Answer to Question #198153 in English for Jennifer

Question

1.A rhetorical situation includes the context for writing (or speaking), the author's purpose, and the audience. Code-switching often refers to the author's change in tone, word choice, or style of rhetoric when conveying his or her purpose to varying audiences. How might an email to a co-worker differ from a text message to a friend? How might a speech performed at a graduation ceremony differ from one given in a class setting? How might an explanation of tardiness given to your boss differ from one given to your spouse or roommate? Consider the rhetorical situation and elements of code-switching in your response. In two paragraphs. 2. Write about a time where you needed to communicate an idea to an audience (in speaking or writing) in which you either succeeded or failed based on your understanding of the audience or purpose. Provide specific examples and consider the ideas from Prompt 1 to help you evaluate why this experience was a success or not. In two paragraphs.

Answer 1

How might an email to a co-worker differ from a text message to a friend?

Formality; If you are informal in a business email nobody will take you seriously. Do not use slang and be sure to use proper grammar.

Office and workstation writing, speeches at graduations, and explanations of tardiness to a boss are essentially persuasive and to some degree professional in nature. Their writing and conversions differ from texting friends, class speeches, and discussions with spouses or roommates in that they entail a shift from code to code to present/display unanimity or cohesion with a communal cluster, to differentiate the individual self, to contribute in public meetings, to offer discourse on a defined subject matter, to express feelings and affections, or to impress and persuade the audience. The writing and discussion is essentially a survival tactic in professional situations. Writing in texting friends, class speeches, and discussions with spouses or roommates entails sporadic and interchangeable incorporation more than a solitary dialectal code to ease the conveyance of the fundamental message of discourse. 

In delivering the fundamental messages of comportment that lead to success, I spoke to students using inter-sentential code-switching. The students were more interactive and attentive as I was alternating from strong professional language while also incorporating linguistic dialect more familiar to the younger generation.