Digital Devices: The Decline of American Manners

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The authors of both “How The Telephone Made America Rude” and “Is Anything Wrong With This Picture?” persuade us on how iphones, samsungs, tablets, and etc. have made America rude. TO start with “Is Anything Wrong With This Picture?” persuades the readers by explaining how people just don't have manners any more and they should be nice and do something for others instead of just being on their phone. Also, if they put their phones down they will most likely do better in the future. “Good manners-whether refraining from taking a selfie in the middle of a play or simply remembering to say ‘please’ and ‘thank you’- can put you ahead in life. Studies show that teens with good manners are more likely to be successful; They get higher grades, are more impressive in job interviews, and are more likely …show more content…

This is explaining what was stated earlie about being aware of your surroundings, causes you to have better manners. All you have to do is take an extra minute and see what you’re doing, and stop doing something if it is making you seem rude. Just because you were using your electronic. “How The Telephone Made America RUde” also, persuades the readers by stating how experts knew something like this would probably happen. “A century ago, experts feared that a dazzling new invention was turning Americans into a bunch of Animals” (How The telephone Made America Rude 27). The author knew readers wouldn’t want to have others thinking they acted like animals, so the author figured saying this fact and making it bold would persuade readers to start using manners and not be on their phones as much. Lastly, to sum this up the authors of both “How the Telephone Made America Rude” and “Is there anything Wrong With This Picture” worked very hard with many different ways to persuade the readers to not use their phones as much and start using

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