... high-tech 21st century has unfortunately deteriorated the percentage of Americans who read literature. Gioia is able to sway his audience to devote more time to the simple task of reading works of intellectual value through fearful diction and compelling consequences associated with being illiterate. Through his article, Gioia implements fearful diction to express his concern that America's future is in ... those who read as "worrisome" and "troubling" Gioia is able to convey the negativity of the lack of literacy. Upon reading the article, and mulling over how Gioia feels about Americ...

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The Academic Senate of the University of California requires that all university students must learn "academic discourse- in the areas of reading and writing. Academic discourse involves the development of an academic identity and to think as a member of the academic community. Gloria Anzaldua, author of "How to Tame a Wild Tongue,"" would ... taught a new writing style, but also includes altering student's perspectives on the world. According to the Academic Senate's Statement, "Students [must] learn to think carefully on the questions raised in reading, and write academic arguments, clear...

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... twentieth century women did not have much of a tradition in the literary arts so as to form and articulate their ideas in writing. As women grew as literary writers by reading and responding to their contemporaries, their literary tradition grew with them. For instance, In North Carolina the number of published women writers in the whole of the 1800's totaled 11 ... ...

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