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    Krakauer‚ in Into the Wild‚ adds his personal life to bring more awareness and understanding between the reader and Chris McCandless. By doing this‚ he connects himself to McCandless emotionally to attract more ethos‚ and pathos‚ to Chris’s story. In this paragraph‚ Krakauer uses his personal testimony with his father to further develop Chris’ story showing how the relationship affected his future through chronological development‚ and the disparity between him and his father. During the story

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    think expect his next step after graduation. In April of 1992‚ he packed up his bags‚ abandoned everything he had‚ and gave the rest of his savings to charity‚ to go on a journey to Mt. McKinley to start his new life. The story‚ “Into the Wild” was powerful how Jon Krakauer style of writing made Chris McCandless’s Adventures seem real and even pop out of books to the readers. Krakauer uses many stylistic devices/techniques in order to reveal his tone about Chris McCandless. Krakauer may be writing

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    Gloria Anzaldua in How to Tame a Wild Tongue and Amy Tan in Mother Tongue both share a similar message in their essays‚ they argue that every single culture faces different language obstacles when learning the english language. Both struggle to develop the correct form of english‚ the one considered acceptable by society. Both Tan and Anzaldua teach us about their ethnic backgrounds‚ in an effort to better help us learn of their struggles. Amy Tan‚ is of asian descent‚ and tells us how growing up with

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    In the article of “How to Tame a Wild Tongue” written by Gloria Anzaldua‚ she discusses about the relationship between the language and identity. In the other article‚ which is “Mother Tongue” written by Amy Tan‚ she discusses her observation and thoughts about using the English and the perceptions‚ prejudices from other people regarding other languages. Both articles are pointing out how important is the language is in our lives and how we can suffer if we are not using do not use it correctly.

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    Name: Lu Seng Chuin ENGL250 FD Visual Rhetorical Analysis: Into The Wild (Rough Draft) The movie “Into The Wild” is a true story depicts the desperation of a young Emory graduate‚ Christopher Johnson McCandless‚ to flee from the invisible binding of societal pressure and family problems; and worked his way through the unusual journey to Alaskan. The story began with his college graduation and inner frustration to his broken family‚ then proceeds through a series of events full with

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    This seminar was about the Rehabilitating the "Wild Tongue" Philosophy at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. The speaker‚ Francisco Guajardo‚ divided his presentation into four major parts. Francisco starts off by giving a background information of his life. In the first few minutes of the presentation‚ I learned Francisco belonged to an immigrant family. His family migrated to the United States‚ in search for a better life. Francisco grew up in the city of Elsa‚ Texas beside his two brothers

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    TAMING A WILD TONGUE Gloria Anzaldua’s title "How to Tame a Wild Tongue"‚ depending on which angle it is looked at‚ could be seen as a rhetoric question in the sense that the "tongue" and or whatever it stands to signify cannot be tamed. In this case it metaphorically represents her native language-Spanish or Chicano Spanish-to be precise. On the other hand‚ the title could be taken as a statement of ridicule to show the futility or near futility of trying to force a change of language or pattern

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    Mutual purpose‚ because instead of losing his temper towards his mother‚ he should have taken a moment to think how what he was going to say could affect himself and his mother

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    way it was? In the book‚ Wild‚ the author Cheryl Strayed made very interesting rhetorical appeals that both hurt and benefit her effectiveness to relate with the reader. The author very carefully and cautiously chose what and where certain parts go or even what word is the best. Authors use rhetorical choices to effectively connect with their intended audience. In this essay‚ I will demonstrate Strayed’s intended audience‚ situation‚ claim‚ purpose‚ and her the rhetorical appeals she made in order

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    Mai Tong Xiong Writ 1301 sec 39 Critical Paper December 18‚ 2008 Taming a Wild Tongue In “How to Tame a Wild Tongue‚” Gloria Anzaldua’s thesis explores the formation of her dual Mexican identity through the usage and abuse of her native language as the main guiding force; her structure leans towards a creative and prose style where the thesis or main idea is not directly given in the introduction‚ but appears in the conclusion. Though she highly emphasized evidence of language silencing‚ it

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