Lewes exposes her perspective that the development of a writer isn’t always a straightforward path through the use of Aristotle’s rhetorical strategies (Pathos, Ethos) and paradoxy to project her message towards Ms. Pierce. In the letter that accomplished author, Mrs. Lewes sends to amateur writer, Ms. Pierce she offers Pathos as a means to capture Ms. Pierce’s attention. Lewes writes about her discoveries through the path of writing through the use of clear, concise imagery; she explains to Pierce that after achievement the “vehicle” of a person is transformed into a “poor husk” (lines 12-13). Through this use of clear imagery Pierce is able to comprehend that writing takes people on journeys that they don’t involve a direct path to success.…
In the literary essay, Good Readers and Good Writers by Vladimir Nabokov, a college literature professor and famous literary writer, who passionately writes to create art through words. He addresses this writing to students majoring in literature, in which his text informs the reader about the skills necessary to be a good reader and writer in order to construct the magic necessary to effectively read and write. Nabokov proves through his literary essay that reading and writing is a masterpiece that requires expertise to make. To do so, Nabokov utilizes erotic and juxtaposed diction, types of simple and complex syntax, and an argumentative passionate tone to illustrate his message.…
Foster’s How to Read Literature Like a Professor can be helpful and eye-opening, but there are also some outlandish ideas within. Each chapter holds a different point as well as a different amount of contribution to broadening analyzation skills. In each, a reader and student must evaluate and put to test his theories for every book that is read. Each point will be helpful pertaining to a certain book, and not helpful regarding another. It is important to remember that the statements he makes are good to keep in mind, but not to be used always as they are not always the correct…
In her 1999 essay, I Know Why the Caged Bird Cannot Read, Francine Prose examines what she believes is the detrimental relationship between novels written by writers of different ethnic groups and identities and high school students. By employing rhetorical devices such as ethos, rhetorical questions, and cause and effect, Prose can emphasize how new curriculums in high school English courses including novels by culturally diverse writers are causing students to show less interest in reading. Prose begins her essay with an anecdote where she relates herself to other parents of high school students by saying she finds herself each September “increasingly appalled by the dismal lists of texts that [her] sons are doomed to waste a school year reading.” Providing this anecdotal evidence…
n this short essay Alexie a Spokane Indian writes about how Superman comics helped him learn how to read. Alexie uses his introduction to introduce how Superman comics helped him read books. Then he uses the conclusion to show how far he has come from reading Superman comics. He uses key details in both conclusion and introduction to describe either how he had improved or to introduce the audience to superman comics. The introduction and conclusion work together to create this feeling of improvement from reading Superman comics.…
Sherman Alexie is apart of the Spokane Indian tribe. He informs us on how his tribe and the Indian culture is treated. But it not only targets Indians, but also people with different ethnicities other than white. He wrote the article “The Joys of Reading and Writing Superman and Me” published in the Los Angeles Times, to inform the readers about his challenges as a young Indian boy trying to get the proper education that he deserved. At the age of three he started analyzing the comic book of superman and taught himself to read, by looking at the pictures and copying the words.…
In literature, authors often portray characters similar to themselves, both in terms of personality and cultural background. This can be done to prove a point, to emphasize a problem that needs to be solved, or simply to entertain a specific audience. Sherman Alexie, a prominent Native American author from a reservation in Wellpinit, Washington, is renowned for his works of this type. He often writes about the struggles of adolescent Native American boys, specifically their struggle trying to fit in and succeed in the world. In The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian and “The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven,” Alexie creates young Native American male characters with a lack of future prospects in order to criticize the negative social stigma associated with their cultural heritage.…
The situation is that Provenzo’s primary focus has been on education as a social and cultural phenomenon (para 1). One of his concerns, has been the role of the teacher in society (para 1). In paragraph one, the situation is, “To a large extent, Hirsch, in his efforts as an educational reformer, wants to establish a national curriculum.” (para. 1). He is motivated to write by responding to Hirsch’s argument about curricular fragmentation (para. 2).…
The scholars would get distracted and not participate in the grand conversation properly whenever it is a book they already read before. The scholars would change the story for fun and not talk about what they like or did not like about the book. For when the books they have never heard before, the scholars sat quietly and was paying attention to the story. The scholars also participate in the grand conversation properly when it is a book they have never heard before. The scholar did learn the spelling strategy because he would automatically know what to do whenever the teacher begin to teach him two new words for the day.…
Growing up being an African American, my parents would always stress how important reading and writing is. My father would always say, "If you are able to read and write, nothing in the world can stop you. " I learned to read and write at the age of three years old. The first thing I ever learned to read and write was my name: Tia Nicole Watkins. My parents would tell my name makes me who I am and holds very high significance.…
Francine Prose appeals to ethos in multiple personaes in her essay I Know Why the Caged Bird Cannot Read, including being a professional researcher, a former high school student, and a parent. In the second paragraph of page 91, Prose appeals to ethos as a professional researcher who looks for comprehensive sources of evidence to increase her credibility. Prose lists the sources of the “photocopy pages” she has collected before she states her observation. By saying “what emerges from these photocopied pages distributed in public, private, and Catholic schools as well as in military academies...in rural Oregon and urban Missouri”, Prose proves that her statements are representative and reliable because her sources provide all-inclusive datas…
Alexie uses a large amount of pathos from feelings, then develops credibility through a personal anecdote, and logic from personal experience that reading saves lives. First, I will break the first section into pathos and ethos because they are closely related.…
“Aria” by Richard Rodriguez is an essay that shows the readers a part of life that many have never experienced. Rodriguez uses this essay to show how he fights through his childhood tounderstand English. He faces society while forfeiting his happy home life trying to become a typical English-speaking student. He establishes a connection with the audience through his personal experience as a child. He uses imagery and narration to clarify his opposition to bilingual education .Rodriguez…
In his essay “The Joy of Reading and Writing: Superman and Me” author Sherman Alexie writes about the pleasures of reading. His thesis “My father loved books, and since I love my father with an aching devotion, I decided to love books as well” best describes the author’s position on the topic. He conveys his thesis to the readers through rhetorical devices such as ethos, pathos and logos and literary devices such as repetition as he describes his personal experiences. Sherman Alexie wrote "The Joy of Reading and Writing: Superman and Me" with the purpose of informing his readers of the challenges he faced as a young Native American boy who, by society’s standards, was not supposed to be educated. His love of books came from his love and adulation of his father.…
A Pattern Language Controversy While in school, designers learn a lot of varying rules and regulations, but we don’t often get exposed to the more radical and controversial ideas. Instead, we reflect briefly on what was socially accepted from the past, yet mainly focus on the new designs. For this reason, A Pattern Language by Christopher Alexander should be required reading for all environmental design students. This book shows a brand-new point of view, as well as forces students to truly think about what they read, which can spark inspiration in students. This types of exposure can lead to students making something great in the future.…