My Life As A Cat Language Analysis

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Have you ever noticed similarities in stories you've read? That’s because they all use the same sort of techniques to portray their topic. For example, My Life as a Bat (Story One), by Margaret Atwood, Hope for Animals (Story Two), by Jane Goodall, and An Astronomers Poem (Story Three), by Walt Whitman; are put together in a specific way to make you understand their theme. All three stories are similar in how their text is structured and their tone, but differ in their use of language. They all are structured in a similar format, but approach it differently. In My Life as a Bat, and Hope for Animals they are both set up like essays, this is shown by their use of headings within their text. In Story Two, she starts with her introduction, and then she later labels a full section “Why We Need the Burying Beetle”. But in Story One, although it is more of a fictional essay format, they both still use the same technique, each large paragraph has a title, “1. Reincarnation” and “2. Nightmares”, The authors do this throughout the whole story, this is to separate and organize each section, this shows that it is introducing a new topic, or that it isn't happening at the same time as the previous one. In Story Three, it is written in a poetic format. This is shown by the fact it only has ten lines. It also makes use of parallel structure, for example, in lines two and three, it reads, “When the proofs, the figures, were ranged in columns…” and “charts and diagrams, to add, divide, and measure them.” The author does this to put emphasis on the topic he's speaking of. Which, in turn develops the tone within the story. Each story develops their tone towards nature as positive, Story One and Two both talk about animals throughout the story, and speak of humans negatively. Their tone in their writing helps the reader understand their theme, and the purpose of their writing. In Story Two, the author lists all these cool facts about beetles, which makes us as readers, see a different side to these, and makes us think of them positively as well. So that we will agree with her. She talks about how people should care about these creatures, and this ties in with Story One, who does something similar, she also uses various tones to make us care about her topic, and describes humans as bad, and bats as wonderful and important. The tone used in a writing, can change the entire feel, or perceived purpose of an article, for example, in Story Three, in the beginning, we feel a negative vibe within …show more content…
In Story One and Two, they both use connotative language to produce feeling, such as “vivid ” and “glistening” and “. . .blasted with its glare…” (Story One) This adds emphasis, and texture to the writing, so again, we can understand and feel what the author wants us to feel. In Story Two, she uses scientific language, along with connotative. “. . .precipitous decline accross its historical range…” This particular wording, adds a dramatic tension, and highlights its importance. While in Story Three, the author uses words such as “tired and sick…” to describe how he's feeling. But then he describes the scenery as “mystical” and “perfect” to show how he feels about the nature around

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