Rhetorical Analysis Deborah Tannen - 1485 Words

I came from a high school where all my closest friends were athletic like me, were loud and vulgar like me, and extremely prideful like me. The athleticism inspired an extremely competitive bond between us. Our pride wouldn’t allow us to lose to each other in any event. Anything was a competition; racing down the street, a better grade on a test, how much food we ate during lunch are all examples. Needless to say, if any of my buddies and I shared the same class we would fight for the teachers and peers attention by attempting to be the funniest and most importantly, the loudest. Whenever the teacher would hold a class discussion I would always try to be the first one to shout out an answer, and sure enough a buddy of mine would routinely†¦show more content†¦While I agree with Tannen that the more dominant voices in the class may intimidate the more quiet voices, I don’t necessarily think that it’s strictly directed towards females. I believe that the m ore aggressive voices come from the most comfortable and confident students. In high school most of the comfortable voices were male, which is why they spoke up first. Although males could also stray away from speaking at times, it affected females more on average. When the author presented this argument my eyes were opened to something that I was a part of and could relate to, strictly in high school. Others may have different experiences but Tannen nailed it perfectly for me. What drove me to Madden’s writing was the new perspective she had on females and their leadership styles relating to the way they speak up in group environments. The article claimed â€Å"one stereotypic dimension women have is that the individual cannot be both competent and friendly† (Madden). The more competent female would be the more comfortable and confident with her argument, therefore willing to speak up in a discussion environment, whereas the friendlier female would be more likely to keep to herself or amongst her friends and peers thatShow MoreRelatedRhetorical Analysis : Deborah Tannen906 Words   |  4 PagesRhetorical Analysis Deborah Tannen is a professor in linguistics at Georgetown University. She studies the different patterns of language, like talking to people at work, friends, family, politics, academics, law, and how the ways we talk affect relationships with others. In her essay, â€Å"Oh, Mom. Oh, Honey. : Why Do You Have to Say That? † The author’s purpose in this essay is about how mother and daughter relationships are, and what the mother is trying to say to the daughter, when talkingRead MoreRhetorical Analysis on Deborah Tannens Argument Culture1247 Words   |  5 PagesA Move towards Better Communication Deborah Tannen graduated from The University of California, Berkely, M.A. in 1979 with her PHD in Linguistics. She is a professor of linguistics at Georgetown University. Tannen has written many books where she applies her theory of Linguistics to everyday situations. Some of her books are: That’s Not What I Meant!: How Conversational Style Makes or Breaks Relationship (1986), Talking from 9 to 5: How Women’s and Men’s ConversationalRead MoreAn Examination on Sociocultural â€Å"Marking† of Women – Rhetorical Analysis of â€Å"There Is No Unmarked Woman† by Deborah Tanen1835 Words   |  8 PagesNicole Carper Professor M. Keith English 1101, sec. C20 08 November 2012 An Examination On Sociocultural â€Å"Marking† of Women – Rhetorical Analysis of â€Å"There Is No Unmarked Woman† by Deborah Tanen What is it that makes a woman a woman, or what makes a man a man? Deborah Tannen, author and Ph.D. of linguistics, investigates this question within the essay, â€Å"There Is No Unmarked Woman.† An excerpt from a larger publication, â€Å"Talking from 9 to 5,† written in 1994, â€Å"There Is No Unmarked Woman† isRead More‘Everyday Creativity Is Always Dialogical in Bakhtin’s Sense’.1965 Words   |  8 Pagesword or phrase will always carry connotations from previous use in various social contexts as well as â€Å"a taste of previous speakers’ intentions.† (Maybin, 2006, p.419) Deborah Tannen draws on Bakhtinian ideas in relation to reported speech, providing evidence for the heteroglossic and dialogic nature of language use. Tannen argues that reported speech in conversation is far from accurately ‘reported’ but is in fact constructed. She illustrates that in the new reporting context, reported utterancesRead MoreCMNS 304 Notes Essay5778 Words   |  24 Pagesexpressive how I feel Can you please turn of your cellphone - directive Ill be back - commisives committing to a certain action We are like fish in water, we don’t have to think about the frame of water, or rather how we interact with it Frame analysis is a tool to step into our frame and understand it this room is just a piece of SFU Frames have a coherence-inducing feature. We expect things to hold together and cohesion is a meshing of text. Coherence (making sense of how they work together)