Jacobs’ language is personal and uses personal examples to make the reader feel like they are violating someone’s privacy or eavesdropping. Conversely‚ Douglass’ language is factual and less emotional‚ while still using personal examples and educating the reader on what is really going on. Both Jacobs’ and Douglass’ language and writing styles are useful and give us a lot of insight into the era and impact of slavery. Douglass talks in a way that feels much likes lecturer on hour one of a four-hour
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Writing Reader-Friendly Documents 1. Overview The traditional way of writing government documents has not worked well. Too often‚ complicated and jargon-filled documents have resulted in frustration‚ lawsuits‚ and a lack of trust between citizens and their government. To overcome this legacy‚ we have a great responsibility to communicate clearly. Studies show that clearly written regulations improve compliance and decrease litigation. Writing that considers our readers’ needs improves the
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that seems to foreshadow the death of Beowulf and gives the reader a huge clue as to what is going to happen. Another example is this quote‚ “But fate‚ that night‚ intended/ Grendel to gnaw the broken bones/ Of his last human/ Supper” (33: 309). This line causes the reader to expect what is about to happen and changes a possibly creative line into something that gives the rest of the scene away‚ therefore losing the interest of the reader. “And Beowulf uttered his final boast: I’ve/ never known
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for the reader. Some examples of onomatopoeia is ‘those eyeballs click and the gentle pitter-patter. The uses of these words make the reader feel as if it is soft and gentle. But those words are over exaggerated onomatopoeia . this over exaggerated onomatopoeia Dawe uses gives the audience an insight on how mean‚ strict and controlling the drill sergeant is. Secondly‚ Bruce also shows unfavourable light through the text structure and the way the poem is presented. Dawe expects the readers to know
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logic‚ Ehrenreich establishes her credibility and creates a trustworthy bond between herself and the readers‚ allowing them to feel the pain she has felt as a blue-collar employee. The logic is‚ specifically‚ sensed through the footnotes of the essay. The very fact that she has footnotes establishes a sense of knowledge; a sense that the author clearly knows what she is talking about and wants the readers to know both what she is talking about and that she is a credible source. The footnotes provide other
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Title ridicules ’explorers’ and makes them seem immature through the use of ’boys’ Helicopter duo plucked from life-raft after Antarctic crash Use of ’plucked’ makes the explorers seem useless and helpless. Aims to embarrass them and make the reader scoff at how humorous it sounds for someone to be plucked from a crash Their last expedition ended in farce when the Russians threatened to send in military planes to intercept them as they tried to cross into Siberia via the icebound Bering Strait
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in Their Own Words" by Vivian Marquez successfully makes use of rhetorical devices in order to persuade the reader of her need for financial assistance. Some of the rhetorical devices she used successfully throughout her essay are an imagery‚ metaphor‚ and repetition. In her essay‚ Marquez used her successful weapon of imagery in order to persuade her target audience and current readers about her struggling situation. Her uses of descriptive language in imagery‚ which represents ideas visually
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develop a humorous tone. Tone is when the reader feels a specific way towards the story. The reader would find the story funny because of how irony is used in it. Both sitional and verbal irony are used throughout the story to develop a humorous tone. Verbal irony is used in many instances in the story to create humor. One of the first instances of situational irony is when the “would be” kidnappers first carry little “Red Chief” off to their lair. The reader expects the kidnappers to have the urge
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point of their stories more evident and have a greater impact on the readers. The most evident writing technique the authors used is repetition. In Ain’t I a Woman‚ she repeats the name of the title after every point she makes. It helps the audience remember the main purpose of her
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leave the reader‚ asking how or why. For example there is a spot at the beginning of my paper where I wrote‚ “Though the reader can distinguish that the happiness of the ending depends on which characters point of view we take‚ this story leads us that it does not only end happily‚ but also‚ justly.” In this section it may have been better if I had shown my intention to show how the story turned out “justly”. Unfortunately I do not make this clear and go on with the assumption most readers would find
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