chapter 5 excercise one

Julie Charlop shows very good examples of how to refer to what others say in her piece and then switch back fluidly to what she says. She uses what other people say as the opening where she uses a quote and opens it with "Marx and Engels wrote....." to show exactly whose views are being presented. I feel that her views were being presented whenever She started with I or I'm or basically when it was not known facts. It was always obvious to me when it was truly her view because she would use I and would be talking about her own experience and try and sum up what class she belonged in.

chapter 4 excercise uno

I was a on the fence about my choice of Jean Anyons essay about education oppurtunity for differant social classes. She presents both sides of the argument citing examples from two sources. But as we get close to the end of the segment she is still to take a side. She seems to agree with both sources but does not directly disagree with either to take one side over the other. This essay made it very difficult to decide and i found myself reading the last 8 sentences several times to try and figure it out but in the end came out with nothing more

Excercise 7J

1. The article called "Fighting the Downfall: Youth and Rebellion Between 1987 and 1997" most resembled a magazine layout with the pictures and its column format. Though the information and citation resemble a research paper. It made sense in the way it was formatted because it fit with the subject matter of the culture of Generation X.

2. The format of the article makes the audience read it as a magazine, as the first thing they see is the pictures on the page instead of getting into the sometimes boring text. It draws in the younger audience which is the planned audience for this piece. The format also causes the reader to skim over the article and reading in on things that interest them instead of having to read in depth on everything in it.

3. If the format of this paper were changed from magazine style to make it look like more of a typical college research paper the whole topic chosen would look ridiculous and no one would want to read it. The only way this topic of pop culture of the Generation X can work is if its in the format of the conveyance of pop culture or a magazine style.