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Subject

Audience

Pathos

Examples of Pathos

-The phrase “I want” is repeated twenty-eight times

*Specifically, "I want a wife" is repeated the most

*Shows selfishness

-The word “my” is repeated twenty-two different times with different object attached to the possessive pronoun.

*"Friends", "children", "house", "wife", and "job"

-Appeals to reader's emotion and makes them want to get involved emotionally

Summarize what this essay is about in a few words.

  • First, try summarizing it in a phrase.
  • Next, try summarizing it with a single sentence.

We're looking for the general content, not the purpose.

Irony/Contradictions

Examples of Irony

-General irony throughout the essay

*She says she wants a wife, but that isn't what she really means (shows the view of men is skewed and wrong)

Who is Judy trying to reach with this essay?

Things to consider:

  • Her role
  • Her tone
  • Rhetoric

Does she effectively appeal to this audience?

Rhetoric

What is the purpose of rhetoric in an essay?

And, what is the purpose of rhetoric in this essay?

Hyperbole

Examples of Hyperbole

-"My wife must arrange to lose time at work and not lose the job. It may mean a small cut in my wife’s income from time to time, but I guess I can tolerate that.”

*Exaggeration: This doesn't happen in the status quo.

-"My God, who wouldn't want a wife?"

*Exaggeration: Not everyone wants a wife, but the way men see wives makes having a wife seem appealing.

Tone & Purpose

What is Brady's tone during the passage?

What is her purpose and does she achieve it?

So What?

Her tone is serious, and throughout the entire passage, she employs irony and is very sarcastic.

Her purpose is to illustrate a man's behavior toward women. She wants to show the irony that exists between what a man expects and what he is expected to do. She achieves this by showing the respect in being economically successful as a man, but also showing the disrespect in his expectations of a woman to do the rest of the work.

Analyzing the Essay

Great Gatsby Connection!

In the essay, Brady addresses an inequality Tom Buchannan also talks about in the Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald. What do the both of them discuss and why is it significant to the essay in question?

Who is the speaker?

Who is the audience?

What is the subject?

What rhetoric is used?

What is the purpose?

What is the tone?

Brady uses _________ to develop a ________ tone that allows her to show the reader _________.

Speaker

We will analyze the language used to determine the answer to the following questions.

Who is the narrator in the essay?

  • The speaker is Judy, but what role does she assume in this essay?

I Want a Wife: Judy Brady

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