Posted by Lauren on Friday, October 19, 2012 at 1:43pm.
Did I do these correctly?
Read the following passage and write a brief paragraph that identifies:
a) the subject of the passage
b) the author's purpose for writing
c) the intended audience
d) the tone of the piece, and
e) the perspective or point of view.
Be sure that your paragraph has a topic sentence that identifies the subject, and provide evidence (quotes) from the excerpt to support each part of the analysis.
"Many times hath Satan troubled me concerning the verity of the scriptures, many times by Atheism, how I could know whether there was a God; I never saw any miracles to confirm me, and those which I read of how did I know but they were feigned. That there is a God my Reason would soon tell me by the wondrous workes that I see, the vast frame of the Heaven and the Earth, the order of all things, night and day, Summer and Winter, Spring and Autumne, the dayly providing for this great houshold upon the Earth, the preserving and directing of All to its proper end. The consideration of these things would with amazement certainly resolve me that there is an Eternall Being."
[To My Dear Children - An Electronic Edition, Anne Bradstreet 1612-1672; Original Source: The Works of Anne Bradstreet in Prose and Verse. Edited by John Harvard Ellis. (Charlestown: A. E. Cutter, 1867)]
My response:The subject of this passage is the writers transformation of questioning of whether or not there truly is a God to the personal conclusion made through surrounding wondrous works that there is indeed a God. The purpose for writing this piece is to express and entertain. This can be first be determined by the use of first person point of view to convey her feelings and experience. The author states, "That there is a God my reason would soon tell me by the wondrous workes that I see.." The entertainment is portrayed through the words like, "amazement" that evoke emotion from the reader. The intended audience could have simply been the author herself, her family, or other people that may share the same views of faith. The tone of this piece could be described as discovery and fulfillment. I could determine this when the author said, "The consideration of these things would with amazement certainly resolve me that there is an Eternall Being."
Read the following passage and write a brief paragraph that identifies:
a) the subject of the passage
b) the author's purpose for writing
c) the intended audience
d) the tone of the piece, and
e) the perspective or point of view.
Be sure that your paragraph has a topic sentence that identifies the subject, and provide evidence (quotes) from the excerpt to support each part of the analysis.
"All great and honourable actions are accompanied with great difficulties, and must be both enterprised and overcome with answerable courages. It was granted ye dangers were great, but not desperate; the difficulties were many, but not invincible. For though their were many of them likely, yet they were not certaine; it might be sundrie of ye things feared might never befale; others by providente care and ye use of good means, might in a great measure be prevented; and all of them, through ye help of God, by fortitude and patience, might either be borne, or overcome."
[From the journal of William Bradford]
This passage is from the journal of William Bradford. It expresses his experience with great difficulties and dangers. He found that although he feared many things, through God's providente care and answerable courages many of these things could be borne, or overcome. I know that this was written in first person point of view because it conatains Bradford's personal experiences and emotions. The purpose was to express. He paints a personal experience for his audience through desciptive and emotional text. Because it is from a journal, the intended audience was likely for himself and family and friends. The tone could be described as conquerable and inspirational. He used words like, "..through ye help of God, by foritude and patience, might be borne, or overcome" and "...dangers were great, but not desperate."
- English - PsyDAG, Friday, October 19, 2012 at 6:51pm
We do not do your homework for you. Although it might take more effort to do the work on your own, you will profit more from your effort. We will be happy to evaluate your work though.
- English - Lauren, Tuesday, October 23, 2012 at 11:04am
well, if you will notice I gave the question and then my response.
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