Part 4: Writing to Evaluate Mortimer's Style 222

Read the beginning of the literary analysis paragraph. The writer has a very accomplished style. His descriptions make the facts more dramatic for the reader. Which sentence would further develop the paragraph by providing evidence to support the point? In addition to providing facts, the writer uses a variety of interesting words. The writer repeats the word "deadly" so much that it becomes alarming. Last night, I couldn't stop thinking, "Wow," about what the writer said. The writer has good control of his language, tone, and point of view.

The writer repeats the word "deadly" so much that it becomes alarming.

At what point should a writer introduce evidence in a paragraph? in the topic sentence before making a point after making a point in the concluding statement

after making a point

To make their language as precise as possible, writers should consider the , or suggested meanings, of words.

connotations

Read the sentence. The playwright created a tragedy with nice characterizations. Which underlined word would be the best to replace in order to create more precise wording? playwright tragedy nice characterizations

nice

The purpose of adding relevant evidence to a paragraph is to add a point. support a point. introduce a topic. conclude a topic.

support a point.

Read the literary analysis paragraph. In Parasite, author Mira Grant's writing style helps readers examine the dangers of medical technology. Grant uses precise wording to help readers grasp advanced medical concepts. Her clear style allows readers to explore a world that might otherwise be beyond them. What is the best thing for the writer to add to the paragraph to make it more effective? a concluding statement a specific point supporting evidence a topic sentence

supporting evidence

Which sentence uses precise, domain-specific wording? I enjoyed reading all that stuff the author wrote about the landscape. I found the author's writing long and wished he had cut out some words. I read the whole thing and thought the author did a pretty good job overall. I liked how the author's use of second-person point of view got my attention.

I liked how the author's use of second-person point of view got my attention.

Which question should writers ask in order to consider their audience? When is my writing due? Who will read my writing? How long should my writing be? How will I reach my writing goal?

Who will read my writing?

To analyze an author's style, which elements should the reader identify? Check all that apply. audience plot point of view tone word choice

point of view tone word choice

Read the passage from The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England. Perhaps the most difficult thing to come to terms with is the scale of death. Influenza, for example, is an affliction which you no doubt have come across. However, you have never encountered anything like Elizabethan flu. It arrives in December 1557 and lasts for eighteen months. In the ten-month period August 1558 to May 1559 the annual death rate almost trebles to 7.2 percent (normally it is 2.5 percent). More than 150,000 people die from it—5 percent of the population. This is proportionally much worse than the great influenza pandemic of 1918-19 (0.53 percent mortality). The evidence in the passage is strong because it is exciting to read. rephrases the topic. expresses an opinion. is relevant to the topic.

is relevant to the topic.

Read the sentence. Lots of writers have written good stuff other than books, like stuff for movies. Which is the best way to revise the sentence to include more precise wording? Modern novelists often expand to other genres, such as screenwriting. Modern writers often write books and other things, such as screenplays. Many writers choose to write other things instead of books, such as movies. Many novelists do good writing for books as well as for stuff like movies.

Modern novelists often expand to other genres, such as screenwriting.

Read the passage from The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England. If you want to know which years are a good time to visit and which years to avoid, the following is a guide to the extremes. The years of greatest plenty—i.e., those in which the price of grain is 20 percent or more below the average—are 1564, 1566, 1569-71, 1583-84, 1587-88, 1592-93, and 1602, the very best being 1592 and 1593, when grain prices are just 56 percent and 65 percent of the average. The author's objective tone is effective because it helps readers to analyze the information logically. enjoy the humor in the information. feel excited about the information. engage with the information emotionally.

analyze the information logically.

Lukas follows these steps when reading a text. Identify the author's purpose. Analyze elements of the author's style. Determine how the style supports the purpose. Lukas is the author's style.

evaluating

Which of these are examples of strong evidence? Check all that apply. evidence that is specific to the topic evidence that is directly related to the topic evidence that is based on personal opinions about the topic evidence that is substantial enough to fully support the topic evidence that is colorful enough to make the topic entertaining

evidence that is specific to the topic evidence that is directly related to the topic evidence that is substantial enough to fully support the topic

Read the literary analysis paragraph. Shakespeare's writing style reveals information about attitudes toward the landscape. His precise word choice provides detailed descriptions of the outdoors. In Titus Andronicus, he uses words like "ruthless," "vast," and "gloomy" to describe forests. Although he is known as the "playwright's playwright," Shakespeare could have been a travel guide. Which sentence from the paragraph contains the best use of domain-specific vocabulary? Shakespeare's writing style reveals information about attitudes toward the landscape. His precise word choice provides detailed descriptions of the outdoors. In Titus Andronicus, he uses words like "ruthless," "vast," and "gloomy" to describe forests. Although he is known as the "playwright's playwright," Shakespeare could have been a travel guide.

His precise word choice provides detailed descriptions of the outdoors.

Read the passage from The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England. 1.) It is easy to write the line "people starve to death"; it is much harder to deal with the harsh reality. 2.) But you need to understand this point, if only to see how little choice you might have in what you eat. 3.) The itinerant poor might literally die in the street. In what way is the second sentence effective? It highlights the number of impoverished people in Elizabethan England. It explains how the reader can avoid dealing with the hungry poor. It illustrates how the diet of Elizabethan England can benefit the reader. It emphasizes why this passage is important to the reader personally.

It emphasizes why this passage is important to the reader personally.

Read the passage from The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England. There are no roads across this wasteland, only track ways. Elizabethans see it as good for nothing but pasture, tin mining, and the steady water supply it provides by way of the rivers that rise there. Many people are afraid of such moors and forests. They are "the ruthless, vast and gloomy woods . . . by nature made for murders and for rapes," as Shakespeare writes in Titus Andronicus. Certainly no one will think of Dartmoor as beautiful. Sixteenth-century artists paint wealthy people, prosperous cities, and food, not landscapes. What is the effect of the author's word choice in the passage? It creates a condescending tone that conveys the author's dislike of the countryside. It supports the author's purpose of challenging the image of the romantic countryside. It emphasizes the author's position that travelers should go visit the countryside. It uses second-person point of view to compare the author's and reader's views of the countryside.

It supports the author's purpose of challenging the image of the romantic countryside.

When a reader evaluates an author's style, the reader memorizes passages of interest. adopts an attitude toward the text. summarizes the main topics in the text. judges it in a careful and thoughtful way.

judges it in a careful and thoughtful way.