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    This document provides summaries of 9 different essays covering various genres and topics: 1) "Why I Want a Wife" examines why wives are often neglected from the perspective of a blunt, brute tone. 2) "Why We Crave Horror Movies" aims to convince the audience that everyone has a dark side, using a cunning, analytical voice. 3) "And May the Best Cheater Win" explains the growing acceptance of cheating in America from a sarcastic, persuasive perspective. 4) "Shooting an Elephant" recounts the author's experience in a reminiscent, regretful tone to explain the futility of imperialism. 5) The document also provides

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    This document provides summaries of 9 different essays covering various genres and topics: 1) "Why I Want a Wife" examines why wives are often neglected from the perspective of a blunt, brute tone. 2) "Why We Crave Horror Movies" aims to convince the audience that everyone has a dark side, using a cunning, analytical voice. 3) "And May the Best Cheater Win" explains the growing acceptance of cheating in America from a sarcastic, persuasive perspective. 4) "Shooting an Elephant" recounts the author's experience in a reminiscent, regretful tone to explain the futility of imperialism. 5) The document also provides

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    Why I Want a Wife


    Tuesday, February 03, 2009
    12:52 PM Expository: Explanatory
    Purpose: To make someone understand why wives are
    Afternoon of an American Boy neglected
    Type: Narrative Audience: Men who neglect their wives, wives who feel
    Purpose: Share an experience neglected, people who generally do not appreciate
    Audience: Anybody old enough to date women as homemakers.
    Tone: (humorous), guilty Tone: Rambling, brute, blunt.
    Mood: humorous, sympathetic Mood: Angry
    Language: 1920's language, mature, less-formal, descriptive Language: Anyone in middle school or higher
    Voice: Authentic, honest Voice: Stern, austere,

    Why We Crave Horror Movies And May the Best Cheater Win
    Type: Persuasive Type: Expository
    Purpose: To convince someone that all people are Purpose: To explain why cheating has become so widespread and accepted in America
    inherently insane. Audience: People interested in morality or sports, people who care about sportsmanship,
    Audience: Liberals who believe that they are 'moral', people who cheat all the time.
    people who enjoy horror films, people who enjoy Tone: Explanatory, sarcastic at times,
    behavioural analysis, people with violent impulses. Mood: My dad
    Tone: friendly, cunning, slightly crazy, analytical, informal Language: College level
    Mood: foreboding (hinting that everyone has a dark side) Voice: Persuasive, factual, rhetorical.
    Language: High school level or higher, fairly conversational
    Voice: Cunning, sly, scary

    Shooting an Elephant
    Essays Journal Assignment Type: Narrative
    - Choose 8 essays that were not discussed in class. (Be Purpose: To explain the futility of Imperialism, or in general organizations that attempt to
    sure that you say that you analyze at least one of each of control groups.
    the four types). Audience: Anyone who is interested in India, Imperialist Britain, George Orwell's work,
    1. Analyze according to the 6 variables the effects of group psychology. Ie. High school - College Students.
    2. Identify 3 literary devices found in each essay. Tone: Reminiscent, explanatory, ironic\.
    Mood: Frustrated, futile, regretful.
    - Metaphor, personification, allegory, simile, hyperbole, Language: Fairly high level, high school to university level. Uses some foreign words.
    analogy, onomatopoeia, alliteration, figurative language, Voice: Wizened, reminiscent, sorrowful, descriptive
    assonance, apposition, bias, cacophony, consonance
    - Due: Tuesday, Feb 17th.
    Types of Essays:
    Rhetoric: language of persuasion.
    Narrative Essay: Tells a story
    The Writing Variables:
    Expository: Describe or explain
    - Purpose: Why am I writing this piece?
    something.
    - Audience: Who are my anticipated readers?
    Argumentative: More argument
    - Tone: What is my attitude to the subject? Can be subjective or
    Persuasive: Persuasion (more
    objective.
    compromise)
    - Mood: What emotional response do I want to create?
    - Language: What language level and type of diction will create the
    mood?
    - Voice: Should I express my writer's voice or aim for a neutral
    presentation?

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