You may know some information about text structure, but how can you compare and contrast the structures of a non-fiction excerpt and article. Well first you would need to find all the text structures that are being used in the text or writing piece. Few examples are statistics, main ideas and details, cause and effects,etc. In the article of ‘ ' Super Disasters of the 21st century ' ', by Jacqueline Adams and Ken Kostel and the excerpt of,‘ 'The Perfect Storm’’, by Sebastian Junger, the author’s use text structures to describe the cause and effect of the disasters, by using the source of the types of text structures. So our question now is, what are some of those text structures that can help us find the difference and similarities of both the excerpt and the article?
In the scientific article,’’Super Disasters of the 21st Century,’’ by Jacqueline Adams and Ken Kostel, used text structure to visualize and organize their text about the natural disasters, causes and effects. They achieved this by using the strategy subheadings, and one example is, in paragraph 10 titles,’’Sinking City.’’ This foreshadows what event will happen next about the disaster of hurricane Katrina and focuses on the causes and effects of thedsaster. Authors may use subheadings also for organizing their text and to present information in the article. Next what the authors used in the scientific article,’’Super Disaster of the 21st century,’’ is figurative language, and to prove that it states
How do two text compare to each other with their differences and similarities? Each text can be unique in their way and can be similar in other. They can be compared based on themes, setting, and style of writing. Each text is similar and unique in their own way.
The book A Magnificent Catastrophe by Edward J. Larson tells the story about the presidential campaigns and election of 1800, the first peaceful exchange of powers between two parties that occurred without violence or civil war. Larson referred the election of 1800 as the ‘Second American Revolution’ because it solved many unsolved issues about the government. One of which is the electoral votes between Thomas Jefferson and Aaron Burr, that resulted in a tie and led to a change in the Constitution in which the Twelfth Amendment stated to clearly vote between the president and the vice president. Larson illustrated how both science and religion, confrontation between John Adams, the Federalist and Thomas Jefferson, the Democratic-Republican,
In the book, “A Magnificent Catastrophe” by Edwawrd J. Larson, the author views all the aspects of the events that occurred in the 1800’s during America’s first presidential campaign. The presidential election during the 1800’s was the first campaign that shaped the country’s future. The election was full of chaos and confrontations, and there was a rivalry battle between members of different parties. One of the members was Thomas Jefferson from the Republicans, and on the other side, it was John Adams from the Federalists. In 1776, both Jefferson and Adams were sent as delegates to the second-continental congress to declare independence. When they were there, they wrote the Declaration of Independence. After signing the Declaration of Independence,
In the book A Magnificent Catastrophe, the author, Edward J. Larson, depicts a story or stories of the unimaginably eccentric elections that have occurred in the United States of America. The author goes on to write and explain the details that happened in the First Presidential Campaign in the 1800’s. Larson builds a strong case to explain the ideas that the John Adams/Thomas Jefferson “battle” of 1800 brought to the table in accordance to each of their beliefs and how the newly free country should be governed. There were the Federalists, who were led by John Adams, who viewed their America as having a strong government and led by the guiding principles of power to the president and society’s elite. On the other hand, there were the Republicans who were led by Vice-President, Thomas Jefferson; he believed that the government should be egalitarian and allow power to its people,. The presidential campaigns were the first in American history and helped form the ideals of a stable government, which controlled the future for the America we live in today. It is effectively important to notice that Larson explains that, “The longtime friends had become
I found headings from each paragraph. To finish this, text structure between these two articles have different
Diction, line structure, syntax, figurative language, and imagery. The theme is brought out by these five structures of writing. These five structures individually portray parts of the theme, but when they are all put together, they portray the theme in its entirety. These elements of structure give life to the theme and make that writing piece more alluring. Writers use these five elements of structure to create a sense of emotion and theme in their writing. Diction, figurative language, and syntax are used to bring the theme, society does not want others to see their weaknesses therefore they hide their true selves behind a “mask”, to life.
The strong language, used to emphasize the immediacy of the need for disaster relief in Texas, not had an arousing effect on the audience, but an inspiring one as well. Moreover, the casual tone, used to communicate the message of the column, was successful in connecting to the audience of everyday struggling American. Additionally, the acclaimed speech, used to support the message of the article, established the creditably of the argument being presented.
Does anyone remember the Republican predictions of disaster during the last eight years? They warned us what could happen if Obama was elected President and if Congress was controlled by Democrats. Let me list my personal top ten:
The Author of this article uses the elements through logical connections and word choices. The Author uses word
In the book, “Expressways writing scenarios” chapter 14 Comparison and Contrast by Kathleen McWhorter gives an overview of comparing and contrasting an essay structure. To compare and contrast one can brainstorm and make two columns one compare that is similarities and the second contrast that is the differences. By listing them into two categories, it will make it easier for one to link these two. Also to help one is to make point of comparison and contrast which puts the details of the subjects into groups. Pointing out the characteristics and the features of the subjects. The two ways to organize paragraphs one can use the subject-by-subject or point by point methods. The subject-by-subject method one write both subject convert them, then
A writers writing structure holds different meanings and
One of the most important things about words may not be the actual content of what is being written, but rather the structure of what is being written. More specifically, the mechanics of our sentences often sway readers towards unexpected directions.
In 2005, Hurricane Katrina caused massive damage around Gulf of Mexico. Especially, New Orleans was flooded most severely, so once approximately 80% of the city was under the water. Many articles criticize the poor management for Katrina, on the other hand, some articles can positively accept the preparation for Hurricane Sandy in 2012. For example, GSN (Government Security News) released their article in 2015, and the title is “Response to Sandy shows Katrina lessons mostly learned, says former FEMA chief”. In 2005, many people died, and many people are forced to move from New Orleans or other affected towns, however, now the hurricane disaster reduction plans in the U.S. are based on lessons from 2005. We should reflect the crisis event, so, first of all, to check the timeline of Katrina and to specify the problem of planning or reaction. The second, to understand the FEMA and “Hurricane Pam” exercise. “Hurricane Pam” exercise was held prior to Katrina, and the exercise clear many problems for emergency planning. One of the major problems was transportation. Many people lacked the transportation to evacuation shelter, and the problem was indicated before Katrina. The third, with a chart of employment trends, to realize the social impact of Katrina. The employment trends are related to next topic: race and class. Black workers faced the more difficult situation to get their jobs than white workers. (Elliott 2006). The last is to introduce BBC article about the
While natural disasters such as floods, drought and hurricanes are commonly thought to occur due to environmental forces such as weather, climate and tectonic movements; a deeper investigation into the ‘disaster’ displays other contributing forces. Human factors have a large, if not equal, contribution to the occurrance and outcome of such disasters (Pelling, 2001). As Pelling (2001) argues, there is both a physical and human dimension to ‘natural disasters’. The extent to which the natural occurrence of a physical process, such as a flood or earthquake, impacts on society is constructed by that society, creating a ‘disaster’ as measured by a
This paper will discuss the differences between two different natural and man-made disasters. The disasters that will be discussed are Hurricane Katrina and the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. Additionally, this paper will look into the specifics of what constitutes a natural and man-made disaster. Specifically, this paper will look into each disaster to include the events surrounding them; the risks; and the assessments. Furthermore, this paper will look at some of the details of each disaster and why there was so much devastation. Finally, this paper will look at a few similarities, but mainly the differences between the two, and how the effects of each still linger today.