This article is a story about the authors mother and grandmother and their fashion sense. Erin Zelle creates a nostalgic diction in her story. She starts by explaining her mothers fashion sense and why she wore what she wore. She used phrases such as "when I was a child" that showed her nostalgic diction of longing for the past.
Zelle also used punctuation for make her points more clear. For example, she used quotation marks around words that she might use air quotes in if she were having a real conversation with someone. This emphasized her tone and helped explain what she meant and where she was going with the article. The author portrays a sentimental tone, because she is thinking about the past and all the memories she had with her loved ones. It was apparent that the author had an emotional attachment to this kind of fashion, and it was shown in her tone and word choice. The purpose she had when writing this article was to make the point of how important it is to make a name for ourselves in society. Her grandma and mom dressed nice, and it was one of her favorite memories, so when she died, she was able to hold on to their clothes and she felt close to them. It made the point how important it is to cherish relationships with loved ones before it's too late. Zelle appealed to pathos in the article, because she brings up the idea of losing loved ones, which could bring about intense emotions in readers. The argument was solid, because she ended the article by making the reader think. http://www.latimes.com/fashion/la-ig-my-mother-and-grandmother-wore-it-best-20170514-htmlstory.html
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