Module 7 writing prompt
Compare the decisions made by the authors that accommodate the expectations of their respective audiences.
How and why do authors make adjustments for different discourse communities, different audiences?
Analyze how writers navigate authority/ethos in various situations
Identify textual signifiers of authority as listed in the LibGuide
Explain authorial decisions in terms of audience awareness and accommodation in the REFLECTION concluding your writing.
Explain how the language and other textual signifiers of authority used by each rhetor indicate the authors’ ability to respond to audience expectations showcasing their ethos/credibility.
How and why do authors make adjustments for different discourse communities, different audiences?
Anna Maria Barry-Jester, “Patterns of Death in the South Still Show the Outlines of Slavery”
Nicholas Carr, “Is Google Making Us Stupid?”
Sendhil Mullainathan, “The Mental Strain of Making Do with Less”
Sherry Turkle, “The Flight from Conversation”
