Paige's IB Lang. and Lit. Blog

In class, we had done our first Practice Paper 1 that IB requires. We were given 2 different text types and had to write about them. They were both about gender stereotyping and basically showing just how bad it can really be. The first text type was a cartoon showing a mother and her newborn and a nurse. The other text type was a story about a girl who lived with gender stereotyping in her country and how common it was. I decided that I would try to write your standard 5 paragraph essay which I did. The thing is that I didn't write an outline which I wish I did. I could have gotten all of my thoughts in order if I did. I did go through the big 5 while writing this when describing both text types, but I wish I had outlined what I would have written as I repeated a lot of what was in the paragraphs. I also should have used quotes and specific examples from the texts. If I did, then I think the paper would have been better. I could tell that my thoughts were jumbled as I think I wa

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/10/21/trump-administration-gender-definiton/1721621002/ Purpose: To tell the reader that transgender rights and gay rights are being threatened by Donald Trump. Devices: Pronouns - Using terms that define a persons gender and sexuality such as trans. Pathos - Makes you feel that your rights as someone in the LGBTQ community can be taken away at any time and you become scared. Bias through names: Not really stating how many people are really against the LGBTQ community. They are showing that they are supportive of the LGBTQ community and that there are many who aren't. People like Trump are trying to keep the community secluded and out. They don't want these people to be doing many normal things that we all do.