In "Hidden Intellectualism", Graff mixes his language in an effective manner for the reader. I think that this is shown in many instances. The first instance displays this in my opinion simply because of the topic. Sports by nature, as he is discussing, is not considered an intellectual subject. Therefore, by putting this into an argumentative paper, you see the mix of academic and non-academic writing purely based on the subject. This is shown on page 301 when he states, "Sports after all was full of challenging arguments, debates, problems for analysis, and intricate statistics that you could care about, as school conspicuously was not." Another instance that there is a mix of language is on page 300 when Graff quotes Elvis saying, "I don't dig the intellectual bit." This displays a mix of academic and non-academic writing because using a contraction and the word "dig" comes off as non-academic. Another part in the text that shows a mix is on page 299 when Graff quotes, "Who you lookin' at. smart ass?" This shows that there is a mix because using profanity and "lookin'" are words that are also not associated with academic language.
Adding these quote in the writing shows an effective display of mixing as well as choosing the topic. This is because if it was just all academic language, the paper would be a lot more boring to the reader. By using a mix of language, the reader is more engaged with the writing which is illustrated by my examples in the reading "Hidden Intellectualism".
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