Chapter 5 exercise 1

In this excerpt Julie Charlip discusses what people view the middle, working and upper classes to be. Since she is stating others' views as well as her own she uses signal phrases to let the reader know what her personal ideas and views are. She starts of by using a quote of Marx and Engels. After the quote she uses a key sentence to notify the read that she disagrees. She states "If only that were true, things might be more simple." That sentence claims that Marx and Engels were wrong since what they said is not true. There are several other times in the excerpt where the author uses signal phrases such as; "But I..." , "His definition..." and "he said..."

They Say I Say chapter 4 exercise 1

I believe the author agrees and disagrees at the same time. Though i think she does not present her argument upfront which i did not like because in the beginning i was some what confused about what side she was taking. She begins by presenting a common argument of current scholars in her field and provides an example. Towards the end of the first paragraph she brings up the fact that many of these ideas have not been investigated empirically. So she agrees with the idea but disagrees about how this idea has been studied and she states that she is going to prove this idea right empirically.

exercise 7.j

This writing resembles a piece which would be found in a magazine. This is because the writing seemed somewhat informal at various places and the use of columns. Also because there were a lot of pictures to illustrate what the writer was talking about. I think because this paper is in a magazine format the reader is more drawn in and interested about what information is being presented. The pictures especially make the writing appear less formal. I think the paper would be very boring and unusual if the columns and pictures were taken out.