Natalie Jones APES‚ 4th period 8/8/15 Silent Spring Work 1. Carson’s first chapter explains the title of her book. Why is it called “Silent Spring”? It’s called Silent Spring because the season of spring‚ usually filled with singing birds and playing children‚ has become still and quiet because the people of the town have somehow killed the wildlife and poisoned their environment. She’s warning her readers what could happen if the issues she explains in her book are not addressed. 2. Why does
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AP Environmental Science Silent Spring The book Silent Spring by Rachel Carson was one of the first books to truly spark the environmentalist movement. It describes in great detail the little things we as humans are doing to damage our planet and all of its life; particularly through the use of pesticides. Little did we know‚ the pesticides not only infect the pests they were intended for‚ but also other plants‚ animals‚ and even human kind
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are being asked to take senseless and frightening risks‚ then we should no longer accept the counsel of those who tells us that we must fill our world with poisonous chemicals; we should look about and see what other course is open to us" (Carson‚ Silent Spring). Pesticides were introduced into the natural world near the middle of the 20th century as a means of allowing crops to develop resistance to disease and insect infestation‚ thus allowing vegetation to grow more effectively. Initially‚ various
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The use of language to convey changes and contrasts in mood and meaning Rachel Carson uses a wide variety of linguistics to convey various changes in mood and meaning. The extract has been labelled “A fable for tomorrow”; the word ‘fable’ shows Carson has intended to capture the reader’s thoughts about the article written and to suggest a meaningful moral at the end of the story. The first section begins with introducing a town in a very simple manner “there was once a town”‚ that an
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Silent Spring by: Rachel Carson Review: This book was focused on the concern of pesticides that industries‚ along with us as individuals‚ have been dumping (both knowingly and unknowingly) into water. Carson was concerned that the chemicals which the farmers spread on their fields‚ and even the chemicals we use in our homes (among others)‚ in the end‚ might come back around and harm us. The beginning of the book tells a story of a place‚ that was once so beautiful‚ turned dead and ugly due
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traditional saying expressing a common experience or observation. 3. Ad hominem – Appealing to one’s prejudices‚ emotions‚ or special interests rather than to one’s intellect or reason. Attacking an opponent’s character rather than answering his argument. 4. Allegory – A representation of an abstract or spiritual meaning through concrete or material forms; figurative treatment of one subject under the guise of another. 5. Alliteration – The repetition of initial sounds in successive words. 6.
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Patterson 1 Rachel Patterson Rankin English 3 AP 15 November 2012 Expository Draft Paine and Jefferson’s literacy works both inform the reader of the separation of Britain. They utilized very different rhetorical stratagies to express the significance of each of their piece. The pamphlet Common Sense‚ written by Thomas Paine‚ inspired colonists to strive for independence. Soon after the publication of Common Sense‚ Thomas Jefferson wrote the Declaration
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Rhetorical Devices Essay In Florence Kelley’s speech about child labor she emphasizes the need to obliterate these harsh working conditions for children. She uses pathos‚ rhetorical questions‚ and repetition to move the audience to act against child labor. With using these techniques throughout her speech she develops a well appealing argument for the audience to connect with. Florence Kelly incorporates pathos into her speech to enhance her argument. She wants the audience to feel for these
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Rhetorical Devices 1. Narration - Recounts a personal experience or tells a story based on a real or fictional circumstance. All details come together in an integrated way to create some central them or impression. 2. Point of view - The person or entity through whom the reader experiences the story. (Does not refer to the author’s/character’s feelings‚ opinions‚ perspectives‚ etc.) e.g. - Third-person‚ first-person 3. Exposition - The kind of writing that is intended primarily
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Rachel Carson’s “The Obligation to Endure” was a successful persuasive approach to opening society’s eyes to environmental issues. In “The Obligation to Endure”‚ Rachel Carson writes about the earth and how it has adapted to environmental changes in the span of millions of years. “Only within the moment of time represented by the present century has one species-man- acquired significant power to alter the nature of his world” (Rachel Carson 267). Carson states that mankind has done some irreversible
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