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Practice Essay For Passage Two

Suzanne Mills aims to persuade readers that today's young employees are incompetent due to their dependency on technology. She uses her own experiences with an attendant and cashier as evidence to support this view. Mills employs organizational strategies like personal pronouns and exclamation points to establish rapport with readers and emphasize her message. She also uses language techniques such as hyperbole, sarcasm, and repetition to grab readers' attention and persuade them to share her views that employees cannot think without technology. Through these methods, Mills is able to effectively deliver her argument about the incompetence of young workers.

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Practice Essay For Passage Two

Suzanne Mills aims to persuade readers that today's young employees are incompetent due to their dependency on technology. She uses her own experiences with an attendant and cashier as evidence to support this view. Mills employs organizational strategies like personal pronouns and exclamation points to establish rapport with readers and emphasize her message. She also uses language techniques such as hyperbole, sarcasm, and repetition to grab readers' attention and persuade them to share her views that employees cannot think without technology. Through these methods, Mills is able to effectively deliver her argument about the incompetence of young workers.

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October 29, 2018

Victoria Kairoo
Essay for passage 2

The passage addressees the incompetence of today’s young employees. The author’s aim
is to persuade the readers into believing her opinion on this generation’s dependency on
technology. Suzanne Mills exercises multiple organizational strategies and language techniques
to promote her views on the main idea and achieve her intent.

The organizational strategies employed in the article include: use of evidence, personal
pronouns and the exclamation point.

Firstly, the writer gives evidence via her own experience with young workers. This is
seen in paragraph two with the attendant and in paragraph three with the cashier. By sharing her
own exposure with the uneducated staff, Suzanne Mills, enables the readers to have a better
understanding of the point she is trying to convey. This also gears them towards sharing the same
views as the author.

Secondly, personal pronouns are used throughout the written piece. In the second
paragraph, the author addresses the readers as ‘you’ and refers to herself as ‘I’. This strategy
enables Mills to establish an audience writer rapport and creates a familiarity between each
party. This causes the readers to relate to the author and hence more easily embrace what is being
highlighted.

Thirdly, an exclamation point is used in the last line of the third paragraph. This aids in
emphasizing the purpose of the author as well as grasping the attention of the audience. It shows
the audience that the issue at hand is of importance and allows them to have a clear
understanding of the message being sent.

In addition to the aforementioned organizational strategies, Suzanne Mills also utilizes


language techniques such as hyperboles, sarcasm and repetition.

Firstly, a hyperbole is used in the third paragraph: “After an eternity of scratching her
head”. This does not literally mean that the worker spent an eternity carrying out the task, rather
it signifies that the worker took a long time to complete the task and emphasizes the level of the
employee incompetence. It also allows the audience to better understand the author’s frustration.

Secondly, sarcasm is used in the first paragraph: “They seem as if they can think, don’t
they?” The use of sarcasm in this line indicates that the author actually believes that the workers
cannot think on their own, without the aid of technology. This grasps the audience’s attention as
it showcases the author’s message in an interesting manner.
Thirdly, repetition is applied in paragraph one: “They quickly and effortlessly tap the
keys on their cash registers and computers, answer phones and look quite efficient, don’t they?
They seem as if they can think, don’t they?” The repeated use of ‘don’t they’ persuades the
audience into believing the author and hence allows them to share the same views as Mills.

In conclusion, by implementing various organizational strategies and language


techniques, Suzanne Mills, was able to effectively deliver her message and accomplish her
purpose.

Word count: 475

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