chapter 5 ex 1

There are three good examples of Julie Charlip distinguishing her views from others. After the quote in the first sentence she disagrees with the quote, saying the class system is a lot more complicated today. She then talks to a sociologist professor. Charlip lets the audience know when the sociologist professor is talking by either using “he said,” or “His…” in the sentence. The when she is talking about the average American, she uses, “the average American will tell you…” obviously referring to their option, not her point of view.

4.1 they say i say

What Jean Anyon does in this paragraph is she acknowledges other theories that experts in the field have said. They believe social class effects what a student learns. Jean uses the "okay, but" method and says no one has tried to investigate these ideas in schools. She follows this by her main argument that she will look at the "difference in work in classrooms in contrasting to social-class communities." She looks at both sides of the issues this way and basically says, "Ok, this is what the experts say which is fine, but they have not looked for actual proof." This method draws the audience to side with her point on the subject, and be more interested in the essay.

Exercise 7.j

This essay is a reflection on Generation X, and the culture they created. The layout of the pictures seem to be there to spark the readers interest while he or she is reading the essay. They also provide some examples to this counter culture. The author succeeds at using the layout and design to her advantage in her reflection. The images add a visual element to the paper that would be lost without the images. If they were to be taken out of the essay, the writer would have a very hard time explaining the look and feel of Generation X, because the same description does not apply to everyone. So by giving the audience a few examples from the culture, she lets us visualize the culture as we read along.