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Rhetorical Analysis Of Ups And The Package Wars By Jennifer Gonnerman

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Emma Taylor
English 1010
Mrs. Ralison
B7
UPS and the Package Wars: Use of Rhetorical Elements

The way authors choose to phrase their words can have a significant and long lasting impact both on writing, and how audiences will receive an overall message. This is a concept that Jennifer Gonnerman certainly did not overlook when she was writing the article "UPS and the Package Wars"

Throughout the duration of this essay, the article will be summarized, and then Jennifer Gonnerman's choices will be discussed as they relate to the decisions she makes with her words. It's clear that the author's word choice is effective, specific, and relevant to the text as far as the audience, purpose, stance, context, genre, and medium are concerned. …show more content…

Next, Jennifer Gonnerman details the measures taken to show the world the poor conditions within UPS, its growth in publicity, and more antidotes. Throughout this segment there evolves more and more of a timeline as well as more statistics as well as …show more content…

The promise of retiring with a full pension keeps many drivers at UPS for their entire careers. But the stresses of the work, both psychological and physical, can take their toll. “I’ve seen members who’ve been around a very long time,” Andrews said, “and throughout the years I noticed that the limp would become more noticeable.”" The vocabulary in just these few sentences gives us all the information needed about Jennifer Gonnerman's word choice. Take a look at the quote and it's quite simple to pick out words and phrases that have either an emotional connotation or an academic connotation. Evidently, words such as "Recounting… a full pension…their entire careers… (and) both physiological and physical" all convey a more academic tone, whereas phrases such as "Went on… stories from their years on the job…the promise of…stresses of work… (and) can take their toll” show a much more casual and emotional tone as that is how society has connotated these various

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