My dad hired these young women to teach my mum how to read and write in English and Malay. The tutor rotated every few months due to my mother’s frustration. While I watched her being tutored, I vaguely wondered why my dad read books for leisure while my mum struggled to learn how...
Illiteracy—which in this essay will be considered functional illiteracy—has always existed in this country and cannot be blamed on immigrant labor. The industrial manufacturing sector of the economy has been employing immigrants since the early 19th century. While newly arrived immigrants for the ...
Thisperiodicalisrecognizedasaleadingcommentatoronpolitical,economic,andsocialquestions.Intheessay,Degnanusespersonalexperienceandobservationashissourceofmaterialtowriteaboutawidespreadkindofilliteracy.TheAuthor’sMessage Make youwritingclean,clearandconcisebyavoidinghigh-sounding,elevatedlanguage.Quotationsonconciseness ...
In plain English, it means ... To summarize, ... Organization and Development Causal Analysis Types of Causal Analysis The basic method Degnan uses in this essay to accomplish his purpose is causal analysis, which is combined with definition and exemplification. There are two alternative ways to...
whichiscombinedwithdefinitionandexemplification.Therearetwoalternativewaystoorganizeanessaydevelopedbycausalanalysis,i.e.fromthecause(s)totheeffect(s),andfromtheeffect(s)tothecause(s).Degnanfollowedthelatterpattern.Theeffectisstatedatthebeginningoftheessay,thatis,thephenomenonoftheso-calledstraight-Ailliteracy...
Hecontributesarticlestomanyjournals,Atlantic,Esquire,KenyonReview,tonameafew.ThepresentselectionfirstappearedintheSeptember1976issueofHarper’smagazine,whichisamonthlyperiodicalpublishedinNewYorkCity.Thisperiodicalisrecognizedasaleadingcommentatoronpolitical,economic,andsocialquestions.Inthisessay,Degnanusespersonal...
wayoforganizinghisessaytoattaintheaim:•Thefirstparagraph,definesthetermstraight-Ailliteracy,whichishighlynecessaryasitisaphenomenonlittlethought-ofbythegeneralpublic,andbesides,thetermitselfisapparentlyparadoxical.•InthesecondparagraphDegnanuseshispersonalexperienceasanexampletoillustratethedefinitionhehasgiveninthe...
theEnglishLanguage GeorgeOrwell Specimensofbadwriting Iamnot indeed surewhetheritisnottruetosaythattheMiltonwhoonceseemednotunlikeaseventeenth centuryShelleyhadnotbecome outofanexperienceevermorebitterineachyear morealientothefounderofthatJesuitsectwhichnothingcouldinducehimtotolerate ProfessorHaroldLaski Essayin...
7.TheauthordeliberatelyusesquiteanumberofunintelligiblewordsandexpressionsinplaceofclearandsimpleEnglish.Whateffectisachievedthroughsuchsharpcontrast?8.Istheclosingparagraphatypicalconcludingparagraph?Isitweakorstrong?5Ⅳ.Somequotationsonthesignificanceofbrevity&clarityinwriting1、IwriteasIwalkbecauseIwanttogetsomewhere,...
In the essay, Degnan uses personal experience and observation as his source of material to write about a wi 4、despread kind of illiteracy.,The Authors Message,Make you writing clean, clear and concise by avoiding high-sounding, elevated language.,Quotations on conciseness,I write as I walk ...