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-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.
We're looking for the general content, not the purpose.
-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:
Does she effectively appeal to this audience?
What is the purpose of rhetoric in an essay?
And, what is the purpose of rhetoric in this essay?
-"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.
What is Brady's tone during the passage?
What is her purpose and does she achieve it?
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.
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 _________.
Who is the narrator in the essay?