Comparing and contrasting is an effective way to create vision and add strength to any text or writing. Comparing is looking at the similarities between two or more things whereas contrasting is looking at the differences. When you are writing a descriptive essay, it is common to need to compare and contrast. If you didn't, there wouldn't be any differential between points or items you need to point out or describe.
There are two different ways to effectively compare and contrast. The first is the side by side, and the second is subject to subject. Side by side takes each concept and compares them point by point. Subject to subject takes the concept as a whole and compares off of that. For example, let's say we're comparing two images. The side by side techniques takes each aspect of the image and compares them side by side; comparing the setting, then comparing the timing, people in the image, etc. Subject to subject says this is an image of a flower in the summer, and this is an image of a leave in the fall, comparing the image as a whole. Both are equally effective and are very successful in comparing and contrasting in any text.
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
cause and effect
cause and effect are huge in narrative writing. They benefit the reader so much by being able to understand why events happen, why certain things follow certain events and how events tie together. They engage the reader as well because they in ways define how things happen and create a chain reaction. This provides clarity and understanding to the audience.
cause and effect are great tools for writers to look for in text. When analyzing a cause and effect paper you have to be actively reading and soaking up your text. you have to look for causes of effects and how they tie together. Writer's should always be asking questions about the text they are reading like why it happened, how it happened, what let up to it, etc.
cause and effect are great tools for writers to look for in text. When analyzing a cause and effect paper you have to be actively reading and soaking up your text. you have to look for causes of effects and how they tie together. Writer's should always be asking questions about the text they are reading like why it happened, how it happened, what let up to it, etc.
Thursday, September 1, 2011
assignment 2
Narrative Structure
When writing a narrative, you can't just throw a bunch of details together and hope that the reader will understand. Narrative's have to have structure. Narrative's are telling a story so they have to be engaging and make sense to the reader. When telling a story, it's not just about telling point A, then point B. It's a story, sometimes our own and it needs life, and emotion. Otherwise it would be like hearing a story from Mr. Rogers over and over and over again. Boring, dull and lifeless.
Underneath all the great detail, you will see a structure. A framework or blueprint if you will. Most narrative's follow the framework of starting with the setup or background for the story, next the conflict which is why the story is important and makes up the bulk of the story and then the resolution which is the finishing and concluding of the conflict. Then, underneath it all, Narrative's are written in chronological order. On top of this, many narrative's will have a flashback or a flash-forward to show significance to a detail or to an insight.
When writing a narrative, you can't just throw a bunch of details together and hope that the reader will understand. Narrative's have to have structure. Narrative's are telling a story so they have to be engaging and make sense to the reader. When telling a story, it's not just about telling point A, then point B. It's a story, sometimes our own and it needs life, and emotion. Otherwise it would be like hearing a story from Mr. Rogers over and over and over again. Boring, dull and lifeless.
Underneath all the great detail, you will see a structure. A framework or blueprint if you will. Most narrative's follow the framework of starting with the setup or background for the story, next the conflict which is why the story is important and makes up the bulk of the story and then the resolution which is the finishing and concluding of the conflict. Then, underneath it all, Narrative's are written in chronological order. On top of this, many narrative's will have a flashback or a flash-forward to show significance to a detail or to an insight.
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
assignment 1
yay! first post on a blog ever! woop!
anyways, onto the assignment.
Narratives
A narrative after all is telling a story. What does a story need to be engaging to your audience? What does a story need to be fluent and make sense? When writing a narrative you can use what are called story grammar's. Story grammar's are an attempt to set up rules that provide a framework and structure for any story. They make any story easily comprehensible to any desired audience. Story grammar's identify basics in any story and tie those basics together to create a great story. To use story grammar's you must identify the topics of the story that are most important and use them in the body of a paragraph followed by a transition into the next topic(s) in the next paragraph. Of course, after identifying those topics, details need to be added to paint the picture in the reader's mind. The following paragraph is an example of story grammar's at work. It is out of a paper for my english class that is entitled "Four Defining Moments."
anyways, onto the assignment.
Narratives
A narrative after all is telling a story. What does a story need to be engaging to your audience? What does a story need to be fluent and make sense? When writing a narrative you can use what are called story grammar's. Story grammar's are an attempt to set up rules that provide a framework and structure for any story. They make any story easily comprehensible to any desired audience. Story grammar's identify basics in any story and tie those basics together to create a great story. To use story grammar's you must identify the topics of the story that are most important and use them in the body of a paragraph followed by a transition into the next topic(s) in the next paragraph. Of course, after identifying those topics, details need to be added to paint the picture in the reader's mind. The following paragraph is an example of story grammar's at work. It is out of a paper for my english class that is entitled "Four Defining Moments."
The first moment that came to mind is not only memorable but totally defines a piece of the puzzle that is Sarah Hatch. One day, a week into Kindergarten I was admiring a girl’s outfit in my class. Chloe always wore the latest styles for kids our age and she owned it. I remembered wishing I looked like that. By no means did I look straight off of the street or like I crawled out of a garbage can, but I didn’t look stylish. My mom dressed me and she loved to see me in ethereal florals, pretty pastels and whimsical lines which are really what girls my age should be wearing. I couldn’t take it anymore. After school that day, I marched right up to my mother and said, “I wanna dress cool. I don’t think you should dress me anymore.” And we marched straight off to the mall. From that moment on, I have been fashion-obsessed and best dressed all by my own accord. Kindergarten? 5 years-old? Was I really already that outspoken? Later, that quickly found talent would get me into trouble.
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