A Common Reader

considered effective for engaging readers emotionally through captivating plots and characters. Any reader can identify with experiencing a feeling of transportation into the world of a story. In a narrative, readers can share in the experience of others and thus become emotionally immersed in a story. Because of this emotional connection and the fact that narratives do not usually contain obvious arguments for readers to reject, narratives have shown to lower readers’ desire to disagree with…

Analysis The sentry explains his experience on what happened during his time to watch on Polyneices body. He says everything in complete detail. For example how the trees vanished in the darkness of the dust storm. There was other details that made a reader think deeper. Once the dust disappeared, he saw Antigone next to Polyneices, watching him with the dust she put on before brushed off. Antigone looked like a mother bird come back to a stripped nest. The first choice in the…

verbs with detail actions is of most importance in the flow and clarity of the sentence. As readers, we prefer sentences that are more direct where the main characters and actions are subjects and verbs (p. 30). Fairy Tales and Academic or Professional Writing The writing can seem obscure and pointless if the characters are not the subject, and abstract nouns are the actions. Verbs and Actions…

For example, he tells the reader exactly what he thinks about girls’ minds when he says, “You never know for sure how girl’s minds work (do you really think it’s a mind in there or just a little buzz like a bee in a glass jar?)” (2) First person narration permits the reader to visualize and understand the main character more than a third person narration. For instance, if Lengel was telling the story…

the forcefulness of [the words’] meaning. Throughout the poem, the reader may notice a certain choppiness in the rhythm, with short statements without any decorating transitional words nor flowery speech. For example, the final line of the first stanza which describes the boy’s friend’s death simple states “his body was scattered across the field.” This statement lacks common euphemisms surrounding death and simply hits the reader with a brutal visual image of what happened. Furthermore, in the…

good books and bad. There are two different types of readers, people who read for pleasure and people who find reading a chore. People who read like it is part of religion are part of the "few" and people who read because they need to are part of the many. When writing the book, Lewis describes us as part of the few. The condescending tone of Lewis creates controversy between the few and the many. Chapter 2: Lewis doesn't want the readers to assume that they are part of the specific group…

tech field, Aoun then takes the reader through what she feels are the most important issues at hand regarding the gender gap: the misinformation she claims companies provide about diversity, and proposals for the destruction of this bias. She successfully establishes strong rhetorical appeals when…

better because of their differences. Stein is an intellectual writer who specifically wrote with his audience in mind. He uses details that could possibly interest the readers. He attracts them to his article by writing what they want to hear and then includes statistical data, comedy, and an appealing writing style to persuade the readers’ initial judgements about millennials to become more…

imagery to create vivid mental images. Most common images provide reference to sight, smell, sound, taste, touch and feelings/emotions. The poems picked for the analysis, "Poem", "Windsurfing", and "Home Baked Bread”, provide examples of powerful imagery addressing different senses. “Poem” by William Carlos Williams is focused on visual images of movement. Even its four stanzas represent the cat’s steps. The movement of the cat is perceived by the reader as delicate and gingerly. At the same…

excitement exists! There is one simple step to entering into this world-open a book. Reading gives readers the ultimate excuse to escape reality and the stress in their lives. One bookworm states, “I found comfort through literature. I loved getting lost in things as marvelous and as wonderful as books. They made me forget about my own troubles, like a submarine and the sea, they submerged me so perfectly.” As readers enter into this stress free world, their stress levels decrease, they form new…