Logos as Word Play

Analyzing Titles

I believe that titles are very important to the audience because they are first thing that we see when looking at a piece of writing or a poster for a movie. Titles should be bold and from the arrangement of the words, the audience should be able to get a sense of what the writing or movie are about. When looking at these titles I am interested in reading “Working Women and Society’s View of Them”, Earth: Used and Abused”, “Youth of America”, “I’m 18. Give Me a Drink!” and “Same-sex Marriage”. I believe that these titles engage me for several reasons. I think that for some of these titles I am able to relate to the topics, such as “Working Women and Society’s View of Them”. I am a woman and I think that if I came across this title I would be interested in reading it because I am a working woman in today’s society and I would be curious to see the public’s view of me.

These titles would engage various types of individuals, from young to old. I feel that both male and females would want to read these pieces of writing based on their titles. The title about working women and how society views them would probably be more appealing to females, especially those that are in the work force. The title “Youth of America” would probably be alluring to adolescents across the United States or adults that are trying to gain more knowledge about America’s youth. I believe that the title “I’m 18. Give Me a Drink!” would be most appealing to that of eighteen year olds because they are able to relate with this title and would therefore, would be interested in reading this piece of writing.

I feel that “The Quiet War for Freedom of Thought”, “A Story Success”. Don’t Hurt Fluffy!” and “Textbooks: The Other College Expense” wouldn’t interest me as much because the titles don’t really pop out at me. I liked the other titles because they were something that I could relate to, was curious about or wanted to gain more knowledge on. It’s funny that the title of a piece of writing can determine if the audience would be interested in reading it.

From these titles I believe that each is easy to decipher what the body of the paper will be on.
“Textbooks: The Other College Expense” – Research and costs of textbooks in college
“Same-sex Marriage”- Statistics and personal opinions on gays and same-sex marriages
“A Story Success”- A story of an individual that came from nothing to everything: life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness