...The Santa Ana Winds “ The Santa Ana” by Joan Didion and “Brush Fire” by Linda Thomas offer complete separate views to a similar topic, the winds of Southern California. In a first person narration the authors write of the wind from her own experience of living in California and from her own perspective, shedding light on two very different aspects of the Santa Ana winds. Physically, both pieces of literature are different. Each story reflects its own writer as “The Santa Ana” has lengthy paragraphs, chock full of information. Didion is an American Author known for her literary journalism and use of logos. At a glance of the piece, it lists of reasonings and details is clearly visible. Each paragraph is filled with descriptions and examples of the author’s point. Didion cites others like Raymond Chandler and uses lots of facts to prove her point of the winds destructive nature. “Brush Fire” has noticeably shorter paragraphs and uses much more imaginative diction like in paragraph four where she describes the wind’s journey as “....arrives in the foothills of southern California in hot, bone-dry, ten to forty mile-per-hour gusts that lower the relative humidity to three percent” in comparison to Didion’s description in paragraph three, “warmed as it comes down the mountain and appears finally as a hot dry wind”. Thomas is a well-versed poet, known to have published in the American Poetry Review. She offers her own opinion and recalls many memories with the winds in short anecdotes...
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...People are always establishing their own unique personality. This is also evident in literature. Authors are known for their distinct writing style that sets them apart from the crowd. The author may be known for their style of characterization or how they describe a setting. Ray Bradbury exhibits this by using descriptive language to demonstrate the theme of his works. In his novel, Fahrenheit 451, Ray Bradbury uses descriptive language to portray the theme of the story, which is individualism is important. He uses personification to bring things to life that are normally inanimate. "With this brass nozzle in his fists, with this great python spitting its venomous kerosene upon the world..." (Fahrenheit 451, 3). Montag, the main character,...
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...are about to discuss and its’ main points (Bullock, Goggin & Weinberg 2013, p562). There are 3 different types of major abstracts, there are Information Abstract, Descriptive Abstract & Proposal Abstract. Informative Abstracts state in one paragraph the essence of a whole paper about a study or a research project. That one paragraph must mention all the main points of parts of the paper: a description of the study or project, its methods, the results, and the conclusions. (Bullock, Goggin & Weinberg 2013, p150). Description Abstracts are usually much briefer then informative abstracts and provide much less information. Rather than summarizing the entire paper, a descriptive abstract functions more as a teaser, proving a quick overview that invites the reader to read the whole. And last but not least Proposal Abstracts contain the same basic information as informative abstracts, but their purpose is very different. You prepare proposal abstracts to persuade someone to let you write on a topic, pursue a project, conduct an experiment, or present a paper at a scholarly conference. SPCC Library- Http://www.spcc.edu/student/resources/libraries/ Course Textbook – (Bullock, Goggin & Weinberg, 2013.) THE NORTON FIELD GUIDE TO WRITING WITH READINGS AND HANDBOOK I See Fire- Shereen, E. (2013). I see fire [Recorded by E. Shereen]. The Hobbit [ST]. Tweet- Hower, M [MaKennaHower]. (2015, June 12). Jaycee graduating today!Im so proud of you @Jaycee_Hower! Youve grown up...
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...Different Types of Paragraph Descriptive paragraph: A descriptive paragraph has sentences that work together to present a single, clear picture (description) of a person, a place, a thing, an event, or an idea. Descriptive paragraphs let the reader touch, taste, see, hear and smell what you are describing. The reader should feel as if they can see what you are describing clearly. You want to paint a picture as you write the descriptive paragraph. Samples of descriptive paragraphs: Sample 1 My friend, Andrew, is really weird. First of all, he is only twenty four years old, but he dresses as if he is living in 1950, instead of 2009. He combs his hair completely slicked back, and his clothes are always too small for him, but he seems to never notice. His teeth are also never clean, and his breath is horrible. He thinks he is cool, but he repulses women. One day he tried flirting with a girl, and she ran from him. In addition, he eats the weirdest foods. For example, the other day, he brought over a hardboiled egg and mixed it with peanut butter. Andrew also has the loudest and most embarrassing laugh, and he laughs at things that no one else thinks is funny. For instance, one day he told a joke that no one found funny, but he started laughing at his own joke and loud, which made other people turn around. Furthermore, he has the most ridiculous accent; he was born in America, and his parents were born in America, and none of his relatives have accents. In addition, he likes...
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...Narration paragraphs are most frequently used in fiction and personal statements. As such, they will contain all necessary components of action development: protagonist, setting, goal, obstacle, climax and resolution. Writing a narration paragraph requires, consequently, accounting for sequential order of events and chronology. There are many descriptive elements included in the body of a narration paragraph but, if composed correctly, the paragraph will prioritize action over description. Exposition Paragraph Often times, this kind of a paragraph is used as a component of other types of writing. It’s written in order to clarify or explain problems and phenomena. Writing exposition paragraphs requires strict focus on evidence and objective language. It can contain elements of comparison and contrast, or cause and effect writing as both facilitate accurate exposition of the subject-matter. Definition Paragraph Definition paragraphs are used in order to explain the meaning, origin and function of things. They are used both in academic writing and fiction. To write a definition paragraph, writers should concentrate on the role of its subject in the context of the essay and account for evidence as well as examples accordingly. Classification Paragraph Writing classification paragraphs requires a more varied approach. It should be concentrated on defining as well as making relevant comparisons. In other words, writers should classify the subject of the paragraph in a specific...
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...family or give in to his own values of morality. Abner Snopes, who is the boy’s father, is the antagonist in the story. Abner Snopes is a very angry man, who despises the aristocracy class of people whom he has to work for and throughout the story constantly displays this hatred. The story is narrated in third person and follows a typical format. In Faulkner’s writing style, he uses descriptive dictation to draw the reader’s in to the story. In the first paragraph Faulkner introduces us to the main character in the story, Sarty. Subsequently, throughout the story we are introduced to the other family members. The setting in which Sarty’s conflict is recognized is at a trial, where his father is being accused of setting a barn on fire. This is also where Faulkner allows us a glimpse of Sarty’s internal moral dilemma in regards to is father’s actions. Faulkner also introduces three other settings that which have important thematic interest in the story. Throughout the story we are shown the emotional turmoil that Sarty and his family endure because of his father’s destructive nature. Faulkner uses symbolic themes such as; fire, blood and law which are used to describe what Sarty has to deal with in regards to...
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...interest while making it pleasurable. All in all, rhetorical strategies are simply ways of effectively and adequately presenting material. In the essays of discussion the effectiveness of how imagery, emotional appeal and tone build the writers credibility and enhance the essay will be discovered. For example, Virginia Woolf uses rhetorical strategies in “The Death of The Moth”. Woolf begins by using imagery effectively throughout her essay by strategically incorporating descriptive details. Woolf encountered this moth in the day time, so she begins her essay by stating, “moths that fly by day are not properly to be called moths . . .” (para. 1). This statement spikes wonder; what does that mean? She explains that moths in the day “ . . . do not excite that pleasant sense of dark autumn nights and ivy-blossom which the commonest yellow-underwing asleep in the shadow of the curtain never fails to rouse in us” (Woolf para. 1). Her sense of imagery is full of color and expression which helps her credibility in her writing. It truly makes you visualize that “dark autumn night” and “ivy-blossom” as if you experienced it yourself. Woolf continues her essay by using more imagery to describe the day of her encounter. As she was sitting by her window on a mid-September morning, she noticed the moth “ . . . fluttering from side to side of his square of the window-pane” (para. 2). Woolf stated “One could not help watching him”...
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...made fun of him while “the young men snickered and tried to pour beer/down his throat, while their girlfriends/took their pictures” (18). However, the Bull Moose just stood there and let them continue with their mundane ways: confusing this wise, old moose with their pets “[the] women put to bed with their sons” (28). They ceased fire and continued to taunt him. However, the Bull Moose: “Straightened and lifted his horns So [even] the wardens backed away as they raised their rifles When he roared, people ran to their cars All the young men Leaned on their automobile horns as he toppled” (Nowlan, 30-34). This poem can help us decipher our actions and correct our biased views towards civilization and make people reconsider nature and wild life. By separating ourselves from nature, we may be losing the qualities that make us human to begin with. Nowlan contrasts humanity to nature through the use of literary devices, mainly comparisons and imagery. His method of deliverance emphasizes the ultimate suffering, death, which the Bull Moose experiences as a result of the human’s ignorance. Nowlan creates a vivid image for the reader with descriptive language like ‘lurching’ and ‘roared’ and the use of alliterations such as "giggling girl” (21). Continually, contrast is used to show the difference...
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...activism, Alice Dunbar Nelson had many achievements within the African American community as well as in her literature. Her writings addressed women’s roles in society, intra-racial prejudice, and education, issues of identity, racism, love and sexuality. Also her popular yet chaotic marriage to Paul Laurence Dunbar was widely known and somewhat added to her writing career. Alice Dunbar Nelson experienced two additional failed marriages in her lifetime. Later in her life she wrote less as she became more active in political causes. Alice Dunbar Nelson died in 1935 at age sixty of heart failure. Many of her writings highlighted the life experiences and emotions of African American women in her time. Alice Dunbar Nelson’s first book Violets and Other Tales was one of her earliest works; a collection of short stories and poems. This book was published in 1895 in Boston when she was just twenty years old. Although the book has multiple writings, “Violets” will be the focus of this poem analysis. “Violets” within the collection is a poetic short story about a past love and heartbreak, and how violets serve as a reminder of the passion and purity of the love that a man and woman once shared. This poem is about the nostalgic effect violets and other flowers such as tube-roses and orange blossoms bring to a woman about the man she is passionately in love with. The descriptive language and diction, symbolism...
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...Essay #1 In Ann Bradstreet’s writings, it is clear that she is highly intelligent and well educated for the women of her time, with a large family library. Her writings are about what is around her: her religion, history, family, political and puritanical views. She had a difficult life with illness, hunger, and the loss of her child, but still she wrote with wit, love, and a sense of community. Religion and God’s plan play a crucial role in many of her writings. When she wrote, Upon the Burning of Our House, a sad, but forgiving poem, “And, when I could no longer look, I blest His name that gave and took,” she acknowledges her belief of God’s involvement in the fire, but doesn’t seem angry by it. “Thou hast an house on high erect, Fram’d by that mighty Architect…Stands permanent, though this be fled.” Anne Bradford was a very spiritual woman and believes God has a home for her in heaven and this home on earth is only temporary. To go to heaven would be “A prize so vast as is unknown” and “There’s wealth enough, I need no more.” She writes “My hope and treasure lies above,” evidences heaven is the ultimate destination. Anne Bradford seemed to be a very loving, respectful, and devoted wife to her husband Simon. In To My Dear and Loving Husband, she writes, “If ever two were one, then surely we…I prize thy love more than whole mines of gold…My love is such that rivers cannot quench…” The passion she feels for her husband truly shines in this poem. She may be considered one of...
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...air. The prairie lands are defined as “dead” and deeply scarred from the great toothed tanks. The setting describes the earlier war action. The pits are “scars of gigantic bombs” with their rawness covered only by a bit of weeds. The mud is frozen. The only sounds are from the geese flying south and the “quick yip-yap of a prairie wolf.” One is left clearly seeing nothing but bleak, uninhabitable conditions. The structural frame of the story is further held together by the descriptive narration of their dreadful living conditions. The men are living in makeshift caves or “cells” dug into the banks. The connotation of cells reminds one of jail like conditions where there is little or no satisfaction from life. There may not be any true bars holding them in, but certainly the weight of the setting feels like there is. The first glimpse of light is portrayed by the small red fire “which showed dully through the opening, like a reflection or deception of the imagination.” The small fire is described as giving “petty” warmth and “acrid” smoke. The old wood fence posts are described as “precious,” for they can provide enough heat to keep the...
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...enjoyable book to read. Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde uses a lot of imagery in the book in different ways to make the book better. As stated from the book “the door… was blistered and destained.” This was on page 49. This quote from the book conveys imagery by using details about how the door looks and the two words also sound like mysterious or dark words to help with the mood of the story. As said from the book “ As he spoke into a large, low roofed, comfortable hall… “ this was on page 62, This shows imagery by using key adjectives in order to give a picture in your head on how the place looks. “... by a bright, open fire, and furnished with costly cabinets of oak “ this was on page 62, this creates imagery by using descriptive words to help create a detailed picture in your mind about what the place looks like. In conclusion the book Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde uses very descriptive and detailed imagery in the book. The book Dr.Jekyll and Mr.Hyde has more than several accounts of diction in his book to help make the book better in general and to help the sentences convey more meaning. As stated from page 41 “... dose of elixir is required… “, this sentence uses the word elixir in it to make the sentence sound more professional and better. As said from the book “... at the dead malefactor…” this was on page 99, this helps convey more of a dark and mysterious mood to help the sentence sound better. “He gives a strong feeling of deformity.” As said on page 53, this sentence in the book gives...
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...Jonathan Edwards began to implement the ideals of the “Great Awakening” in his sermons as a response to the Enlightenment, solidifying his place as a “fire and brimstone” preacher. Jonathan Edwards’ intellect, exceptional writing abilities, and masterful use of persuasive, sentiment-driven rhetoric have allowed his works the blessing of endurance, yet his words leave a disturbing impact. “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” demonstrates Edwards’ inability to preach in an innocuous manner; his intensity furthers an individual into religious precarity and a state of detriment. Edwards’ sensationalist works are an effective mechanism for fear mongering; however, they prove ineffectual long-term as it diminishes the value of Christianity. With his utilization of persuasive diction, harsh...
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...expanded their organization adding special weekly selections and regular topics it stays as a full page set up with photography as others have changed to tabloids. As well as the Washington Post was founded in 1877 in Washington, making its areas oldest extant newspaper. The Post emphasis a lot of politics its photography is both in color and black and white the newspaper is published as a broadsheet. The Post won only 47 Pulitzer prizes including six Pulitzer prizes in 2008 making it the world’s highest number ever given in one year. In my opinion I believe that the New York Times newspaper has the most descriptive and was greatly written for the event that had occurred in 911. The full Page set up really got me interested in finding out more about what had went on. When you first look at the newspaper you see the two twin towers burning down slowly with a huge fire and endless smoke, this picture drags a lot of attention with colorful detail and showing how important it is. Then you take a look at the big black bolded words saying; “U.S ATTACKED” and just underneath the times gives a clear brief description of what had happened “HIACKED JETS DESTROY TWIN TOWERS AND HIT PENTAGON IN DAY OF TERROR.” Most importantly what really caught my eye was the small article on the top right side...
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...law enforcement and victim quotes to help describe the event and its cause; however, each of the news stations used the quotes in a slightly different way. The quotes from MSNBC and Foxnews seemed to be from the victim’s perspective but were based in facts and disruptive about the situation itself. Whereas CNN used quotes that had much more felling; these quotes gave the news article a more personal and emotional tone unlike the professional, sterile tone of other two articles. Although this story is factual rather than based on opinion and the three news outlets contain most of the same information; there are still some differences between Foxnews, MSNBC, and CNN as they take slightly different approaches on writing the article. MSNBC and Foxnews seem to be writing the story with a more professional feel. The news stations are reporting only...
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