Women Talk Too Much Paper Review

The essay "Women Talk too Much" has many different kinds of hard evidence in it that I could use for my issue research paper. If I use some of these examples of strong evidence that Janet Holmes uses, I could gain much more credibility through the style of my writing.

A very strong type of evidence that I could use in my paper is analogies. Holmes starts off her piece right away with analogies such as "Women's tongues are like lamb's tails-they are never still." (Holmes, 41) These analogies make the key points that the author is trying to get across into easy to understand concepts. The image of a lamb is very easy for someone to envision. In my paper I could use analogies to really get people to connect to my piece by envisioning what is being compared. These images could also cause some emotional feeling.

Another way that I could make my argument stronger is by drawing conclusions or deducting. Holmes does this will the sentence "If you know a lot about a particular topic, you are generally more likely to be willing to contribute to a discussion about it." (Holmes, 46) These simply drawn conclusions simple rely on simple connections that are drawn that are easy for the reader to understand. I can use this to really build some common ground with my audience. It is also a great way to show how my solution is a good one because of the mentality that will be help by the people running it. I can say things such as; "If the people running the government corporation are not striving for profits, then everyone is more likely to have access to water." Sentences like this one will really help the reader see what I am trying to get at in my piece.

Holmes also uses a lot of statistics from studies in her piece. These too are very strong because they give her argument a strong backing. When the reader sees things such as "reviewed sixty-three studies," they assume that the writer's studies are credible therefore their argument holds water. (Holmes, 42) I could use this simple technique in my writing also. Instead of just using statistics like I have been in my piece though, I could use some images to make some arguments. These images, if placed right, and if they contribute to my argument, could make my piece much stronger. Everything is an Argument actually encourages the use of strong images to make an argument. I am going to see if I have any good pictures to use from my sources for my paper. If I do not, I will take some of my information from my sources that I already have and make a pie or a bar graph. I think this will also help make my paper more interesting because a person who hates reading would be like "oh look... pictures!" The cartoon on page 42 of Holmes piece is a great example of breaking up the argument and showing the stereotype that is present.

One of the best things the Holmes does is bring some of her examples together to form a conclusion, or the type of evidence known as induction. This is especially important in my paper. If I just have a bunch of pieces of information in my piece, it's not really going to be a good argument paper, and it's just going to be a long, boring, information sheet. Now, if I can bring all of my evidence together to form a concise conclusion, it will be much more interesting, and a lot more likely to sway my reader in the manner that I am aiming for. Holmes does this very skillfully beginning with the sentence "There is abundant evidence that this pattern starts early." (Holmes, 43) This is clearly her drawing together her evidence to point out her motive of showing her reader them.

Defining words in a piece is one of the most important things that a reader can do in their piece. Holmes does just that when talking about formal and informal talk. She does this in order to cause her reader to look at that concept in the way that they need to in order for Holmes's argument to make sense. Formal talk is defined as "aimed at informing people or persuading them to agree to a particular point of view. (Holmes, 43) If I can define words such as privatization, and public ownership to my audience in my piece, it will help me gain credibility because my argument will be much easier to understand. Without a working definition of these seemingly simple concepts, my audience could totally miss that validity of my argument. That is because often people have different definitions stored in their head. Most people don't have the textbook definition, and if they did, defining words in a piece wouldn't be necessary.

The methods of evidence that Holmes uses in her paper are a great outline of effective things that I could incorporate into my piece. If I work hard on my piece, and use these methods effectively, my argument will be nearly impossible to refute without concrete evidence.