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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Toward a New Vision: Race‚ Class‚ and Gender as Categories of Analysis By: Patricia Hill Collins Summary- The author writes about oppression in society and how it is full of contradictions. She states that there are no pure victims or oppressors‚ but rather everyone experiences a different amount of penalty and privilege based on their race and social status. She believes that if women and people of colour could find that they have common grounds in regards to class‚ it will eliminate racism
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Nickel and Dimed In the book of Nickel and Dimed‚ the author Barbara Ehrenreich‚ decided to go undercover as a low wage worker. She wanted to find out how non-skilled workers made ends meet. Barbara’s goal was to find if she would be able to live off the money she earned‚ and by also having enough money to pay the monthly rent. This was not going to be an easy task for her; she was used to having a home‚ a companion‚ reputation‚ and of course an ATM card. In June 1998‚ Barbara left behind everything
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A young man from a poor background earned fame and fortune after saving a child. Dick was a black boot who earned enough only to survive half a day. He was offered a financial support‚ but Dick refused to accept the money from Fosdick. Dick saved a child who fell over the side of the water. Surprisingly‚ it turned out that the child’s father rewarded Dick with the job he always wanted. Even though the father of the child knows that Dick has a peculiar way of speaking and often use of slang terms
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Summer Reading Project Nickel and Dimed Journal Before: Prepare to read list Title- I would believe " Nickel and Dimed" stands for the amount and or wage per hour one person receives at work. "Nickel and Dimed’’‚ might mean a low salary or wage‚ considering the fact that is change. I could only infer that it will be a low amount of money. Possible themes - I can infer that by reading the title‚ poverty would be one of many major themes of this book. Also by reading ’’On (not) getting
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Television: Electronic Enemy or Pixelated Pal? Is it possible for television to impact the way you enact with life? I believe that nothing on Earth can impact you unless you choose to make it impact you. Barbara Ehrenreich claims‚ “Only after many months of viewing did I begin to understand the force that has transformed the American people into root vegetables.” I strongly refute this claim. Television has many useful resources like cooking shows and the news‚ but it also has its “magnets” like
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product of commercialization and used to arouse an audience to buy the products. Barlow called this ‘a burlesque of African-American sexuality’ (Hamilton 2000‚ 134). The obscene sexual references that emerged within the blues echoed what Barbara Ehrenreich (as cited in Hamilton 2000‚ 158) called the “male ‘flight from commitment’” in the 1950s. This is around the same time that the feminization era was happening in the rock scene‚ and there is a correlation between the two genres and their treatment
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Living from Minimum Wage We know in the world of today‚ most households have two incomes to maintain the basic everyday needs. We all have worked jobs that paid bare minimum‚ gave crappy hours along with fatigue. Gilbert and Henslin divided the lower class into the Working Poor and the Underclass (Gilbert The American Class Structure 1998). The Working Poor’s employment is in the service and manual labor and the Underclass relies solely on government aid and has not participate in the workforce
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Dance: A Worthy Career By Patricia Robinson Dancing is not a money-making career. In addition‚ it ’s not a very long one. But why bother if it is not a long career? Dance is a passion career that can be successful. When someone asks a dancer why they had chosen a career in dance the most popular response they get is that the dancer have always loved it‚ it makes that person happy‚ it feels right and fulfilling‚ it is what they have always planned on‚ always work hard at it‚ and because there
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In the article “What I’ve Learned from Men.” The author Barbara Ehrenreich defines and roots her essay on things women can learn from men. She upholds that men influence women to become tough because of all the conflicts and arguments between the genders that make women recognize they are too ladylike when they are in a battle with men. She also explains that women should learn to get tough and take credit when they have accomplished or succeeded in a certain task and not just blame it on luck. Unfortunately
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