Different authors have their delicate way of presenting historical knowledge by the way they narrate their accounts and Helen Keller, in her short story The Day Language Came into My Life and Kay Boyle, in her short story Winter night, have distinct ways through which they do this. Keller for instance, walks the reader the memory lane by creating visual images through which the reader internalizes her troubled journey from birth to the day when English came into her life. For instance, she presents her account of how she met her teacher and how she changed her life. Also, she relates her excitement to historical and religious facts especially through the words, “words that were to make the world blossom for me, “like Aaron’s rod, with flowers” (Keller 6). Hers was real evidence of what happened in her life. It is an account of events that changed her destiny, and the impact this day had in her life is seen through this story of her life.
In the context of Boyle’s story, she brings in the time when the story was written through the way she depicts the mother, the voice and the events that take place at home. Through the words and the voice of the mother, it is clear that parenting is not complete with both parents in the home setup. In the story, “.nobody stays anywhere very long anymore..but when the fathers came back, and this would be miraculously changed” (Boyle 272), in Felicia’s mother’s words. Perhaps this depicts the results of the war. In as much as this is a personal account of a young girl Felicia, the voice and her mother, one can tell that this is the period during the war, and the fathers were away. The mothers were working to provide for their families as seen in this family.
Part B
Different authors have their delicate way of presenting historical knowledge by the way they narrate their accounts: Helen Keller, in her short story The Day Language Came into My Life and Kay Boyle, in her short story Winter night, have distinct ways through which they do this (1). Keller for instance, walks the reader the memory lane by creating visual images through which the reader internalizes her troubled journey from birth to the day when English came into her life (2). Clearly stated in the order is an account of how she met her teacher, how she changed her life and her learning experience as well (3). Also, she related her excitement to historical and religious facts especially through the words, “words that were to make the world blossom for me, “like Aaron’s rod, with flowers” (4). She gives real evidence of what happened in her life (5). It is an account of events that changed her destiny and the impact this day had in her life (6).
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- 32
- 25
- 29
- 10
- 27
I met the mark of academic average because it lies in the upper twenties, it is 28. The shortest sentence is number five while the longest is number one. I used long, medium length and short sentences.
- Label each sentence type: simple, compound, complex, or compound-complex
- Compound- Complex
- Compound
- Compound
- Complex
- Simple
- Compound
I used all the types of sentences but I relied on compound sentences a lot. Half of the paragraph contains them and this means that I rely on compound sentences more that I do the rest.
- The weak “to be” verbs are only two in this paragraph but they are used together with action verbs which is okay. I limited them in order to make my paragraph interesting
- After highlighting the beginning of sentences, I realize that all the sentences begin in a different way, and this makes the paragraph interesting. My subject appears in the first couple of sentences thrice and this is okay because it does so in a variety of ways.
- I used a colon only once in the paragraph to introduce the writers and the works they have written. I have used a variety of punctuation outside the coma and period.
- The third sentence is a good example of parallelism and it is the only one in the paragraph. It adds a sparkle in the essay, outside of common practice.
