... balance between formality and informality; allowing the reader to feel comfortable like he was speaking with a friend. This conversational tone shows when Rafferty says: "reviewing his accomplishments, you can't help lapsing into the breathless superlatives of sports biographies aimed at juvenile fans" (130). Here is another example of Rafferty's superior use of adjectives. In this sentence he effectively describes ... player. In fact Rafferty's style is very dynamic and the characters and the reader evolve during the article, and as the characters grow, the reader changes his opinions ...

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

... come out to be a complete different paper than my original final draft. Reading over my old essay, and comparing it with the rubric provided gave me an understanding of what I had done wrong. My paper had lacked primary research. With only one interview with a football player, I had only ... made was presenting the different areas of communication chronologically, which allowed them to transition more properly. Communication on the Gridiron Picture this: you're the starting quarterback of an NFL team. It's 4th and 7 and your coach has trusted you to make the play. Three yards away on t...

• Word Count: 1445
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate