Compare And Contrast Elbow And Murridge's Writing

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The way writing is structured and written is important to the reader because that way, the reader can easily understand what the author is saying. Elbow talks about the importance of freewriting, and Murray talks about the importance of revising and editing. The way they structure and write out their writings is different yet similar, in that one is more organized, gives more detail and uses more references, or they both use examples, and personification. Both Elbow and Murray have similarities, for example, using similes, metaphors and examples, but they also have different ways of structuring out their writings or how many references they use, but neither of them are wrong. The straight forward way of Elbow’s writing may be more beneficial …show more content…

Unlike Elbow, Murry slowly transitions into the subject he is going to talk about. Murry begins with writing something that relates to people, so therefore, it catches the reader’s attention. The way Elbow and Murry approach their topic is different because one author gets the attention of the reader and then transitions into what he is going to talk about and the other author starts off by just throwing facts at you and telling you what he is going to be talking about. Even though both Elbow and Murray get their point across, the way they give their information is different. Both authors use similes and metaphors in their writing, and I believe it is to keep the reader interested by comparing something to something else that they know. By comparing something like writing, to something that they are familiar with, creates a feeling of knowing what the author is taking about, or it actually even helps the reader know what the author is trying to say. Both the author and reader benefit from similes and metaphors because the author keeps attracting the reader and the reader will learn something new about writing from the author. Not only do both Elbow and Murry use similes and metaphors, they also use examples that the reader might

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