In " Going T o The Movies", Susan Toth uses the style and structure of classification to convey its purpose by grabbing the attention of the audience. In order to get her point across she classifies the dates she went on as well as herself to prove that they are different and to show that each date can be classified. She first begins to classify her dates by who pays when they go to the movies. She begins with Aaron who is a "dutch treat" which means that she has to pay for herself. while the other dates she has are the same or pay for themselves.The pupose of her writing who pays for what is that she wants to show how even though she has gone on plenty dates they are not all the same. These men all fall in diffrent categories. Another way that she shows this is by showing us (the readers) the same date with different men and herself. the way that she is with them weather it be touching or not touching,buying snacks or not , or even paying for things.The reason i feel that this essay is so unique is because she shows classification by having the same dates at the same plays and just showing how different each date is.
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I understand what you mean about how this essay is unique. I've never saw a classification essay that actually classified the author. It's pretty "cool" and I feel that it emphasizes on the meaning of the essay. I believe you can put more emphasize on the actual style of the essay. What I think you should do is compare this essay to another classification essay and also to yours to show how difficult or maybe even easy it was for you to write your classification essay.
ReplyDeleteI see what you're trying to say. But when you say that Toth tries to appeal to audience, how does she do that? How does she try to grab the attention of the audience?
ReplyDeleteI agree that Toth analyzes closely how each date is different to further her comprehension of what kind of guy she really wants.