Analysis: The Yuppie Handbook

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The Yuppie Handbook, produced by Marissa Piesman and Marilee Hartley, is a literal “how to become an ‘80s Yuppie” handbook full of rhetorical devices like phrasing, humor, and imagery to develop a light-hearted taste for an easy read. Phrasing is exercised to pull off a simple voice so anyone can truly comprehend the information contained in the novel. This can be seen throughout the quotation with the utilization of short sentences packed with little snippets of details and facts about Yuppie life. Among the informal structure and phrasing, humorous tones are placed all around to remove the robotically harsh spirit. The authors poke fun at the ego of the ‘80s era when they judge how some cocky Yuppies of the generation believed they had an

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