Discourse Analysis
The effect of the recorded word is colossal. It has altered the course of history forever. It triggered the start of the progressive era with the birth of mass religious belief. This was just the start of the power of the word. At this time, text directs our society; it is used to express a variety of ideas. There are two purposes that the majority of texts are used for today: to educate or to appeal. Due to the dissimilarities of these purposes, there is a lot of irregularity of the style of these texts. Throughout this essay, I will explore the dissimilarities of the IT expert text versus a typical amateur discourse. For this example a New York Times article will be the focus of ...
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Therefore the author must strive to excite as well as educate the reader. To achieve this, the author must use various styles, as well as assorted other literary practices such as formality to spice up the text. For each purpose of a text, there is a balance of literary styles which is most effective. For example, kids' books must express ideas as simply as possible. To achieve the maximum effect, simple vocabulary, short paragraphs, as well as casual style are used. Likewise, each purpose has a literary style that is established for its maximum effectiveness.
The majority of the writing that we are familiar with falls under the category of "non-expert writing". This is writing that is not meant for a specific audience, it is suitable for the average reader. Newspaper articles, many periodicals, and most books fall under this category. There is a certain style for this kind of document. Because this is an analytical paper, an article from the New York Times is used to ...
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company for the client , which is the company that hired the consulting company to help. The intended audience of the document is corporate managers that are in charge of supervising the project that the consulting company is working on. In addition, the corporate employees who are working in conjunction with the consulting company on this project are another audience. Given that these managers are essentially bosses that the consulting company is reporting to, the emphasis of the document is placed on pleasing them. Since I am analyzing IT documents, the corporate managers are experienced in both the practical and technical elements of Information Systems and Technology. In addition ...
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