The Reader

Bartholomae, D. (n.d.). Inventing the University. Retrieved January 18, 2017, from http://wac.colostate.edu/jbw/v5n1/bartholomae.pdf David Bartholomae enters the text in a supportive tone, expressing the importance of properly addressing the audience in which a writer intends draw in. Bartholomae appears to be directing his feedback from his professional experiences towards other novice writers who can benefit from his expertise. Bartholomae stated, “The students have to appropriate (or be…

various acts of attention, the story examines the complexity of relationships and problem of miscommunication which can force a person to abandon even luxurious home. The problem of miscommunication is clear from the first sentence where a reader is exposed to tension between character’s…

actions and beliefs. In this essay we will explore how Bolaño uses these authors to both reveal what he considers to be the nature of right-wing beliefs while also using them to also promote realism within this novel. Upon completing this novel, if the reader is not careful he or she will easily believe that all of these biographies are of real authors. Bolaño has skillfully crafted each of these stories to make them seem believable to the average person. He does this in numerous ways. For one,…

In “The Bottle Imp” by Robert Louis Stevenson the author uses a variety of literary devices to entice the reader. Stevenson uses literary devices such as suspense, foreshadowing, flashback, and surprise ending. A notable literary device that is used is suspense. Stevenson uses suspense not only to entice the reader, but to make sure the reader is aware of what's going on while raising questions of what will happen next. To clarify, an example of suspense being used in the story is in paragraph…

the scene, when we understand that one character is being held captive, it gives the narration a sense of urgency. By using aspect-to-aspect transition, Barks’ shows us simultaneous scenes, the one on the boat, and the one in the cave, making the reader understand what is happening in both instance. The narration is moving fast and not dwelling on less important details, as shown by the temporal rupture and temporal ellipsis on bewteen panel 7 and 8. The linework in Barks’ work is often…

Being able to be empathetic in an article plays such an important role; when you show empathy you know how the readers feels because you can experience it versus being sympathetic where you can only imagine how the readers feel. Many times in the article the author speaks about how many people are scared, and lists things that black people must do differently to survive. This is not a “Living Black: For Dummies” article…

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…

all natures and descriptions. Pain. Death. Brave men. Coward men. Strongest men. Chases. Escapes. Lies. Truths. Passion. Miracles”. From this single quote, readers know the book will contain action, adventure, fantasy, and romance. Goldman did a wonderful job using several genres within one novel, and he did a wonderful job keeping the reader entertained. I admire how he fulfilled this writing technique in The Princess…

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…

do you like cookies?” (Farmer 57) This quote is introducing Matt as a character. It is showing that Matt is an intelligent person. The quote also shows why Matt is intelligent. It helps build an understanding of what and who Matt is. It helps the readers understand what a clone is. Also, this quote has Spanish words in it which help show what makes Matt seem so intelligent.…