The article 'Blinking Hell' is written for the purpose of informing a
number of audiences about an eye disorder existing in economically
developing countries. The title of this extract, 'Blinking Hell'
carries a double meaning. The Statement 'blinking hell' traditionally
serves as an exclamatory comment. For the intention of this article,
the author has changed the exclamation to a verb and a noun and the
semantics of it become literal. The graphology of the text is like
that of a newspaper article, set out in columns with an emboldened
title and graphic image. Presumably, this was done in this fashion as
it may have featured within a newspaper. Equally, the reasons could
have been purely to draw attention to the text. 'Blinking Hell' opens
with an exposition giving no clear meaning as to what it's putting
across to the reader. By using this short phrase, the author has
encouraged the audience to read on and discover its significance. No
noun is present in this opening statement and, is instead, immediately
substituted for a pronoun.
'At first it's not too bad'
In the next paragraph, the writer goes on to describe the behaviour of
a child in relation to their eyes. The noun child is used along with
the description with average child-like behaviour for certain readers
to identify with. The writer is writing this on the basis that most
adults have seen a young one perform this action. At the end of this
section, verbs and a noun are used within a simple sentence to reveal
the main subject of this text piece.
'And that's all it takes to spread trachoma'
Throughout the rest of the text, the writer has gone into explicit
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in a biased and un-scientific way as if it was a tabloid article.
'scarring the child's eyelid a little bit more'
The noun child has been used to inform the reader of which type of
people fall into the category of Trachoma sufferers. The author has
chosen only to tell the audience that children are the victims,
despite it being a disease that does not discriminate. This device was
most probably used to persuade and emotionally involve which is a
vital skill for fund raisers of any form. At the end of the article,
the author uses persuasive language in the form of a complex sentence
as a last attempt to convince the prospective donater.
'£5 is all we need for the operation'
The verb 'need' is used to show the importance of the operation, thus
the importance of the reader donating money to the cause.
The clip ‘Trouble with Evan’ narrates the struggle of a boy named Evan that puts his stepdad Mike and his mother Karen through stress because of his ill manners. Despite him being at a tender age of 11 years and in 6th grade, his mannerism is worrying because he is already engaging in morally unacceptable activities such as shoplifting, smoking, and gross disobedience, bullying other children and even stealing from his parents. Therefore, this puts his parents under severe psychological stress as they try to figure where their parenting is going wrong in a bid together to make him grow morally upright (Henning, 2016). Evan’s behavior was also straining his relationship with his parents and this stressed the parents as they tried to figure out different ways in which they could once again improve their relationship with their son. In addition, the clip revolves around trying to uncover the mystery as to what could be causing Evan’s unacceptable behavior.
perceive the novel in the rational of an eleven-year-old girl. One short, simple sentence is followed by another , relating each in an easy flow of thoughts. Gibbons allows this stream of thoughts to again emphasize the childish perception of life’s greatest tragedies. For example, Gibbons uses the simple diction and stream of consciousness as Ellen searches herself for the true person she is. Gibbons uses this to show the reader how Ellen is an average girl who enjoys all of the things normal children relish and to contrast the naive lucidity of the sentences to the depth of the conceptions which Ellen has such a simplistic way of explaining.
Barry first sets the stage by describing a specific scenario of nice humorous introduction, when he made the reader imagine himself pulled over by the police for acting like a teapot while driving! This humorous introduction caught the reader’s attention, making him more excited to read the entire article. As for the ethos, the author’s credibility appears in being a father who tells his stories to his audience, whether new parents who still don’t have the same feeling of Barry or old parents who share the same feeling of the author. As for the pathos, he began with his 20-month-old daughter who demanded to hear her favorite song: “''Traditional Children's Songs From Hell.'' At least that's what I call it.” Mentioning the name of the song itself makes sense of how ridiculous it was. His introduction is full of emotionally-charged words and phrases that
In the movie, The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood, Callie Khouri directs something of a powerful story between a mother and her daughter. The movie Life as a House (Wrinkler, 2002) tells something of the same; of a father and the fight for the love of his son. The two movies both portray the fight between parents and their children. The commonality between father and son and mother and daughter is portrayed through the troublesome children and the problems that they face together. The “abuse “ that these children have received has formed them into the people they are today. What these characters had become is something that they do not want to be. As we age, we begin to discover the importance of family as depicted through Life as a House and The Divine Secrets of the Ya-Ya Sisterhood.
When life turns into a living nightmare, a child may not know what is real nor what is fake, life may become confusing. In the excerpt A Death in the Family by James Agee, this is the unfortunate sequence of events. A Death in the Family follows the events and internal conflicts that are happening inside the 6 year old, Rufus when he finds out of the unfortunate and untimely death of his father. Rufus cannot believe that “My daddy is dead.” (Jewkes 88) and is seen in denial throughout; but the child is only thinking about his own feelings, and does not know how to cope. James Agee, the author of A Death in the Family also had the unfortunate series of events
The human eye is an organ that allows a person to see, the sense of sight. The eye is composed of several parts including the cornea, lens, pupil, retina, optic nerve etc. There are two portions the eye is broken into, the front third is the anterior segment and the other two thirds is the posterior segment. The anterior segment includes the lens, cornea, iris, and ciliary body. The posterior segment of the eye essentially is the back portion of the eye. In detail, the posterior segment is the portion of the eye behind the lens that includes the retina, macula, optic nerve, choroid, and vitreous humor. There are many diseases that affect the eye and those in particular affecting the posterior segment will be discussed in detail.
...nable, the readers can begin to question other individual’s actions and behaviors. This is brought upon by the narrator representing that even individuals that claim they are tranquil can still have horrific actions and motives, which can create terror within the readers.
The novel, presented as a series of disjointed, possibly problematic, narrative frames, attempts to draw attention to this fact. "...no word exists alone, and the reason for choosing each word had to be explained with a stor...
Tone and diction play a major role in Adams article and the overall efficacy of his writing, his bias against the government and big pharmaceutical companies involving health mandates clearly shows and isn’t hidden, his spiel on the HPV vaccine is filled with satire and personal commentary, “The sick care industry is a for-profit industry, and the more people drug companies can target as being sick today-or even possibly someday being sick at some future date “justifies” treatment right now-the more money they can sock away in the bank.” () Adams utilizes a cartoon to convey to the reader his views of both the parties he claims are in cahoots with one another to endorse the vaccine to gain profit. The title of one of the excerpts in his article is “We must stop the medical tyranny” his placement of the word tyranny is another example of his outlook toward the government, that he acknowledges has plunged itself into a more dictatorship rule that is oppressing the public. Adam’s article seemed more of a political outcry of his own perso...
To conclude, the text uses many persuasive features and devices to effectively persuade people. For example, pronouns are used to directly address the reader and make them feel involved, and facts and statistics are used, which prove the charity and backs up the opinion strongly. Celebrity backing from Bono is also used, this may make people listen and respect the charity and Bono’s fans may also support the charity. Presentational devices are also used in aid of persuading the reader e.g. the picture of the pants, this provides humour and makes the reader want to read the article to find out why the pants are relevant. Therefore, the ‘Make Poverty History’ text is effective; this is because of the above reasons and makes the reader want to help abolish poverty.
In the fourth paragraph I have found that it portrays a circular argument or logical fallacy. She beings that paragraph with “incest is the possibly the most crippling experience that a child can endure,” which is a conclusion, and the preceding sentences are premises that provide evidence for that beginning sentence. She went in a full circle to lead up to what she started
We as human beings utilize the five senses to process information about our surroundings. These senses help keep us safe. For example, we use our sense of touch to avoid picking up a hot pan, while our senses of smell and taste prevent us from cooking any rotten food in the pan. Our sense of sight allows us to see an oncoming train, while our sense of sound makes it possible to hear the train’s horn.
Singer’s argument may have swayed many people to donate their dispensable income to children in need despite the fact that it has many fundamental flaws. He argues that we should give away the majority of our earnings to charity. Since Singer wants the reader to donate such a large amount of money, the readers are given no choice but to contribute nothing whatsoever. His solution is not realistic and does not take into account the long-term financial impact this type of donation contribution system would have on a country’s economy.
In this essay, “The Marker’s eyes”, the author, Donald Murray details how the writer needs to produce a progression of the draft. Murray also stresses the importance of revising your draft is when you really discover the deeper meaning of your writing. Murray explains how to a professional writer, the first draft and its following drafts are what helps them to get started with the writing task. The author also talks about developing a special type of reading skill, which will help the writer progress from draft to draft. He goes and says that writing is never finished in the writer's eye, it can always be modified and rearranged. The purpose of this essay is to demonstrate to the readers how important revising is
In Toni Morrison’s “The Bluest Eye” the young African American protagonist, Pecola Breedlove, has an