A.1: These fragments are similar in their goals; together they conjure an image of the past. A.2: In the first half of the article, the author is reminiscing about a special time in her mother’s life. In the second half, she reveals her longing for the simplicity of the past.
1). The content of these incomplete sentences are all in relation to the authors’ great-grandfathers drugstore. Which all work together to form a collected image of the drugstore. 2). The point of view in the first half of the story is basically her mother’s childhood memories of her grandfather’s shop. Meanwhile in the second half is about the author’s life and how her personality connects to the lost mint snowball. In the second half she could explain her loss of the world than she could in the first half.
Class Blog Alana Blood-Slay & Sierra Hunt 1. The short sentences in the essay are used to help explain the subject and provide more bursts of information about the thing that is being described. It’s being used to enhance the readers understanding of the setting of the essay. 2. I would describe the first half of the story as reverent, where the author is looking back on her memories of her family and what the snowball meant to them, whereas the second half of the story is more bleak and depressing. It is about how the author’s life is missing a piece because of that part of her history being irreplaceable. I would think the author can be happy in the first section, because she does have that empty space and feels lost without her families snowball recipe.
1. In the first paragraph the writer uses Low Style. There are also many uses of run on sentences as well as the misuse of too many periods. There are many sentences that could be put together with the use of commas and colons within the first paragraph. There are many fragmented sentences as well. 2. The author is describing the scene in the first part of the story. The first part is also more about traditions, family, and the past. In the second half of the story, the author changes the story from being about the family and traditions to the author describing her current lifestyle and how the lack of the family recipe has impacted her life. There is also no transition from the first half to the second half of the story.
1. The fragment sentences are all similar in that they are describing something. We think the author uses this technique to “strike a chord” with the audience, to make an impact, and to really emphasize the descriptions. This style takes advantage of the low style of writing which really connects with casual readers.
2. The point of view in the first half of the essay seems like is the author looking back on happy memories. The author uses descriptions to paint a beautiful picture of a situation. In the second half of the essay, the point of view is from a current point of view. In the second half the author can give firsthand accounts of what is taking place and how she felt about it because she’s giving her account. She can’t do this in the first half because she was not there, she’s only recounting her mother’s memories.
1. The fragments are all descriptive of the shop. They all help paint the picture of the scene of the memory. 2. The first half of the story illustrates the history of the Mint Snowball. The second half focuses on the loss of the recipe and "what could have been." She had to first describe the Mint Snowball and the history to relate that to her present feelings.
1.) The shorter sentences are used to briefly recall the memories his mother has when she was younger. They work within the essay because they are the little details his mom recalls. 2.) The first half is recalling his great-grandfather's store. It gives details of the store and the "mint snowball" he invented. The second half is the narrator discussing how he feels about his great-grandfather giving up the recipe and how that could be the clue to his personality. The first half is also more of a happier time versus the second half being more serious.
1. Nye's use of sentence fragments in this narrative are used to provide the reader with imagery in order for them to get the sense of actually being in the drugstore. He is almost reminiscing of his times at the drugstore. He is writing his thoughts as they come to him. Not necessarily how they should be written properly.
2. The perspective in the first half of this narrative begins with the great-grandson’s vision on what he remembers about the store and about the infamous mint snowball. In the second half it switches to his mothers and how she swears that she can reproduce the item but never actually does. Nye also focuses on how he thinks that the long lost recipe has something to do with his missing piece in life.
1. Nye uses sentence fragments like: dreamy fans, wide summer afternoons and snow frosting the roofs to emphasize the “illustrated” memories of her childhood. These sentences serve as flashbacks of the past. 2. In the first half of the narrative the author talks about her childhood memories of her grandfather’s Mint Snowballs. In the second half the author talks about her own life and how her current personality is linked to the lost Mint Snowballs.
1. The fragments make the story more child-like. It works with the story because she is writing about a childhood memory.
2. The first half of the story was showing the history of the Mint Snowball. The second half focuses on the grandfather selling the recipe and the family trying to recreate it. It shows how his personality is missing a certain aspect in life. The “what ifs’” in his life.
A.1: These fragments are similar in their goals; together they conjure an image of the past.
ReplyDeleteA.2: In the first half of the article, the author is reminiscing about a special time in her mother’s life. In the second half, she reveals her longing for the simplicity of the past.
1). The content of these incomplete sentences are all in relation to the authors’ great-grandfathers drugstore. Which all work together to form a collected image of the drugstore.
ReplyDelete2). The point of view in the first half of the story is basically her mother’s childhood memories of her grandfather’s shop. Meanwhile in the second half is about the author’s life and how her personality connects to the lost mint snowball. In the second half she could explain her loss of the world than she could in the first half.
Class Blog Alana Blood-Slay & Sierra Hunt
ReplyDelete1. The short sentences in the essay are used to help explain the subject and provide more bursts of information about the thing that is being described. It’s being used to enhance the readers understanding of the setting of the essay.
2. I would describe the first half of the story as reverent, where the author is looking back on her memories of her family and what the snowball meant to them, whereas the second half of the story is more bleak and depressing. It is about how the author’s life is missing a piece because of that part of her history being irreplaceable. I would think the author can be happy in the first section, because she does have that empty space and feels lost without her families snowball recipe.
1. In the first paragraph the writer uses Low Style. There are also many uses of run on sentences as well as the misuse of too many periods. There are many sentences that could be put together with the use of commas and colons within the first paragraph. There are many fragmented sentences as well.
ReplyDelete2. The author is describing the scene in the first part of the story. The first part is also more about traditions, family, and the past. In the second half of the story, the author changes the story from being about the family and traditions to the author describing her current lifestyle and how the lack of the family recipe has impacted her life. There is also no transition from the first half to the second half of the story.
1. The fragment sentences are all similar in that they are describing something. We think the author uses this technique to “strike a chord” with the audience, to make an impact, and to really emphasize the descriptions. This style takes advantage of the low style of writing which really connects with casual readers.
ReplyDelete2. The point of view in the first half of the essay seems like is the author looking back on happy memories. The author uses descriptions to paint a beautiful picture of a situation. In the second half of the essay, the point of view is from a current point of view. In the second half the author can give firsthand accounts of what is taking place and how she felt about it because she’s giving her account. She can’t do this in the first half because she was not there, she’s only recounting her mother’s memories.
1. The fragments are all descriptive of the shop. They all help paint the picture of the scene of the memory.
ReplyDelete2. The first half of the story illustrates the history of the Mint Snowball. The second half focuses on the loss of the recipe and "what could have been." She had to first describe the Mint Snowball and the history to relate that to her present feelings.
1.) The shorter sentences are used to briefly recall the memories his mother has when she was younger. They work within the essay because they are the little details his mom recalls.
ReplyDelete2.) The first half is recalling his great-grandfather's store. It gives details of the store and the "mint snowball" he invented. The second half is the narrator discussing how he feels about his great-grandfather giving up the recipe and how that could be the clue to his personality. The first half is also more of a happier time versus the second half being more serious.
1. Nye's use of sentence fragments in this narrative are used to provide the reader with imagery in order for them to get the sense of actually being in the drugstore. He is almost reminiscing of his times at the drugstore. He is writing his thoughts as they come to him. Not necessarily how they should be written properly.
ReplyDelete2. The perspective in the first half of this narrative begins with the great-grandson’s vision on what he remembers about the store and about the infamous mint snowball. In the second half it switches to his mothers and how she swears that she can reproduce the item but never actually does. Nye also focuses on how he thinks that the long lost recipe has something to do with his missing piece in life.
1. Nye uses sentence fragments like: dreamy fans, wide summer afternoons and snow frosting the roofs to emphasize the “illustrated” memories of her childhood. These sentences serve as flashbacks of the past.
ReplyDelete2. In the first half of the narrative the author talks about her childhood memories of her grandfather’s Mint Snowballs. In the second half the author talks about her own life and how her current personality is linked to the lost Mint Snowballs.
1. The fragments make the story more child-like. It works with the story because she is writing about a childhood memory.
ReplyDelete2. The first half of the story was showing the history of the Mint Snowball. The second half focuses on the grandfather selling the recipe and the family trying to recreate it. It shows how his personality is missing a certain aspect in life. The “what ifs’” in his life.