Analysis Of Open By Andre Agassi

Analysis 1 is a well-supported analysis of the technical and aesthetic aspects of Solnit’s paragraph, which determines it to be ‘well-written’. Discussing which of the ten explaining/exploring methods are used could improve analysis. Also, consider in-text references for direct quotes.

Time and time again, Tan’s mother’s inability to speak proper English is seen by standard English speakers as a sign that she is unintelligent; they believe that the way she speaks is wrong and therefore the things she has to say are not important. This belief is so pervasive that as a teen, Tan herself used to believe that her mother was not smart because of how she spoke. Because Tan’s mother’s speech did not follow the rules of traditional English, Tan “believed that her [mother’s] English reflected the quality of what she had to say. That is, because she expressed them imperfectly, her thoughts were imperfect” (146). Because Tan’s mother speaks in ways that are described as “broken” and “limited”, as a teen Tan felt her mother’s language indicated that her mom was simple minded. However, as Tan grew up, she came to appreciate the beauty and intellect behind her mother’s words. While Tan’s friends comment that they cannot understand a majority of what Tan’s mother says, Tan hears her mother’s speech as “perfectly clear, perfectly natural”, and remarks that “her language, as [she] hear[s] it, is vivid, direct, full of observations and imagery” (146). Tan’s friends seem to hear Tan’s mother’s speech on a surface level; since they cannot understand what she is trying to say, they cannot understand how rich her language is. Just because Tan’s friends do not understand her mother, it does not make the intricacies of how she speaks any less unique. The tendency of standard English

This paper will be broken into nine paragraphs including the opening and concluding paragraph. My opening paragraph will consist of a thesis sentence that sets the stage for

Considering the importance of the literature work, in the following writing. Two literary attempts will be made to make a comparison and to highlight

“My mother’s English is perfectly clear, perfectly natural. It’s my mother’s tongue,” stated Amy Tan, while expressing her thoughts on how other people view her mother’s speaking habits (Tan 53). The author emphasizes that she was oblivious towards the unusual manner in which her mother spoke English. However, once she recognized the “watered down” edition of English her mother spoke, Tan sought out to write pieces based on what her mother could understand (Tan 56). Her thesis states, “I later decided I should envision a reader for the stories I would write.

Generations can be loosely defined as bodies of individuals born and living at about the same time. “Each generation is molded by distinctive experiences during their critical developmental periods” (Twenge, 2008). The

Whilst the two texts are presented in a different way, both formats receive a similar response from the reader and are useful in presenting particular ideas about

Different generational groups communicate differently manly based upon the cultural shared practices that are most salient during their birth cohort, according Vann Morrison, with MLT Creative (Morrison). Since generational gaps have different communication styles the result is miscommunication and misunderstanding. The different generations, according to Michael S. Seaver, a career business coach, are Traditionalists that are born from 1922-1945, Baby Boomers that are born from 1946-1964, there is also Generation X born in 1965-1980, and Millennials (AKA) Generation Y born from 1981-2000 (Seaver). Although Baby Boomers and Millennials share many similarities they differ in important

In this part of the essay, there will be discussion on how the commonly used approach of genre is utilize for which purpose of discourse. They are, typography, oral, and iconography approach. All of these approaches of genre usage will be discussed in detail in this section of the essay.

Amy Tan uses rhetorical devices, such as anecdotes and parallel structure, to emphasise her uneasy attitude toward her mother's language and cultural identity in her essay “Mother Tongue”. Amy Tan grows up being ashamed of her mother’s “broken english”, but realizes the significance of the different englishes that she acquires. Tan’s anecdotes relish the significance of her mother's english. The recollection of these stories helps Tan be more considerate of the hardships her mother faces in her everyday life. By using parallel structure, Tan exaggerates her points and allows the reader to understand the importance of what she is saying, in addition to creating emphasis on the meaning in which she is trying to get across.

According to Iser, any literary text which is a product of the Writer’s intentional acts part-ly controls the response of a reader; however, this includes an abundance of gaps. In order to comprehend more clearly, the reader must take action in active participation in attempting to cre-atively fill these gaps with the given information of the test put before him; Thereby allowing the Reader and the text to undergo a transactional process.

Nadal starts to play tennis when he was 3 years old. His uncle, a professional player before, starts to work with him. When Nadal is 8 years old, he won an under-12 regional tennis championship. His uncle encourages him to play left-handed. When Nadal was only 12 years old, he won the Spanish and European titles in his age group. He turned pro at the age of 15 and started to play on the junior circuit.

This generation is preoccupied with the search for knowledge. The new generation is educated and knows things that the older generation has no concept of, which was evident several times during Gabriel’s speech at the dinner table. Gabriel’s aunt did not understand what Gabriel speech was about, but she still smiled and was hospitable which corresponds with the qualities of her generation. The newer generation is always tormented with thought. They are constantly thinking of what some one else is thinking, or some one else is feeling. Gabriel is distraught when he tries to understand his wife and why she is upset. When he finds out what the problem is, he finds out he was wrong and he doesn’t know everything, although he sometimes thinks so. The newer generation tries to better themselves through knowledge, but sometimes fails because of the lack of passion and the qualities of the older generation.

He claimed that the women’s contribution to the language is to maintain its purity, cause by the way they shrink from coarseness and vulgarity.

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