In a well-written essay, develop your position on the value or function of polite speech in a culture or community with which you are familiar. Use appropriate evidence from your reading, experience, or observations to support your argument.
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Much like writing essays, every conversation needs a quick introduction that allows for a smooth transition into the meat of the conversation. Colloquial phrases of politeness are necessary for social beings to initiate conversation and show respect to their respective listener. In the modern society, the language people use everyday tends to shift just a little away from what the literal denotation of a word. Thus the carefully chosen expressions individuals say reveal the personality--amiability and amenability.
In some cases, perhaps even most cases, phrases like "How are you?," "Nice to meet you," and "Let’s get in touch" are use quite literally to get a response from the interlocutor, but it becomes evident that such phrases are used only as a polite introduction to a greater cause because very few conversations are truly based off "how your day has been." In all honestly probably only few really care; somewhere in the listeners mind, he hopes to hear the response "I'm good" and then move on with life.
Ever written an email to a friend, teacher, classmate, and or boss for favors or suggestions? What does the first sentence of the email look like: "Dear boss, how was your day been?" Is the anticipated email a detailed description of the rough day Big Boss has had: NO. As a matter of fact the boss may not even answer the question and hopefully get straight to the big issue at hand. The function of the polite question was solely to give the writer a place to start and a nice way to request something from another individual.
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Hey Jessie!
ReplyDeleteYour ideas were so very clear! I never lost sight of what you said because your entire passage was saturated with your argument! Nonetheless, it never seemed belligerent.
Your style and content go so very well hand in hand. The way you write and what you want to say are both so intelligible to the layman yet so interesting to the scholar. Your way of dumbing down your ideas and expressing them effectively and efficiently are nothing but powerful and I really enjoy reading your posts for that reason.
That's not the only reason I liked this post - don't get me wrong. Your points in the discussion of amiability were so powerful that it may have seemed almost impossible to say otherwise. By using your own experiences you developed your points in a way that not only could be understood but could NOT be refuted! Great job Jessie; it was a pleasure yet again to peruse your beautiful writing! Farewell!
~Vineet Kamat
Hey Jessie! your blog post this week was really good...once again:)
ReplyDeleteI really liked how your tone throughout the whole post was very formal and it impacted the persuasive prompt to a big degree. Your example about the email to different people and varying convo starters was really effective when I read your writing. Good job:)
Hi Jessie! I liked how you compared and contrasted real world encounters versus emails. They are very true! I agree with the purpose of the polite phrases; they are simply introductory words necessary for the rest of the conversation. Good job!
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