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6753466186"Homeless"Author: Anna Quindlen Tone: Empathetic Discourse: Definition, Example, Persuasion0
6753483913"Wrong Ism"Author: J.B. Priestly Tone: Analytical Discourse: Description, Example, Definition, Compare and Contrast1
6753499772"The Santa Ana"Author: Joan Didion Tone: Apprehensive, Ominous Discourse: Description2
6753508866"Salvation"Author: Langston Hughes Tone: Reflective, Remorseful, Solemn Discourse: Narration, Description, Process Analysis3
6753532404"Grade A: The Market for a Yale Woman's Eggs"Author: Jessica Cohen Tone: Critical, Clinical Discourse: Narration, Process Analysis, Division Analysis, Cause and Effect4
6753548029"Fish Cheeks"Author: Amy Tan Tone: Poignant, Sincere Discourse: Narration, Description5
6753557250"That's So Mysto: What Makes Slang Stick?"Author: Juliet Lapidos Tone: Analytical, Didactic Discourse: Example6
6753567312"Black Men and Public Space"Author: Brent Staples Tone: Angry, Resigned Discourse: Example, Narration7
6753574694"Is Sex All That Matters?"Author: Joyce Garity Tone: Sardonic, Incensed Discourse: Cause and Effect8
6753582377"When Bright Girls Decide that Math is "A Waste of Time""Author: Susan Jacoby Tone: Critical, Contentious Discourse: Argument, Narration, Example9
6753790488"Size 6: The Western Women's Harem"Author: Fatema Mernissi Tone: Critical, Contemplative, Forthright Discourse: Compare and Contrast, Example, Persuasion10
6753629642"Neat People vs. Sloppy People"Author: Suzanne Brit Tone: Hyperbolistic, Humorous Discourse: Compare and Contrast, Description11
6753639782"Grant and Lee: A Study in Contrasts"Author: Bruce Catton Tone: Reverent Discourse: Compare and Contrast12
6753651680"America: The Multinational Society"Author: Ishmael Reed Tone: Judgmental Discourse: Compare and Contrast13
6753659761"Behind the Formaldehyde Curtain"Author: Jessica Mitford Tone: Sardonic, Detached, Didactic Discourse: Process Analysis, Description, Narration14
6753670383"Freewriting"Author: Peter Elbow Tone: Analytical Discourse: Example15
6753676057"Don't Just Stand There"Author: Diane Cole Tone: Analytical Discourse: Persuasion16
6753682038"How to Poison the Earth"Author: Linnea Saukko Tone: Satirical Discourse: Process Analysis17
6753690980"Jock Culture"Author: Robert Lipsyte Tone: Forthright, Earnest Discourse: Division or Analysis, Compare and Contrast, Definition, Argument18
6753701609"Vampires Never Die"Author: Guillermo del Toro & Chuck Hogan Tone: Clinical, Fanciful Discourse: Division or Analysis, Compare and Contrast19
6753723060"Racism and Sexism in Advertising"Author: Shafeeq Sadiq Tone: Accusatory, Earnest, Indignant Discourse: Division or Analysis, Example, Persuasion20
6753737111"College Classes for Conservatives to Avoid"Author: Ashley Herzog Tone: Caustic, Condescending Discourse: Classification, Example21
6753780466"I Want a Wife"Author: Judy Brady Tone: Caustic Discourse: Definition, Classification22
6753746979"The Ways We Lie"Author: Stephanie Ericsson Tone: Sincere, Analytical Discourse: Classification, Definition, Example23
6753753315"Plata o Plomo: Silver or Lead"Author: Marie Javdani Tone: Judgmental, Analytical Discourse: Cause and Effect, Compare and Contrast, Division or Analysis24
6753771163"Live Free and Starve"Author: Chitra Divakaruni Tone: Critical, Empathetic Discourse: Cause and Effect, Persuasion25

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