Analyze how writers navigate authority/ethos in various situations
Identify textual signifiers of authority as listed in the Lib-guide
Explain authorial decisions in terms of audience awareness and accommodation in the REFLECTION concluding your writing.
From the list of writings included below, select the one which you will be comparing and contrasting with Alice Wong’s “The Last Straw.”
Explain how the language and other textual signifiers of authority used by each rhetor indicate the authors’ ability to respond to audience expectations showcasing their ethos/credibility.
Structure your writing by discussing the first essay completely, then moving on to discussing the second one, and concluding with a REFLECTION, answering the question: How and why do authors make adjustments for different discourse communities, different audiences?
