ENGL 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Topic Sentence

• School: University of Kansas
• Department: English
• Course: ENGL 101
• Professor: Alisa Russell

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The pattern of having all three kinds of appeals means its trying to get its main claim. They have to know the open letter has dual audiences, and that thus changes many of the ways things are presented or argued. Everyones invited, but only those who understand the social issue will b e able to fully appreciate the arguments. The writer is empowered to speak and have an audience hear; the reader is encouraged to support this cause, as well, but the writer is mostly speaking for the(cid:373) a(cid:374)d does(cid:374)"t really ask for a respo(cid:374)se. The dual audience shows an assumption in the power of numbers to make social change, as well as how powerful shame can be. The tone/style matching the seriousness of the issue reveals a belief in handling our social problems with the correct weight or level of seriousness so as to be persuaded.