Comprehension: 3) In “I Worked Hard for that Furrowed Brow,” the author’s final attitude towards aging is that she wants to age naturally and not have medicine, for example Botox, help her look younger than what she really is. The author wants to become outspoken and be able to express her emotions by no injecting Botox in her face. Rhetoric: 3) The main idea of the essay is that women are taking botox to be able help them look younger. […]
Ellen McCarthy first start out her essay by giving examples of how people over exaggerate their personal features on online dating sites. This problem of fabrication is considered one of the biggest drawbacks for online dating sites. The author provides a study about lying about their features on online dating sites. The author concludes that people are still likely to present a version of their best self, even if that’s not quite who they are today.
In the essay, “Social Sites are Becoming Too Much of a Good Thing” the author talks about how people are sick of social sites and the ratings are dropping by the millions. The author provides reason why this is occurring. One reason is students are returning to school and they do not have time. Another reason is that there are an increasing number of sites competing for attention. Ellen Lee continues on and provides a story about a social site […]
Caroline McCarthy starts out her essay with a story of her being disappointed in a convenience store and she wanted to make her disappointment know by using twitter. McCarthy then talks about how you can tweet anything and how random the tweets can be. McCarthy then starts to compare twitter to social-networking sites and how twitter is more free form than these social networking sites. McCarthy mentions how people are not fully satisfied and abandon twitter for rivals, like Jaiku. […]
Farhad Manjoo first starts out talking about twitter and how it is becoming more popular rapidly. Manjoo continues on about twitter and how some think twitter is the next great mode of human communication, while others say they have a hard time wrapping their heads around the service. Manjoo then ask the reader if twitter is a fad and how if you do not join twitter then would you be missing out on some important cultural touch stone. Manjoo also […]
Comprehension: 1. What is the Thesis or claim of this essay? Where Does Deborah Tannen most clearly articulate it? The Thesis or claim of this essay is that men and women misunderstand each other that cause problems in their relationship. Deborah Tannen most clearly articulates it when she gives the example of when a women in college was frustrated because every time she talked to her boyfriend, he would lie face down on the ground, closed eyes and arm around […]
