Rhetorical Analysis Of Why Literature Matters By Dana Gioia

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Dana Gioia tries to persuade more people to read literature with evidence. “While income rose. . . college attendance ballooned, and access to information increased. . . the interest young Americans showed in the arts. . . actually diminished.” That was from paragraph [A] at the beginning of the article. She also talks about a survey held in 2002 to find out the public participation and interest in the art’s, which showed

In "Why Literature Matters", Dana Gioia, author of said article, uses negative connotations to exude the thought that the lack of literary readers will indeed have a negative effect in our society's future.

Dana Gioia thinks that the decline of reading has a negative impact on today’s society. He gives evidence and facts to persuade the readers “why literature matters".

Dana Gioia writes the article “Why Literature Matters” for all the readers of the New York Times. He expresses the importance of literature because of the consequences that could result from the lack of reading, especially for young adults between the age 18 and 24. Throughout the article he explains that reading and literacy have decreased even though “income rose to unforeseen levels, college attendance ballooned, and access to information increased enormously.” His diction thoroughly explains that reading has decreased while the resources and opportunities have increased. Gioia appeals logically by using evidence to support claims, appeals ethically by giving reasoning to develop ideas, and appeals emotionally by using diction to add power to the ideas expressed.

The author of, Why Literature Matters” confidently tries to further spread awareness of the decline in reading and persuade the readers to begin reading. Dana Gioia is passionate to this subject and attempts to appeal to the readers heavily through statistics and potential consequences.

INTRO PARAGRAPH: The author of the piece “Why Literature Matters”, Dana Gioia, builds a strong argument in favor of why reading literature matters so much, even in today’s technologically advanced and electronically centered environment. Gioia’s piece, (written in 2005), spoke volumes upon the the idea that even Albert Einstein once prophesied. “I fear the day that technology will surpass our human interaction.

Declines in reading is growing larger and larger as time goes on. The author showed this by using a survey that was taken in 2002. It stated “declines have been most severe among younger adults… ages 18-24”. If the younger adults arent intrested in reading, then they won’t push that love onto their children one day. This then starts a trend of literature rates droping fast.

Literature in society In “Why Literature Matters” writer Dana Gioia responses to the decreasing appreciation for literature among the mineral generation, Gioia argues the correlation between literatures and its positive effects on society in this article. Dana Gioia argues the importance of reading from: a developmental psychology stand point as well as literatures application in business and in our society. Gioia starts his article by providing statistic information to support his claim of a decrease in forms of literature.

In this persuasive essay “Why Literature Matter”, Dana is trying to explain how our society is losing it’s best qualities by Americans not reading literature. Dana is persuading her audience by using facts from former research done. It is thought to be that who doesn't grow up around literature have less of an imagination and tend to work in factories. About 38% of employees working for the National Association of Manufacturers in 2011 were ranked second to argue how schools are teaching reading comprehension wrong. Society today is losing the uniqueness and individuality we used to have because of the nonreader people.

The readers are able to infer from the two pieces of evidence listed above that the serious problem with reading and interest in literature is not only aimed at young adults in America, but also full-grown workers all around the world. Gioia cleverly puts the two precise data together so that most readers can fully understand how significant this issue is and pay more attention on

The author begins by summarizing the past twenty-five years. He says that while education statistics are rising, interest in literature has been in a serious decline. In the next paragraph, he references a 2002 survey regarding American participation in various art forms. This evidence backs his claim of a literary decline, back in the first paragraph. He further expands on this, revealing that the decline is most prominent in Americans between the ages of 18-24. The author’s diction takes a different path starting in the fourth paragraph. He starts using very eloquent syntax, letting the reader know that he must be well-versed in the literary arts. One can come to the conclusion that he has done a large quantity of research, and he is very

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Our era is about how quick we can gain information in a short period of time. People including young adults often do not have the time or think they do not have the time to sit down and read a book. This is sadly often a choice by many young adults by the ages of 12-18 there are many things that motive a young adult to not want to read some sort of book whether it be a like graphic novels, which have less words in many cases and more pictures but still stimulate the young readers mind; with this print books are also something that seem to be an issue with this age group as well. According to our reading “Who are reluctant readers chapter 1” “persons ages 12-18 who, choose for whatever reason, not to read. They can read, maybe not always at grade level, but it is not so much of skill as a matter of choice” (PG 7).