Analyzing Michio's Essay 'Writing To An Audience'

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"Writing to an audience" means writing to describe the same incident and differing the level of details, while keeping the end consumers of the writing in mind. e.g. consider that you were on a foreign vacation and lost your travel documents; so, if you were to write and share the same incident to different people, the content and details of specific portions would differ depending on the set of people receiving the details.
The authorities and consulate concerned about genuinely of the incident and recovering the lost items, would be more interested in knowing when and where were the documents were lost or last seen; the description would be factual and the tone would be formal and unemotional. On the other hand, your friends and family concerned about your well-being maybe more interested in knowing how you coped with the situation and the personal
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Michio started his article with a couple of questions he said would it be possible to walk through walls? To build starship that can travel faster than the speed of light. He is wondering if the world will be one of the days advanced enough to answer his questions and after he started listing examples of famous people for example Albert Einstein to support his argument to the audience.
The Impossible is term that Michio wants us to know that we can overcome this term he wants us to know that anything is possible you just have to put your mind in it. Michio’s perspective about his article is a scientific exploration into the world of phases.
Kaku begins the book with a chapter on force fields. Kaku refers to the force fields and concepts used by the television show Star Trek. Captain Kirk yells for "shields up" when the Starship Enterprise faces a threat by an outside force. The Enterprise relies upon their force fields to protect the Enterprise. Without force fields, the Enterprise would sustain damage and possible

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