As an author, Orlean used many writerly choices to get her purpose across to her readers. Were they all effective? We will leave that up to the individual to decide...
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1. Orlean used many quotes in her story. Effective or no?
-Not so much. There were too many quotes in the article and most of which undermined what
she said right before it. The quotes contradicted what she said and therefore made the article
less effective. The last reason the quotes didn't work out is because a lot of them were so perfect that it left a lot of us thinking, "Did she make this up?".
2. Orlean really put herself in the life of a taxidermist? Did this work for her?
-I think so. She did the perfect amount of research to make her readers feel as though she was a
trustworthy source to take information from. She built her ethos up by doing so.
3. Orlean presented her information in a long article. Effective or no?
-Not for me. The article seemed to drag on. She could have shortened it a bit to make it shorter
and to the point. Most of my classmates thought the same thing as I did. Booooring! Orlean
could have done a better job at making the article more interesting. Instead it was just another
boring informational article about something most of us don't care about.
I like how you set up this post. What I want to see is more examples from the text. Make sure you're using examples for each point you make.
ReplyDeleteI am still interested in what Orlean could have done to make this article work for you. You find it boring, right? So what would make it more exciting? Remember the cut-up paragraph we did in class? That bio says that she likes taking these weird unknown parts of life and writing about them for others to learn about. Doesn't she do that? So maybe it's not boring...it just was boring to you. What you need to do then is to find out why you thought it was boring. Specifics! (Why did it drag on? At what parts? What was unnecessary? Analyze further.)
I agree with what Ash said in the second part. While I was reading this, I didn't relate with you because I thought the article was an interesting topic and cool. If you thought it was boring, provide examples.
ReplyDeleteYour first question grasped my attention because I wrote about her quotes as well. It was very different from my perspective, but as Ash mentions "At what parts?" made you question yourself, "Did she make this up?" Your explanation are straight forward, but be specific.