Models, 1997). the p. 4) not through She ‘persuades reader’ (Reinking et al., 2010, definition but through examples. At times Erhenriech cites far-fetched cases of what the busy people are doing to a lifestyle or improving their career’s position while maintaining appearances. She the (Reinkin et al., 2019 p. 4), using also purposely ‘entertains reader’ examples like the or the ‘art dealing neurosurgeon’ ‘modern, self-sufficient woman’ (Prose Models, 1997, p. 10). The real purpose of her essay comes at the end as the reader is left to the busyness that fills our lives worth what we lose in the process wonder: ‘is and time of (Prose Models, 1997, p.11). Through reading this opinion piece, being busy’ I was left wondering it all for as the busyness often controls my own life as I ‘is not?’ manage through working, school and family life. It is this reaction in myself that proves to me that she has indeed captured her target audience. In the arrangement of the article, the writer begins the essay with antidotal musing, comically reflecting on real events. This sets the tone for the article as a funny opinion piece or and Paraskevas, 2005, p. 290) with hard ‘creative nonfiction’ (Sargent edges. These hard edges are the that reveal the writers main idea ‘topic sentences (Reinkin et al., 2019 p. 60) in each of the paragraphs three to nine. immediately’ Ehrenreich nicely develops her article as she maintains a consistent pattern through out the paragraphs. Each paragraph starts with a strong statement followed by information she uses as examples or proof to support the statement. This opinion piece is just that, as the writer does not cite any published research or consult outside sources for quotes. The evidence that she uses is her experiences and opinions, which are alone persuasive. These strong statements actually get stronger and stronger as she moves though the
Models, 1997). She ‘persuades the reader’ (Reinking et al., 2010, p. 4) not through definition but through examples. At times Erhenriech cites far-fetched cases of what the busy people are doing to improving their career’s position while maintaining a lifestyle or appearances. She also purposely ‘entertains the reader’ (Reinkin et al., 2019 p. 4), using examples like the ‘art dealing neurosurgeon’ or the ‘modern, self-sufficient woman’ (Prose Models, 1997, p. 10). The real purpose of her essay comes at the end as the reader is left to wonder: ‘is the busyness that fills our lives worth what we lose in the process and time of being busy’ (Prose Models, 1997, p.11). Through reading this opinion piece, I was left wondering ‘is it all for not?’ as the busyness often controls my own life as I manage through working, school and family life. It is this reaction in myself that proves to me that she has indeed captured her target audience. In the arrangement of the article, the writer begins the essay with antidotal musing, comically reflecting on real events. This sets the tone for the article as a funny opinion piece or ‘creative nonfiction’ (Sargent and Paraskevas, 2005, p. 290) with hard edges. These hard edges are the ‘topic sentences that reveal the writers main idea immediately’ (Reinkin et al., 2019 p. 60) in each of the paragraphs three to nine. Ehrenreich nicely develops her article as she maintains a consistent pattern through out the paragraphs. Each paragraph starts with a strong statement followed by information she uses as examples or proof to support the statement. This opinion piece is just that, as the writer does not cite any published research or consult outside sources for quotes. The evidence that she uses is her experiences and opinions, which are alone persuasive. These strong statements actually get stronger and stronger as she moves though the
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