Neat People vs. Sloppy People

Structure: explain paragraph 3

"someday" is used to indicate that sloppy people procrastinate

Is Britt a neat or sloppy person? How do you know?

-Britt is a sloppy person -when she talks about sloppy people she uses longer sentences and is more positive, however when she talks about neat people she uses short sentences and has a negative tone -she is harsher toward neat people (Ex. Neat people don't care about process, vicious with mail, bums and clods at heart) -she does not write a conclusion which indicates that she is sloppy and procrastinates

What might be Britt's purpose in the essay?

-To explain that sloppy people are better than neat people -she favors sloppy people over neat people -is negative and harsh towards neat people -"Neat people are lazier and meaner than sloppy people"

Structure: Compare the first half to the second half

-first half is about sloppy people (longer sent. and positive) -second half is about neat people (more distinct, short sent. negative)

What is the effect of repetition of the phrases "sloppy people" and "neat people" at the start of so many sentences in the essay?

-gives rhythm to the essay

How would you describe the tone?

-informal (use of I, word choice) -exaggerating to make humor (clods at heart because they throw away anything with dust on it), sarcastic, joking -Ex. "Sloppy people live in Never-Never land -poking fun

tone

-informal (use of I, word choice) -exaggerating to make humor, sarcastic, joking

If you are sloppy or neat, are you offended by anything in the essay? Do you regard this as an unfair criticism of you?

-people could be offended because she exaggerates most of what she says and is sarcastic about it (ex. Never-never land) -unfair for her to judge neat people because she is sloppy (bias and has no experience to neat people)

content

-poking fun - never-never land -harsher toward neat people -generalized - bias, no experience to neat people

Structure

-subject by subject -simple syntax -each paragraph has a different issue -same sent start for rhythm and repetition (Sloppy people....., Neat people...)

How does Britt structure her essay? Is it subject by subject or point by point?

-subject by subject (first sloppy then neat) -first half is about sloppy people (longer sent. and positive) -second half is about neat people (more distinct, short sent. negative) -simple syntax -each paragraph has a different issue -same sent start for rhythm and repetition (Sloppy people....., Neat people...) -no conclusion

Structure: Explain the ending

-there is no conclusion -no final comparison -shows that the author is sloppy because she can't even get to the conclusion

Audience

-universal because most people fall into the category of being sloppy or neat -more towards adults because of the examples (like throwing their mail away, taxes, children) -interesting to people

What can Britt assume about her audience? What does she expect of her audience?

-universal because most people fall into the category of being sloppy or neat -more towards adults because of the examples (like throwing their mail away, taxes, children) -interesting to people -they might be offended because of her sarcastic tone and exaggerations

Speaker

Suzanne Britt

Purpose

To explain that sloppy people are better than neat people

Is this essay comparison or contrast? Or both?

just contrast; no comparisons