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David Foster Wallace’s essay, “Authority and American Usage” is essentially a book review of lexicographer Bryan A. Garner’s Dictionary of Modern American Usage. However, Wallace takes his review further than just an analysis of the dictionary, but rather the necessity of usage rules in our society. Wallace sums up his argument on pages 393-394, writing:

Using dialect in society is natural and people can often not control how they sound. When that same person writes however they are expected to drop their dialect and only use proper english. Vershawn Ashanti Young discusses this topic in his article “Should Writer’s Use They Own English?”. Young has several good points including that their accent comes through their writing and that “code meshing” can be effective in a person's’ writing. On the contrary, I agree more with the fact that we need a “universal” way of speaking in America, because of the fact that it is harder to learn several “languages” as a child and it would be almost impossible for people from other countries to learn all the slang if we don't have one set way of speaking.

He announced his research as reply regarding her demand extremely long to hinder her class and halt an assignment as if politician made filibuster and questioned “ who says that d-o-g implies the thing that goes ‘woof’ and wags its tail? Who say so?’. And she answer that dictionary was worked on by hundreds of numerous brilliant people for innumerable years. Therefore dictionary is law and as all we agrees to the law, we should love and worship dictionary”.

Orwell, George. “Politics and the English Language” The Norton Reader: An Anthology of Nonfiction. Eds. Linda H. Peterson. et al. 12th ed. New York: W.W. Norton, 2008. 828-834. Print.

George Orwell’s essay, Politics and the English Language, first published in 1946, talks about some “bad habits”, which have driven the English language in the wrong direction, that is, away from communicating ideas. In his essay he quotes five passages, each from a different author, which embody the faults he is talking about. He lists dying metaphors, operators, pretentious diction, and meaningless words as things to look out for in your own writing and the writing of others (593-595). He talks about political uses of the English language. Our language has become ugly and the ugliness impedes upon communication. Ugly uses of language have been reinforced and passed down in the population “even among people who should and do know

The article, Nobody Mean More To Me Than You And The Future Life Of Willie Jordan by poet June Jordan combines two stories she acknowledges as important memoirs that occurred during her career as an English professor. In this essay, Jordan mentions a class she taught on Black English and the other one concerning Willie Jordan, a young black student in the class trying to bring justice to a corrupt South Africa while facing the unexpected death of his brother who was killed by a Brooklyn police officer. Jordan’s essay demonstrates the importance of Black English and her effort to help students discover the commutative power and clarity of the language. Jordan successfully incorporates notable student examples and creative guidelines for a well written paper while still enlightening students about the difference between standard “Standard English” and “Black English”.

In the book excerpt by Firoozeh Dumas, “The F-Word”, Dumas uses several techniques to hook her readers and keep their interest in her piece. It was her style, however, that did most of the work. Dumas' article has a very strong single argument that she works toward throughout her entire piece. She claims that the English language could do with a bit more “spice”, as she calls it (Dumas). Though this argument is only listed only twice in the excerpt, it is the underlying foundation of every humorous story as well as every painful moment. Throughout the excerpt, Dumas has paired together the use of her style with how she builds ethos in the reader's eyes. This creates a very good way to convey the argument, however it still lacks certain strengths. Had she written in a slightly more formal tone and included more evidence, she could have kept her humor and continued to build on her ethos by appealing to a more professional group. The use of an easy going conversational style in Dumas' excerpt helps to portray her claim in a way that most readers will be able to identify with, however, the style does not work well in appealing to a professional setting due to the lack of empirical evidence.

This essay will discuss Justin Trudeau’s interview in the Ottawa Citizen, titled “Q and A: Why Justin Trudeau says he’s the real alternative”, where he shares his plan to increase taxation on the rich in order to give the middle class a tax break. This plan is in response to the larger issue of income inequality in Canada. Analysing the income inequality from a liberal “justice as fairness” perspective, one can conclude that Justin Trudeau is taking the correct action, as taxation on the rich is in compliance with the two principles of justice as described by John Rawls.

Standard American dialect is necessary in academic writing for three key reasons. First, the ability to use standard American dialect is a skill that people living in America should obtain because it is the most spoken and written language across the country. Having the knowledge to use standard American dialect will be helpful in many different situations, such as in the classroom and business world. In addition, being able to write using this dialect, will guide in writing a stronger, clearer paper, as well as ensuring unity between all academic writing. I disagree with the following statement from “Students’ Right to Their Own Language”: “We affirm strongly that teachers must have the experiences and training that will enable them to respect diversity and uphold the right of students to their own language” (3). Teachers should not have to go through an immense amount of training

The article I choose called “The 6 Important Issues Trudeau Must Raise with Trump” discusses about the meeting which will take place between Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Trump and the important issues which Mr. Trudeau should bring up to Trump and try to take some action towards them. Trump has given many reasons that human rights is not on is must list. The issues that should be brought up are Refugee Protection, Women’s Human Rights, National Security and Torture, The Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Human Rights Defenders and the Right of Peaceful Protect and Dissent, These six areas where Prime Minister Trudeau must remind Trump of the crucial human rights obligations that must be respected in the USA and Canada’s relationship.

The newspaper article “Layton Horseman Now a Hall-Of-Famer” does not resonate with many people as they are not familiar with the community involved nor does this event have a direct impact on their life. As someone from outside of Layton, UT, I should not receive any rhetorical effect from this article. However, my connection to this article possesses a personal meaning as the story involves my great-grandfather and his successful career. Apart from my thoughts about this article, other people should not feel as strongly as I do about its topic. Nevertheless, the writer of this informative article creates a strong emotional sense for all readers through her use of literary symbolism and rhetorical appeals.

Firstly, with knowledge I have inferred with the article from CBC news I am able to relate it

The following discussion and reflection pertains to the highlighted Canadian magazine dispute that almost resulted in a trade war between the United States and Canada, as provided within the reading materials. 1. To what extent do you think the U.S.-Canadian magazine dispute was motivated by genuine desires to protect Canadian culture? The motivation behind the dispute is arguably open to interpretation, whether it was motivated by the desire to genuinely protect Canadian culture in and of itself really depends upon the actual content of the magazines or publications in question.

School has always been a place of business, in my opinion. A place where we are educated and prepared for life, essentially. And the proper way of doing so, as I believe most people have been taught, is to enhance all skills such as vocabulary, grammar, mathematics, etc... This is why we are taught so many subjects, being tested and guided to follow whichever path we feel most comfortable or skilled at doing. During the process, is where skills are established and developed. The product that is intended after having gone through school is to shape a well skilled, educated, and productive person that can benefit society as a whole. In limiting the teaching of Standard American English, we would be limiting the amount of people that can fulfill their potential, raise the difficulty for teachers, and accept mediocrity. In keeping this dialect, students will gain new skills and learn the language of business to prepare them for any encounters along the way. There is no need, in my eyes, to minimize or put an extent to teaching the English dialect and that is what I will personally support in this essay.

Q.1: To what extent do you think the U.S.-Canadian magazine dispute was motivated by genuine desires to protect Canadian culture?