Evaluating an article is a good way to understand what an author wants to do and tell the readers. In his article, “Let Them Die”, Kenan Malik mentions two types of language, common languages such as English and Spanish, and dying language such as Native American language, Catawba. (Kenan Malik 85) Those dying languages are lost in every two weeks. (Masci 942) His main argument is that language death should be acknowledged rather than trying to keep it. His ideas that include the main argument which common language is better than dying language are explained by using many examples such as linguist’s quote and references. Based on some ideas and examples, he tries to tell readers that common language has more advantages than dying language. …show more content…
In his article, he tries to show readers his ideas and concepts with examples. For instance, he chooses example of Nazism when he claims racial differences regard as a cultural perspective from a biological perspective which was disliked causes of Holocaust by Nazism. (Malik 86) He also picks French to explain all people who have common language do not have a common recognition against the world. (Malik 86) These examples are related to his arguments when he claims ineffectiveness of dying language so examples he gives in the article can make his ideas simply because the readers are likely to imagine how the author tries to say ineffectiveness of dying language. Also, these examples are reliable for readers because he uses factual references and examples which is one of the techniques in article “Thinking and Reading Critically”. His idea is strengthened by using this technique. For example, in “Let Them Die”, he says “Today, biological notions of racial difference have fallen into disfavor, largely as a result of the experience of Nazism and the Holocaust”.(Malik 86) Nazism and the Holocausts are very famous institution and event in world history as everyone knows. People are likely to think about how much the author wants to discourage preservation of dying language. These examples show how you can convince people well because factual example can be a reliable evidence, and support claims to make easy to understand for
The conclusions that can be drawn based on the two articles are similar as well. Both articles seem to conclude that language shouldn’t be a barrier for those who do not have a complete grasp of it. Baca wishes that those who are illiterate would try to learn to write because writing can help unleash emotions, while Tan wants people to understand that her mother is not disabled, but rather enriched with her knowledge of English. Both arguments that are presented are convincing. These arguments can appeal to a wide range of people and motivate the general public to be more understanding.
The uniqueness of our minds and our cognition is irreplaceable. Beauty, and reverence of the voice lie in the opinions it resonates. We take aesthetic pleasure in the speech of those who motivate us and adopt from them a number of values and beliefs that we agree with. The likelihood of individuals basing their ideals and decision making process off of accessible and prolonged exposure to certain influences is great. These underlying unidimensional prejudices cause us to be biased in our opinions. Various forms of literature are able to help their readers to become more aware of their prejudices. Though the messages we adopt from these texts, we are able to realize the importance of basing our opinions from multiple sources and perspectives. Literature has traveled great lengths to help me become more cognitive of my prejudices, and encourages me to seek different perspectives before formulating an opinion.
For this summary I watched a video called Voices of the World: The Extinction of Language and Linguistic Diversity. The video starts off with how people believe that there are about 6, 000 languages. David Crystal talks about how with all these different languages half of them are endangered of becoming extinct. Each different language offers a different point of view of the world and culture. He said that if different languages are lost then “we lose the meaning what is it to be human.”
Although the greater picture is that reading is fundamental, the two authors have a few different messages that they seek to communicate to their audiences. “The Joy of Reading and Writing” depicts how reading serves as a mechanism to escape the preconceived notions that constrain several groups of people from establishing themselves and achieving success in their lifetimes. “Reading to Write,” on the other hand, offers a valuable advice to aspiring writers. The author suggests that one has to read, read, and read before he or she can become a writer. Moreover, he holds an interesting opinion concerning mediocre writing. He says, “Every book you pick has its own lesson or lessons, and quite often the bad books have more to teach than the good ones” (p.221). Although these two essays differ in their contents and messages, the authors use the same rhetorical mode to write their essays. Both are process analyses, meaning that they develop their main argument and provide justification for it step by step. By employing this technique, the two authors create essays that are thoughtful, well supported, and easy to understand. In addition, Alexie and King both add a little personal touch to their writings as they include personal anecdotes. This has the effect of providing support for their arguments. Although the two essays have fairly different messages, the authors make use of anecdotes and structure their writing in a somewhat similar
In her essay, Mukherjee uses several rhetorical devices such as figurative language and exemplification in order to lead the audience to believe her argument. She believes in assimilation of culture, but it should not be forced upon any one. Throughout the essay, she goes through a logical thought process that leads the audience to realize this argument and even feel guilty of forced conformity.
She uses adequate vocabulary to establish her ability to write and communicate effectively. She even mentions that she is careful about each word she expresses because she doesn’t want to support the professor’s claims of her inadequacy in word choice. She uses strong, emotional words like “debilitating and painful”, and “bitter”, “doubt”, and “criticized” to allow the audience to feel empathy. She transitions between her ideas with short simple sentences to keep the audience focused on the important items. “Today is different”, begins the specific account of her professor’s words on her paper. “In reality, I am tired and exhausted” is a simple sentence with powerful, honest words. This sentence transitions into her ideas of what should be done to stop stereotyping. Lastly, she uses the pronoun “I” throughout the paper, but shifts to the pronoun “we” in the final sentences of the article. This shift targets the audience and challenges the reader to be responsible for making changes in academia and stereotyping. The simple statements, “We all have work to do. Academia needs work” are strong and
When one is given an argument to analyze, one must think very clearly about the facts and consider the claim that is taken by the author in the argument. Today, there is a variety of different ways an argument can take place. Arguments mostly take the form of; magazines, social media, and can be located in other media. In most cases, it is easier for one to be presented with an engraved version of an argument rather so one can reexamine the facts and claims to truly reveal a better sense of analyzation. During the analyzation process, one must think clearly upon what the author is actually revealing, in doing this the reader will determine if the author is being biased or not representing the claim correctly. An author must also examine the
For example, when the author explains how reading used to be a natural ability, but now it is hard and distracting, and he also experiences always having to drag his brain back to the text. All of these are things he has experienced and gives his credit to be trusted on the issue. Also, Carr explains, “I think I know what’s going on. For more than a decade now, I’ve been spending a lot of time online, searching and surfing and sometimes adding to the great databases of the Internet” (Carr). In this explanation he begins to tell the reader roughly what he has personally noticed which is a good sign because we get his point of view on the argument about google and the internet in general, distracting us and transforming our brains to not let us concentrate as well as we used to be able to, and this establishes his credibility very well. The author had a pronounced way of explaining and giving examples to the reader so we could better understand the point he was attempting to get across to us. With all of these great aspects to the article, there are some weaknesses that draw the reader away from understanding the context. Sometimes, the author goes too deep into his argument and loses all focus, leaving the reader with an absent mind on what the
Mary Linn uses languages are becoming extinct to strengthen the logic and persuasiveness of her argument. The author uses data such as”96 percent of languages are spoken by less than 4 percent of the population.” If we celebrate International Mother Language Day 96
Ancient languages are presumed to have vanished due to years of persecution from these conquering enemies to these ancient civilizations; however, this paper explores the Aztec language, Nahuatl. Through my research I’ve uncovered that the language is endangered of becoming a dead language. My research paper helps to understand what identifies as a dead language. To my surprise when I conducted my research I discovered that there are a small population of people who still speak the language today. Within my paper I am able to explain that type of people who still speak the language and who exactly is facing persecution due to the Náhuatl language being their first language. Currently Spanish is predominate language in Mexico, there are extremely
For example, in the article, the author stated “ Take LOL. It doesn't actually mean “laughing out loud” in a literal sense anymore.” This example would have to be changed because LOL does not mean the same thing in Spanish as in English. The author would have to use another example such as MDR which stands for dying of laughter in English. But, maybe MDR does have a literal sense still and it has not been overused by the spanish speaking people. There will have to be a different example of a texting slang that is used in Spanish texting which does not have a literal sense meaning anymore.Also, in the article, it also uses examples of the English language in which the Spanish language does not use. The article talks about how the English language has changed over time an example that was used is “ over time, the meaning of a word or an expression drifts - meat used to mean any kind of food, silly used to mean, believe it or not, blessed. These examples are great supportive details of the argument of the article, but if this text were to be written in spanish, none of these supporting details would make sense to the purpose of the
Tannen uses imagery in her description of examples, she talks about situations where you would also argue and then this places a mental image in your mind. ““Road rage" shows how dangerous the argument culture---and especially today 's technologically enhanced aggression ----can be” (Tannen 406). Tannen backs up these examples with evidence that was found by experts, Tannen was also a well- known linguistics professor. Elizabeth Loftus and Deborah Lipstadt both contributed to Tannen’s article which makes it more credible and understandable. “This accounts, in part, for the bizarre phenomenon of Holocausts denial. Deniers, as Emory University professor Deborah Lipstadt shows, have been successful in gaining TV airtime and campus newspaper coverage by masquerading as "the other side "in a debate" (Tannen 405) Credibility gives Tannen the ability to persuade the audience because the more something is credible the more likely it is for someone to believe it. Every tool Tannen used worked in its own way to affectively inform and persuade the
“How to Read Like a Writer” is an article written by Mike Bunn; after reading the entire texts, I found this article was pretty interesting. As before, to my way of thinking, it would be boring and confused because I was not sure how the author will describe this kind of academic idea; however, I changed my mind after reading the first paragraph. Bunn used an interesting way to start this “formal article”- to introduce himself not just the serious explanation of “RLW” or other things; this fancy way made me meet with him as real and listen to him personally even across the paper. As reading continues, Bunn used plant of evidence to improve how to be a better reader as well as a better writer. Numerous new thoughts about the ways to read are
The death of a language is more complex than it may sound. It does not involve the loss of only the words, grammar, sentence structure or the loss of the cultures of the community involved but it has adjacent effects. Language expresses exclusive knowledge concerning the cultures. To start with, extinction of a language leads to loss of people’s history. As well known the linguists studies people’s origin by studying their original language. Therefore, when a language becomes extinct it becomes hard to trace peoples’ history. People are left with numerous questions related to their origin. Death of elders in the community acts as a threat to the continuation of oral traditions. This means that the upcoming generation will lack most of the teachings passed to them by their elders through the word of mouth. Failure of teaching this children means that most of cultural practices and norms will not go past the present generation. The new generation remains with no norms to guide them. The introduction of a national education programm...
I must, therefore, continue to use my native language and encourage my fellow native speakers to do the same; otherwise, we will be creating the “sound of silence” within our community. I care that my language dies, because if my language dies, it would be like undergoing decapitation. I will lose a very important part of me − my identity, my culture. I also care if any language dies. It doesn’t matter to me whose language it is. Should we not care for others, too? What possibly happens to our language may also happen to