Frioozeh Dumas Voice Analysis

Turkle is able to appeal to the readers emotions in her essay by telling stories and using strong

The language that Coates uses engulfs the reader into his thoughts by using vivid descriptions and actions. As he reveals his thoughts and concerns for his son, we are placed in the mist of his fear and experiences. Although he is able to paint his world for us, he also allows us to contemplate and interpret some of the meanings behind his words. Much as if we, ourselves were developing the thoughts and ideas behind his points of view. In this sense, he is telling the reader what to think while allowing them to process the information he has presented. Even though his ideas are drawn from personal experience and may have no factual backing, the mere contemplation of its correlation or being given some truth to the statement. Additionally, a tone is set throughout the article, his language not only captures the mind but emotions. His descriptive language intensifies when he

Throughout the essay, the use of vernacular speech can be observed when looking at the dialogue between characters. For example, “Good day, Mrs. Henderson. Momma responded with “How you, Sister Flowers?”. In the dialogue between Mrs. Henderson and Mrs. Flowers, it can be seen that Flowers speaks respectively with sophistication while Mrs. Henderson speaks carelessly using an older southern tone. This results in a clear comparison between the characters in the essay which represent the importance of education and vocabulary. The constant use of the wrong verb by “Momma” bothers the author, giving us a better idea of language’s role in her life. In addition, the author foreshadows part of the lifeline, so we gain a better understanding of the story when the lifeline is presented later on.

The narrator though an educator, is not very good at verbalizing his emotions. He tends to be the person who keeps everything inside

The most significant part of the entire text is that most of the readers will never feel the pain of author. The ability not to be able to relate and understand someone’s struggle is very impactful.

Along in with the author’s use of metaphors is the frequent use of imagery. In this reading, it is simple to envision the scenes as the different scenarios are explained and the audience can easily picture Staples in the places he is describing and also the people he comes across. Perhaps the most powerful and memorable imagery is provided in the author’s description of people’s different reactions and faces when they come into contact with him. Actions speak volumes and an immediate change of facial expression is possibly one of the

The date is June 6th, 1984, and American President Ronald Reagan stands solemnly before a massive stone monument on what he calls "a lonely, windswept point on the northern shore of France." On this historic day, the President of the United States stands solemnly before a small crowd of some of the bravest men living. The men assembled before him know these cliffs well. These are the Rangers who scaled the cliffs 40 years ago to do more than win the cliffs on the shores of Normandy. These are the Rangers who began the retaking of the entirety of Europe from Axis Control. That was 40 years ago, now only 90 of the original 225 sit before him now. All that can be heard are the crash of the waves on beach below and the occasional cry of a seagull

The author uses pathos, Logos, and diction/ word choice to reinforce his argument of the importance of reading. In the second paragraph the author uses the literary device , logos. Logos is a great way to make a strong argument because it's hard to refute facts. The author explains the data collected in the 2002 survey of public participation in the arts.

The author tries to convey this message mainly through writing this piece in first person while using the literary style of stream of consciousness. Periodically throughout the piece, the author shows his

Octavia Butler, the author of “Speech Sounds” and many other short stories, is a well-known author for her feminist point of view which might be attributed to her father who died when she was young and her mother taking on the role as the father figure as well as the mother figure. After the bus stop, Valerie Rye, the protagonist in this short story who goes by Rye for a lot of the short story, met Obsidian who Rye assumes his name to be; also, he used to be a LAPD officer. Rye immediately trusts Obsidian to drive her to Pasadena to see what is left of her family. In Octavia Butlers “Speech Sounds,” the men and women have reverse gender roles throughout this short story than we are used to because men in our world tend to have more power over women.

This piece is filled to the brim with emotion, causing even the most cold hearted of readers to feel the sorrow and suffering of the writer, Olaudah Equiano. Throughout the piece, he tells of horrific tales and focuses on the loss of his sister saying “the small relief which her presence gave me from pain was gone,..” The author’s emotion towards this loss is emphasized throughout the piece, and transmits to the reader who can feel the sorrow expressed in every word. The author’s opinion on his own life is also quite emotional. His pity towards the circumstances that make up his existence also evoke compassion towards the author’s life story. The reader is moved towards pity and sorrow as Equiano questions his own fate saying “as if fortune wished to give me this taste of joy, only to render the reverse more poignant.”

The author carefully crafts the story so that every detail contributes to a certain unique or single effect, whether it is as complex as irony or as simple as depiction of feelings. The Husband describes his absolute love for Ann as he reminisces about the years he spent with her and how deeply he "knows"

In the excerpt From Julia by Lillian Hellman, Hellman uses a casual tone to reveal an individuals capacity for self sacrafice in the face of complelling circumstances. By using a casual tone of voice in the writing and the dialogue between the two characters the excerpt is easy to read and easy to understand the meaning of the text. In this exerpt hellman uses multipke literary devices to help the reader better understand. Hellman uses devices such as foreshadowing, the mood Hellman sets and the attitude between the two main characters. To begin with, “...Lily meets with Julia, a childhood friend who has taken up the battle against Nazism.”

To further illustrate, for example, the literary themes in the preceding scene to the narrator’s defloration draws a parallel between her misperceived sense of control in this scene and her natural world. Does the narrator have real power in the relationship? Is a question that may be answered by analyzing the lines in this scene to the actual facts of the narrator’s relationship with her lover. The narrator says, “I’d rather you didn’t love me. But if you do…do as you usually do with women” (36), suggesting her feeling of control. The comparison between the details in her relationship to her lover in this scene and her relationship she has with her family, brings upon, a debatable question. If the narrator has real power in her life, then why do the facts of these relationships suggest otherwise? For example, in her initial meeting with the lover the narrator states her lover is under her spell. Even though, throughout the relationship the lover initiated contact, pushed towards intimacy, and, lastly, ended the relationship. This illustrates the untruthfulness of the facts the narrator portrays. In the previous scenes the narrator states that her lover “lacks the power to understand [her]” (36), in other words, she’s under the impression that others don’t understand her complexity. When in fact, the lover “looks at her in horror” in response to the narrator insistent demands of wanting him to “do as [he] usually [does] with women (36). Duras encourages this type of analysis through her sequential transition of the scenes, by continuously revisiting certain images, furthermore, attempting to reconstruct the narrator’s memories. These, in turn, play off the idea that the narrator’s sense of control in the relationship is misguided. That is to say, she continues to believe she is in control, even if, the lover’s prominent

We sat on a cheap wooden bench in the security room in the back of Lord and Taylor, our bags lay on their sides, the contents spilled across the concrete floor. Little white tags hung from the fabric, a few seams were noticeably ripped along the side ribbing of the clothing. Computer screens encompassed the room, the surveillance footage rotated intermittently from Camera 1 to Camera 2 to Dressing Room Camera. The man’s voice was barely audible through the wall behind me, as he called my parents and the authorities. He came back into the room with the woman who had grabbed my arm as I exited the department store, announcing that the price for all of the products I had stolen totaled to approximately $1,300 – though he hadn’t calculated in the damages of the torn clothing where the security buttons were ripped out. My best friend, better known as my fellow thief, called her mom to retrieve us. I used the thick silence of that car ride to prepare something mitigating to say to my mother. When I delicately, respectfully, quietly entered the foyer, my mom sat waiting, drilling me with questions. As I entered the foyer, my mom, who had been undoubtedly stewing in her own thoughts as she awaited my arrival, drilled me with questions. Why would you do this? Because it’s fun. Who made you do this? As if I can’t make my own decisions and fuck up my life on my own. How long has this been going on? I told her once before but in reality it had been going on for a while. WHY? Why not?