = C Lecture 3 Texts: Effects they have on us The Exorcist Small frame is put into a slot (wanted to scare people in the audience without having them know what scared them) Reveals techniques used on us that changes the way we feel Citizen Kane 1939 Dying words “rosebud” Journalists are searching for the reason why his dying words were rosebud Content ->
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Web. 9 Mar 2013. McCornack‚ Steven. Reflect and Relate‚ an Introduction to Interpersonal Communication. 2nd. Boston: Bedford/st Martins‚ 2009. 326. Print. "Men are from Mars‚ Women are from Venus Quotes." Goodreads. N.p.. Web. 6 Mar 2013. Tannen‚ Ph.D.‚ Deborah. You Just Don ’t Understand: Women and Men in Conversation. New York: William Morrow and Company‚ Inc.‚ 1990. Print.
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Australian & New Zealand Journal of Sociology. Vol. 30‚ 2: 149-164. Sadker‚ M. & Sadker‚ D. (1985‚ March). Sexism in the schoolroom of the 80 ’s. Psychology Today‚ 19‚ 3‚ 55-57. Ernst‚ K. (1977). Games students play . Milloar‚ CA: Celestial Arts. Tannen‚ D. (1999) The Roots of Debate in Education and the Hope of Dialogue‚ The Argument Culture: Stopping America ’s War of Words BBC News. Online‚ July‚ 2001‚ UK is still a man ’s world‚ http://news2.thdo.bbc.co.uk/1/low/uk/1435351.stm
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With more than nine out of ten Americans believing God (Larson 278)‚ one must speculate the philosophical reasoning behind confidence in something that is unable to been seen‚ felt‚ or heard. The Puritan philosopher Francis Bacon (1561-1626) said‚ Small amounts of philosophy lead to Atheism‚ but larger amounts bring us back to God. When thinking in terms of ideals and values‚ it is equally relevant to ponder the significance between fact and faith. Faith is defined as a belief that does not rest
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her parents back and the parents thought she was intentionally putting them off‚" she said. "But the parents didn’t get it. It’s the medium. With e-mails‚ you’re at the computer‚ writing a paper. With phone calls‚ it’s a dedicated block of time." Tannen‚ 65‚ worries that texting may fall victim one day to the same neglect that phone calls now face. Her generation’s feelings‚ she said‚ are perfectly captured in a recent New Yorker magazine cartoon that shows two older‚ balding men sitting at a bar
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