A Story from Start to Finish
Brian Doyle’s “Joyas Volardores” explores the life and emotions that come with being alive. This essay, even though it is written about hummingbirds, speaks about the hearts of many. To convey such emotion, Doyle intertwines long, detailed sentences with short and to the point ones all while telling a captivating story. In The Well Crafted Sentence, Nora Bacon describes a “both/and” (10) style of writing that can be used. This manner of writing showcases metaphor filled sentences that are seen as more pleasurable because they are paired with plain style sentences. By beginning his essay with compact, then leading into lengthy and descriptive sentences, Doyle accomplishes a both/and style of writing.
There are a few extensive sentences in Doyle’s essay, but, the majority of them are concise and to the point. To start writing using a both/and style, one must begin writing with a plain style. This is described as “a writer who masters the stylistic principles of the plain style, earnestly
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In her book, Bacon speaks of E.B. White who “strongly cautions against writing that calls attention to itself” (Bacon 9). But, she thinks the opposite of this. She believes that “the best writers also seek pleasure, perhaps for themselves as they write and certainly for us as we read” (10). Seeking pleasure from writing can come in multiple forms. At Boston University, Doyle read multiple stories, all of which are true, that he felt pleasure from and a connection with. To Doyle, a story shows so much more than just what meets the eye. A story should make you feel a connection. In “Joyas Volardores,” Doyle writes with much emotion, saying in it that “So much held in a heart in a lifetime. So much held in a heart in a day, an hour, a moment” (Doyle). From his guest lecture at Boston University, one can conclude that Doyle enjoys writing for the purpose of telling an enjoyable
Throughout the article, Leonard Pitts Jr. makes it abundantly clear his disapproval of the "McBudget" strategy served up by the fast food mega giant. The mood portrayed could at best be described as complete and utter disbelief, with a bitter pinch of anguish. Metaphorically punching well-crafted, rational hole after hole into an exceedingly narrow-minded proposal, used to shade a harsh reality. Though subtle and straight forward, it's the underlining depths of the author's argument which truly bear the antagonizing weight in the piece. The masterful used of the word "bupkes" for example; conveys a rhetorical first strike. A Yiddish word meaning "next to nothing"; Pitts' particular choice of language supplemented a more culturally philosophical notion.
With an evident attempt at objectivity, the syntax of Passage 1 relies almost entirely on sentences of medium length, uses a few long sentences for balance, and concludes with a strong telegraphic sentence. The varying sentence length helps keep the readers engaged, while also ensuring that the writing remains succinct and informative. Like the varying sentence length, the sentence structures vary as complex sentences are offset by a few scattered simple sentences. The complex sentences provide the necessary description, and the simple sentences keep the writing easy to follow. Conversely, Passage 2 contains mostly long, flowing sentences, broken up by a single eight word sentence in the middle. This short sentence, juxtaposed against the length of the preceding and following sentences, provides a needed break in the text, but also bridges the ideas of the two sentences it falls between. The author employs the long sentences to develop his ideas and descriptions to the fullest extent, filling the sentences with literary elements and images. Coupled...
One of the biggest determinants for the success of a writer is engaging and maintaining the interest of a variety of readers. While there are endless approaches to telling a story, as well as many writing styles, the most effective writings are the ones that successfully impress a diverse audience. The essays Eating Chili Peppers and Conforming to Stand Out: A Look at American Beauty are two different styles of essays that unveil a similar search for self-gratification. While the essays cover different topics and the authors use different writing styles and approaches to engage the reader, they both unveil a similar underlying message of a search for self-gratification.
As people age they will often still recall a good childhood story. A well told, meaningful story can go a long way when attempting to argue a point or convey information. In the essays, ''The Myth of The Latin Women: I Just Met a Girl Named Maria" by Judith Ortiz Cofer, "Gains and Losses" by Richard Rodriquez, and "Piecing It All Together" by bell hooks, the authors connect to the reader and create a better audience through their writing. Through the portrayal of a story the authors help the reader understand their point of view, they transfer information to the reader with better ease, and keep the reader engaged the authors argue a point or convey information more efficiently.
Ender is first shown as intelligent and skillful, and Peter shows the same attributes throughout the story. Ender uses his intellect to triumph over his bullies, and this translates to his experience in the Battle Room. He has to outsmart the enemy, rather than beat them physically, and it worked in his favor the majority of the time. Ender understands when he has to use his physicality to beat a bully, but also knows when he has to strategize to avoid a certain situation. When Ender is encountered by Bonzo after he won the battle by disobeying Bonzo’s orders, he has to use his judgement rather than his fists to get what he wants. Ender argued with Bonzo, “‘... I’ll pretend that you won this argument. Then tomorrow you can tell me you changed your mind.’ ‘I don’t need you to tell me what to do.’ ‘I don’t want the other guys to think you backed down. You wouldn’t be able to command as well’” (Card 87). Ender understands what his enemy, in this case Bonzo, wants, and knows how he can make both of them get what they want. He doesn’t resolve to violence when he knows that he can use a different method that benefits him. Ender’s intelligence and strategizing helps him overcome the difficulty he approaches throughout his life. Peter also uses his intellect to benefit himself throughout the events that happen.
Writing is a mirror of one's personality. When we write, we reveal a part of ourselves. We reveal our mind. We reveal our thoughts. If it is possible to exist, then it is possible to write, because writing is thinking, and thoughts are existence. This especially holds true to the mind of Edgar Allan Poe, who through writing time and time again about his love and loss through both poetry and general prose, generates the story of his life. In these pieces, not only does he create original plots, but deep within the fabric of these plots springs a background world of Poe's own life, deeper than any allegory he produces or any poem he completes. The dark corners of Poe's mind are distinctly represented in his entire work body. Experiences, mostly negative, are displayed as signs everywhere in each of his publications. Not everything is shown straight out, sometimes you have to search for hidden meaning. Sometimes, you have to think to understand thought. Intended or not, Poe left his imprint in "Annabel Lee," "The Tell-Tale Heart," and "Eldorado," all of which tell thrilling tales. Many read the bare surface of Poe's bold narratives, and not much else. There is a deeper meaning to the text which connects the dream world to reality.
Owens and Sawhill use pathos to evoke the feelings of their readers. This method establishes
British playwright W. Somerset Maugham agrees that there are no set standards to writing, and it is up to the author to find which creative elements help them portray their idea in the way they find most effective. With authors Brian Doyle and Anne Carson, both take unconventional approaches to writing to create an effect unable to be explored with a classically styled narrative. In Joyas Voladoras, Doyle uses extended metaphors and seemingly randomly inserted facts to draw importance to certain parts of the essay. Meanwhile Carson uses perspective as a tool to find the meaning of her seemingly random short stories from Short Talks.
In Florence Kelley's speech to the people attending the NAWSA convention, she uses emotional appeal to motivate her audience to convince their male counterparts to legalize voting for women, and also to persuade the males to help put an end to child labor.
Secondly, “A Place to Stand On” an essay of assimilation and connection to the past. And finally, “Why I Write” a composition on how writing grows along side the author. Each of these essays relays the proposition of writing being more than an escape, but less than an accustomed piece of work. Barbara Kingsolver, author of “Not So Deadly Sin” allows herself to
All people think differently, and see things in different ways. Seymour gross wrote “Solitude, and Love, and Anguish”: The Tragic Design of The Scarlet Letter. Gross’s article that experience, understanding of tone, and deep thought, play a vital role when analyzing a novel, or any piece of writing.
How would the world be without disagreements? Well, for starters, it would be very dim after all, if there was never disagreements then the world we know would still think the earth was at the center of the universe. In the speech by Bret Stevens titled “The Dying Art of Disagreement” he tells a little about this and so much more. He talks about how people are not as open-minded to different opinions on different topics and how intelligent arguments are dying out. The author Bret Stevens use of logos, ethos, and pathos to assist in convincing and swaying the reader that the art of conducting intelligent disagreements is something that societies need to grow.
The two essays, Splintered Literacies and Writing in Sacred Spaces, both revolve around the inherent “why” of storytelling. Each addresses a different facet, with the former delving into how the types and varieties of writing we experience affect our identities. Meanwhile, the latter explores the idea of thought concretization. Humanity developed writing as a tool to capture the otherwise intangible. Whether belief or abstract concept, the act of putting something in writing creates a concreteness, trapping the thought in a jar like a firefly. The thoughts and ideas we manifest onto the page or into the air give life to our knowledge, perpetuating its’ existence.
In Flannery O’Connor’s fascinating essay “On Her Own Work,” she claims that what makes a story work is “probably some action, some gesture of a character that is unlike any other in the story, one which indicates where the real heart of the story lies. That would be the gesture which was both totally right and unexpected... a gesture that somehow made contact with mystery.”
Students have been writing essays since education was formalized centuries ago. There are several formats that they are taught throughout the course of their formal education, two of the most common being; Narrative, and Descriptive. Both of these have distinct characteristics that define them, and while they share many similar qualities and are developed to make the reader immerse themselves in the story. Narratives tend to have the power to capture and persuade on a deeper level than most descriptive papers. Two prime examples are the narrative I Want a Wife by Judy Brady and the descriptive essay Fish Cheeks by Amy tan. While they both do an exceptional job at delivering a lesson Brady’s causes you to think from the beginning, her use of the rhetorical devices such as pathos, ethos, and logos are incorporated with a heavy use of sarcasm and harsh remarks that claws for the reader’s attention.