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On The Ap Rhetorical Analysis

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Technology these days is continuing to grow into people’s lives exponentially- something that Jenna Wortham talks about in the article, "I Had a Nice Time with You Tonight. On the App" published in The New York Times. She offers a new point of view to the dating-app world as she describes life in a relationship separated by thousands of miles. Today, dating-apps are mainly for people who are looking for a partner, but as more and more people start to find their loved one online, those apps become irrelevant. This knowledge has sparked new concepts for apps- apps that try to keep people happy in their relationships. Although human social interactions may have transformed over the past couple of decades, the usage of mobile devices to communicate help us stay in contact with people …show more content…

All of the main points are underlined creating a sense of perception to the article. Even though Wortham's point of view is clear, using contrast gives the reader a chance to make up his or her mind of the topic. Wortham does not value people with other thoughts; she expresses what she thinks is best for her. An example of the use of contrasts appears when Wortham quotes Sherry Turkle, the author of Alone Together, who believes that using apps instead of real world face to face conversation adversely affects people’s ability to interact with others in real life (as cited in Turkle, 2011). Wortham explains Turkle's side of the argument and follows with: "In my experience, however" (Wortham, 2014). By stating her familiarity, Wortham is not viewing the opposite side as a faulty argument, but rather has had different experiences that she thinks the reader should also know. Another reason why Wortham might have chosen to use contrast in such a large quantity is that the subject in manner mainly has two parties, which makes it easy to compare or state

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