In this unit, we have a lot of writings that are non-fiction. They all have a similar style of writing, and this style of writing is informational. "A Night to Remember'' by Walter Lord uses sequential order to express what it was like to be on The Titanic when it hit the Titanic. "Address to the Nation of the Explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger'' which was a speech by Ronald Reagan. They use compare and contrast to compare and contrast the tragedy of the Challenger. Even though both stories are about people affected by tragedy and they are informational texts, they both have advantages and disadvantages. In "Address to the Nation of the Explosion of the Space Shuttle Challenger" they use compare and contrast to tell the tragedy of the Challenger. There are a couple of advantages and disadvantages to using this writing style. An example of an advantage is, "Their dedication was, like Drake's, complete." When they compare and contrast something to their story, it can make it easier to see or tell what they are trying to say. This is because somebody might …show more content…
They explain the tragedy of The Titanic. This has some positives and negatives to using this. An example of a disadvantage is that, "The next instant it was gone, drifting astern into the dark." The story does not give much about what exactly happened. All the writing told me was they saw it, then it disappeared. While this is a negative of using sequence, there are some positives to using it. An example of a positive using sequence is, "Mrs. John Jacob Astor thought there was some mishap in the kitchen." This shows that they are showing the point of view of passengers on The Titanic. This is a positive because it shows what people were thinking at the time of the iceberg hitting the massive ship. While sequence has a lot of negatives, it has a lot more positives using sequence. This lets your readers have a better understanding of your
Structure is essential for both literary text and informative text. The informative text provides facts laid out in
This type of "narrative" writing gives believability to the people, and a sense of realism to the story.
In The Norton Mix, Suzanne Britt’s “Neat People vs. Sloppy People,” Bruce Catton’s “Grant and Lee: A Study in Contrasts,” and Barbara Ehrenreich’s “Cultural Baggage,” all compare and contrast people or things in the stories. It is important for the author to clearly distinguish what he or she is saying, because it allows the reader to understand the story better. Comparing and contrasting different things is also a way to organize the author’s thoughts. It is important for the reader to be able to see the difference between things or people so one can have a more suitable understanding, better insight, and a firm viewpoint of the subject.
I would say that a strength and a weakness to the story would be they order he told it in. I’m so used to seeing books told in chronological order, so seeing a story told in an order other than that was quite strange for me. There are many pros and cons to telling his story like this though. A pro would be that it’s new and refreshing to most readers and keeps you light on your feet. A con might be that you could get confused or lost in the story, and you might have to read the book once or twice to really understand it.
Contrast is used to demonstrate how two completely opposite matters work together to find one answer. From the text, “Not all scientific investigators can deal comfortably with uncertainty, and those who can may not be creative enough to understand and design the experiments that will illuminate a subject.” Different traits are a necessity for different pieces of experimentation which some scientists lack whether it is creativity, confidence, or patience. This rhetorical strategy also helps indicate all of the different characteristics that scientists need to be creative and effective in their studies. Barry insists, “To be a scientist requires not only intelligence and curiosity, but passion, patience, creativity, self-sufficiency, and courage.” All of these different qualities have to come together; although, they are very contrasting traits. Numerous qualities are required to be a successful scientist; although all together they establish the effective character of a scientist.
In his “Challenger Explosion” speech, Pres. Ronald Reagan comforts the nation in the aftermath of NASA’s Challenger Space Shuttle exploded shortly after takeoff killing all seven astronauts. In this speech, he used rhetorical devices, such as alliteration, allusion, anaphora, and euphemism to relay his feelings of sadness and grief.
In a person’s lifetime, many things can happen including death. In 1986 seven individuals, Michael Smith, Dick Scobee, Judith Resnic, Ronald McNair, Ellison Onizuka, Gregory Jarvis, and Christa McAuliffe, lost their lives doing what they loved most. The tragedy of the shuttle challenger brought much pain to the nation that day. Along with the pain comes grieving. The nation grieved the loss of these seven wonderful individuals and hoped to find peace and comfort for the days to come. As Ronald Reagan prepared to give the state of the union address, things changed for worse, he unexpectedly had to give a speech on a horrific event. Reagan was devastated at the loss of the seven men and women that were on that space shuttle challenger.
serve to allow the reader to perceive not only the story presented in front of them but
Contextual analysis is made up of three basic components; intended audience, setting and most importantly purpose. Authors often times consider and work each contextual piece into the construction of their given argument. An argument is not powerful if audience preference is not a main concern, if the setting isn’t taken into consideration, or if the purpose is not relevant to the current situation. On January 28th, 1986 the shuttle challenger exploded 73 seconds into its take off. President Ronald Reagan wrote a critical speech to address the tragedy that had struck our nation that day. It is highly evident in his address that kept audience, setting, and purpose in mind. He comforts a worried public using calm tone and simple yet effective diction to convince the American nation that it’s necessary to go on and continue the space program and ultimately the scientific revolution.
Contrasting is used multiple times in ‘2BRO2B’ to show different point of views or ideas of the people in this utopia. For example, how the painter views the world vs. how the doctor views the world. The painter views the world as this wretched place were no person should ever have to live. While, the doctor sees the world as this great place where everything is in order and you don’t have to worry about anything. Another example would be how for someone to live, someone else has to die. This is a crazy contrast because you are basically giving a life to get a life. It makes no sense to me, I would not want to have to realize that when I was born, my parents would have had to find a person to kill. What child would want that guilty feeling weighing them down all the time. Both of these things are contrasting elements in the story for they both contrast different opinions in their
A successful descriptive narrative gives the necessary information for a reader to know the material of a text. For instance, narrating the text of a story allows the audience to connect with the feelings of the narrator. A description incorporates visuals so that the audience can recognize the image being portrayed. “Shooting an Elephant” and “The Lottery” are both descriptive narratives. Descriptive narratives give the reader a clearer understanding of the passage. “Shooting an Elephant” is the stronger descriptive narrative because of vivid sensory detail, manipulating the perception of the reader, and Orwell’s use of conflict.
Both LaPierre and Kristof compare and contrast to advance their arguments. To support his claim that children should be more protected, LaPierre explains the similarities and differences between the children and the rest of the nation. He explains that people care about their money so they protect the banks with armed guards; they care for president so they protect him with armed Secret Service agents (LaPierre 6-7). He then compares how people care for their children, but they are not protected like the other things that they care about. Using this compare and contrast helps the audience to understand the problem of children not being protected. It is showing the issue that people are not fully protecting all things they ca...
A successful descriptive narrative displays the necessary information for a reader to explain or develop speculations within the material. Narrating the text of a story, told through one or more narrators, allows the audience to connect with the feelings of the narrator. A description includes imagery for the audience’s recognition. Furthermore, descriptive narratives have a purpose and are there for a reason. “Shooting an Elephant” and “The Lottery” are both descriptive narratives. Descriptive narratives show a clearer understanding of the passage; therefore, the stronger text is “Shooting an Elephant” because of its detail and the plot’s conflict.
The literary devices used in the literary essay are description, definition, examples, narration, compare and contrast, cause and effect, classification and division. On the other hand, the short story uses narrator, setting, characterization, plot and perspective. Lastly, both the literary essay and short story convey life-learning lessons. “In Groups We Shrink” sends the message through examples and description while “The Lesson” uses narration and
Before we define constructive memory, we must define memory. Memory is an active process that allows information to be retrieved to the brain, stored and possibly maintained. Based on Atkinson and Shiffrin's Multi store model, memory is stored into the sensory memory, the short-term memory and long term memory if researched and maintained.