Ehrenreich occasionally uses crude expressions. Are they appropriate? What is her intended effect in shifting to diction that is not only informal but, some would say, crass?

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Giana Bradley

Advanced Placement (AP)

9 February, 05:14

Ehrenreich occasionally uses crude expressions. Are they appropriate? What is her intended effect in shifting to diction that is not only informal but, some would say, crass?

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Olive Lamb · Answer 1

The crude expressions occasionally used by Ehrenreich are appropriate because of the dehumanizing environment that the person is currently in. The intended effect is to emphasize the atmosphere that they are present. The crass language exhibits the reality of her workplace.