By pointing out the consequences of the decline in reading going beyond literature he tried to appeal to the audience emotions. This persuasive element was used to provide strong words and to convey power and better express his ideas. He explained how the decline in literature has a connection to people in their everyday lives. The effects of the issue can cause problems within their businesses and creativity use. As well as, how the use of reading is used everyday no matter what might be going
“Twilight of the Books” By Caleb Crain & “Reading for Pleasure is in Painful Decline” By Stephen L. Carter. In this essay, I will be Supporting my Claim on the best and the more intelligently Written Passage on Readers of America. Both Texts support the claim of the decrease in readers in America along with Reasoning’s as to why this may be the start to something hazardous to our society.
In “Why Literature Matters”, the Dana Gioia emphasizes the importance of literature. Using logos and pathos, he justifies his claim on how the waning interest in literature is affecting America’s society in many negative ways. In the sixth paragraph, he uses logos to appeal to the working class by referring to a poll in 2001 taken by the National Association of Manufacturers. The poll was taken on their members about the skill deficiencies among their workers.
Dana Gioia creates a passage encouraging, influencing, and informing the reader of the recent literacy rate decline. He begins by verbalizing the problem, then moving to how it connects to business, then finally the decline affecting politics. Gioia uses evidence such as facts and quotes to support this idea and drive the thoughts into the reader’s head. These strategies, build his argument and assists with persuading the reader on how this decline will have a negative effect on society.
In the article by Dana Gioia about the decline of reading in america has a negative effect on society. She uses real world facts to build her argument. The author talks about the decline in the local workplaces as well. “ Among hourly workers, poor reading skills ranked second and 38 percent of employees complained that local schools inadequately taught reading comprehension”. The author is showing that in all places not just schools are declining in literacy.
Dana Gioia uses facts and evidence to back up his claim that the decline of reading in America will have a negative effect on society. Throughout the passage, Gioia gives examples and facts from studies to show how and where the society is altered negatively. In paragraph 2, Gioia uses facts to tell the readers that “the most worrisome finding in the 2002 study” are the “declining percentage of Americans, especially young adults, reading literature.” Gioia uses this is in his passage to show the readers that the study is real and that real factual evidence came out of doing the study.
Dana Gioia talks about the decline of reading in America in her passage. She argues that it is having many negative effects on young Americans. The author uses many different tools to persuade the reader and make an argument. One of the tools she uses the most is facts. Dana uses facts to help strengthen her point.
1. What are the turning points in the narrative? What are the most important things the writer seems to learn? The first turning point in the narrative is when Mr. Richard Rodriguez is in second grade.
“Having the freedom to read and the freedom to choose is one of the best gifts my parents ever gave me,” Judy Blume. The issue is there are both pros and cons upon banning and challenging books. Some people may be all for it and believe their children should not be exposed to realism that comes from books ‘trying to protect them.’ What ever happened to the freedom of speech? Books are constantly challenged or even banned.
Life in the Iron Mills is a very strong read. It deals with a lot of issues that affect worker’s everyday lives: exploitation, greed, wages, capitalism, fairness, and so on. Life in the Iron Mills was written by Rebecca H. Davis in the mid-19th century. Her writing was very visual, it told the true stories of the workers, they weren’t sugarcoated. It showed how muscles were the main drivers of productivity at the time.
In this essay, "Why Literature Matters", author Dana Gioia sets up an argument about literature. Which she uses various ways to persuade her audience be in favor of her proposal; by showing statistic evidence, facts, and historical evidence, as well as some ironies, diction, and the appeals to reader's emotion. First of all, Gioia begins with strong appeals to reader's logos by clearly laying out the statistic source. For example, "According to the 2002 survey of Public Participation in the Arts, the reading population of the Americans is declining. " In turn, is an attempt to point out the thesis statement and make the readers to think out about this topic wile reading through her essay.
Influence is the power to change or affect someone else. Although most people think of influences as a good thing, the word can also be used in a negative connotation. Authors often influence each other when one reads the work of another. Sometimes, after reading a specific novel, the reader’s writing style and vocabulary will become enriched and more advanced as a result. Additionally, some authors read novels that manage to leave such a deep impression that it compels them to expand further into the topic.
As the digital age comes upon us, more and more Americans become dissatisfied with the state of literacy in this generation. Because the Internet paves the way for shorter and shorter interactions, namely articles versus novels and six-second viral videos versus films, many people that grew up in the age of the Internet have a preference for this condensed form of entertainment. Dana Gioia of The New York Times asserts in his essay “Why Literature Matters” that the decline of reading in America is destined to have a negative impact on society as a whole. Gioia opens his essay with a bittersweet account of which trend is occurring in the twenty-first century America arts scene. He notes that as college attendance rates blossom, the interest
Literacy Narrative Everything 's an argument. When unarmed, 17 year old Trayvon Martin was shot and killed by a neighborhood watch for looking suspicious with skittles in his pocket; similarly, when unarmed, 18 year old Michael Brown was shot and killed by a police officer for stealing a pack of cigars, and when other countless unarmed black people have been shot and killed in America, the argument has been whether race affected these situations. Although many still don’t see the social inequality minorities in America still face, the reality for these groups is heartbreaking. August 9th, 2014, social media sites were flooded with reports of the shooting of Michael Brown.
In this article “ Why literature matters” by Dana Gioia explains that American art has changed. It points out the fact that literary knowledge is declining. Some of the changes that were pointed out is that most people no longer read. His main purpose is to encourage people to begin to read again and that will help them improve their intellectual level. In the article Gioia expresses reasoning and includes evidence of the importance of reading.
