Examples Of The Blizzards Of 1888
ELA MCAS Practice
The blizzards of 1888 were portrayed as brutal, heavy, and a surprise to the people living in the midwest in both the poem “A woman’s voice” and the article ¨Blizzard!¨. They both show different viewpoints, with the article taking an informative stance while the poem was more of a story. However, they both give similar descriptions of the storm. Using both sources can give a more accurate portrayal of the blizzards. One example of this is found both in the article and the poem. They portray the storm as incredibly heavy and coming down fast. Both have direct quotes stating how heavy it was, even going as far as to say that “You couldn’t see your own hand at the end of your arm out there” (A women’s voice, verse 10). The
article says practically the same, saying that “ Barney couldn’t see anything in the blowing snow- not even his left hand.” (Blizzard! Paragraph 8). Equally important is the depiction of the suddenness of the storm. The article goes into detail about the science that caused the blizzard to strike so quickly, while the poem uses personification to describe how quickly it came, stating that “When it came, it felt as if an enormous fist had struck…” (A woman's voice, verse 5). Finally, both the article and poem tell of how dangerous it was for children to be out, due to the lack of visibility and bitter cold. The Schoolchildren’s blizzard hit just before children were getting out of school, so many kids got lost trying to find their way home. In the poem, the mother was “ worried sick for fear he’d try to get home and be lost.” (A woman’s voice, verse 10). In th article Barney Barry was concerned for his children, thinking that “...the children would start home- and get lost in the storm.”
The blizzards of 1888 were portrayed as brutal, heavy, and a surprise to the people living in the midwest in both the poem “A woman’s voice” and the article ¨Blizzard!¨. They both show different viewpoints, with the article taking an informative stance while the poem was more of a story. However, they both give similar descriptions of the storm. Using both sources can give a more accurate portrayal of the blizzards. One example of this is found both in the article and the poem. They portray the storm as incredibly heavy and coming down fast. Both have direct quotes stating how heavy it was, even going as far as to say that “You couldn’t see your own hand at the end of your arm out there” (A women’s voice, verse 10). The
article says practically the same, saying that “ Barney couldn’t see anything in the blowing snow- not even his left hand.” (Blizzard! Paragraph 8). Equally important is the depiction of the suddenness of the storm. The article goes into detail about the science that caused the blizzard to strike so quickly, while the poem uses personification to describe how quickly it came, stating that “When it came, it felt as if an enormous fist had struck…” (A woman's voice, verse 5). Finally, both the article and poem tell of how dangerous it was for children to be out, due to the lack of visibility and bitter cold. The Schoolchildren’s blizzard hit just before children were getting out of school, so many kids got lost trying to find their way home. In the poem, the mother was “ worried sick for fear he’d try to get home and be lost.” (A woman’s voice, verse 10). In th article Barney Barry was concerned for his children, thinking that “...the children would start home- and get lost in the storm.”