McGuffey Readers

article is structured around her emotional story so that pathos enables the reader to emotionally connect and bond with her. The usage of metaphorical language, imagery, and first person aids the reader in comprehending her viewpoint and developing trust in her advise. All these rhetorical devices help the readers process and think about what the author is saying. The devices create pathos throughout the article making the readers more susceptible to believe her argument.…

They talked about Jimmy Cross’s love interest Martha. He explains how he burned the original picture of her and received a new one. He talks about how they ran into each other after the war. She said that she had not been married and never would. The reader might assume from Martha’s actions that she was leading Cross on because “there was no pressure in return” when he took her by the hand and then walked away as he said that he would still always love her. My opinion on the matter was that in…

“‘What greater grief can there be for mortals than to see their children dead (Didion 13).’” Joan Didion utilizes this quote from Euripedes in her memoir Blue Nights which addresses the death of her daughter, Quintana , and it reminds that reader that losing a child is considered one of the hardest things a person could ever go through. For Didion this loss was only made more crippling because of it’s close proximity to the death of her husband, which occurred less than two years earlier.…

The main idea in the essay My Mother Never Worked by Bonnie Smith-Yackel is that society/the system is designed in a way that discards or disregards housewives ' hard work. The purpose of this essay to relay the life of the writer 's mother so that readers can realize how hard a housewife really works, as opposed to the stereotypical belittlement that comes with being a housewife. The author effectively uses dialogue, flashbacks and irony to convey how women, especially housewives great efforts…

by pulling the readers in and acting like a hook. When she describes her desire for plastic surgery she doesn’t go into detail on why she needed it. This makes the readers want to continue on to figure out why she was so dependent and reliant on this procedure. It gives an insight into her life at present day before pulling you back to give the reader a background on her life. We finally return to Scotland after she went to college and about halfway through the story when the reader is already…

many readers from age six to 96. It holds the power to share a story that can reveal a reality on real life, but it can also be there to simply bring laughter in an impossible utopia. Many writers have this plan and idea in mind before they set out to write a fictional work of art, however what the reader receives from that written piece can be totally different; nevertheless, it impacts the reader in one way or another. Literature has the power to give voice to the powerless, allows readers to…

argument with solid and concrete evidence that truly makes the reader believe what they are reading. Another area of my writing that I excel in is being able to process great ideas that follow the guidelines and the prompt. With that being said I have also seen that while the ideas may come with ease, I do have a challenging time with getting the ideas from my head onto paper in a manner that isn’t so disorganized that it makes the reader second guess themselves. Another shaky part of my writing…

alphabetized names adds depth to the overall perception of the poem because it represents how the names would look in a obituary or head count. Metaphors and Similes such as “Heavy with dew like the eyes of tears” are used in this poem to allow the reader to fully grasp and understand the picture that Collins is painting. These figures of speech help to set the overall theme about how life goes on, but at the same time it is also about remembering the events of 9/11 and the understanding that…

the White City written by Erik Larson. This novel gives the reader a feeling as if he or she is reading two different stories but in the same book. The novel explains how the World’s fair became what it was and how it affected some people’s lives. This book gives all types of different readers a chance to enjoy the same book for a variety of reasons. Whether it be a character, event, or a genre this book is gives an opportunity to all readers. This book also shows the mind of both Olmsted,…

Which of the tips on the handout for writing reader-based prose seem the most useful? Why? As I examined Fowler’s (1993), article, I was struck by a common theme that wove through three of the tips, making them the moist useful to me as a writer. Fowler (1983) suggests that one should, “anticipate, your audience’s response”, “organize for the creative reader”, and “use cues to guide your reader” (Fowler, 1983, pp.1-2). The first tip, “analyze your audience”, appears to be the natural starting…