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Mirabelli describes the purpose of this chapter by trying to tell us readers to not get service work and servitude mixed up. He believes they are like the sky and the ground. When a waiter is using the menu at Lou’s, being literate means that they can explain every bit of what the customer needsContinue reading “CL 2/4”

Tony Mirabelli is a lecturer at University of California-Berkeley, whom wrote an essay of theories about language use in communities. He bases his arguments from discourse communities and multiliteracies. Bitterwaitress.com is a new worker produced website within the service industry. In societal institutions, literacy seems to be defined by standardized tests and individual students. TheContinue reading “HW 2/4”

What is the purpose of Stein’s challenging essay? The purpose of Stein’s challenging essay is to give readers the idea that he wants to bring down his opponents. Also to emphasize his viewpoint of the Yankees fans at the time. This occurred during war time so, that is something which might’ve triggered in one areaContinue reading “CL 2/4”

Re-read “The Concept of Community Discourse,” which is both on Canvas and the home page of the class blog. When you’re done this time, answer these questions:  Who is the writer of this article (like more than his name–what important, pertinent info can you found out about him online)? John Swales is an author whoContinue reading “HW 1/30”

The audiences and correlated aim of argument that Stein is trying to deploy would be the ones who are more or less of a Yankees fan. Stein is portraying himself in a not so friendly manner. He just wants to get right to point of his speech. In the conversation, I think Stein sees TheContinue reading “CL 1/30”

John Swales created an argument over constructed nature of language and discourse communities. Analyzing comes with knowing the genre, situtations, rhetoric, and conventions in a text or speech. Discourse communities is about the irrespective of the merits of clusters of ideas. The 6 characteristics of the Discourse Community broad agreed set of goals. 2. mechanismContinue reading “HW 1/28”

The intended readers are the Time magazine readers . The writer deliberately calls them out in his speech as “You yankee haters”. Values that the reader and writer seem to have in common would be Yes, Stein is using techniques mentioned on the last readings. He created an effective argument. He goes on to shareContinue reading “CL 1/28”

A good piece of writing starts off with a good foundation. Once the writer achieves this, the reader is most likely going to be interested in reading the writing. Authors can find ways to connect their inner emotions with the readers. The key point to developing a nice moral towards the story is having aContinue reading “HW 1/21”

LIST 1 Familiar Faces Easy work Teamwork Support LIST 2 Unfamiliar faces Tests No support

Its important to glance over the text before you start reading. We read for a variety of reasons. Whether to learn new things or find pleasure. In college, its best to aways read actively so that way you can actually understand what you’re reading. When reading short texts, make sure to read very quickly soContinue reading “HW 1/16”