Explanatory Flow Analysis

An effective explanatory essay acquaints with the reader with a specific concept, or a major idea. That idea is then elaborated on. The essay titled Flow was much more effective in being educational and enjoyable. The flow of the information, pun intended, allowed the reader to focus much easier and to enjoy the reading while doing so. If I were to write an explanatory essay, I would use topics surrounding science. Flow by Clayton Strothers is a very well written explanatory essay. He goes through and teaches the reader about the concept of a “flow”. The vocabulary both informs and entertains while creating a beautiful image that is enjoyable to imagine. He opened the essay with a personal experience, drawing the reader in to the story. He then kept their attention with his attention to heavy detail. Within the text he states, “My fingers scrape against rough places, but I don’t notice. I get oil and dirt on my face, but I don’t bother wiping it off” (278). Strothers uses these details to illustrate what flow does to us. The inclusion of a short story being told in first person also makes the topic much more relatable. He then explains the concept happening within that. He waited until the end of the story to let the reader know why he included the above …show more content…
Virgin Birth and Opportunism in the Garden by David Quammen is very straightforward and full of facts. The knowledge, however, is given in such a rapid state that the reader is overwhelmed. The text quickly becomes boring and the facts become dull nails being forced into the brain by ineffective hammers. As an author, one wants the readers to take away something from the text, but also to be happy about reading said text. In this essay, the reader can quickly become bored and disoriented with the structure of the paper. Quammen begins the bulk of the paper, the information he wishes to convey, much too soon. The reader is not given time to relate or ease into the