Chapter 16 Question About The Writer's Craft # 2

WHY WE CRAVE HORROR MOVIES ,by Stephen King


    The compare with the roller coaster is show that most people have desire to show they are not afraid. The horror movies provide the violence view to satisfied the desire of the public lynchings  within people. Sick jokes is similar with horror movie as people might laugh at it even if the joke or the movie is not "right" for normal person.

  
 INNOCENTS AFIELD, by Buzz Bissinger

    The Bissinger used "million" and "just" repeatedly in paragraph three. He use those words to signal the nonexistent and the actual purchases of high school sports. The repetition is pretty effective, in my opinion. The "million" makes the point sounds dramatic and many "just" shows how many people think that the problem is not that important but in reality it is important.

BLACK MEN AND PUBLIC SPACE ,by Brent Staples

    The author opens the pieces with such a dramatic,yet intentionally misleading, narrative to provide a personal experience and how people automatically assume that black men are murder-to-be or danger stranger even though they are really not. At first, we assume he will mugging or do something bad to the white lady, turn out he was innocent and not want to harm her in any ways. The assumption we make according to the appearance might not be right. Just because he is black does not mean he is automatically bad. 

Chapter 15 page 373

Question about the writer's craft:


1. The author use point-by-point method to organize her essay. The reason that the author choose this method may because it is easier to follow. Instead of talking about the two different way separately, she compare both at same time.


2. I think Cohen is writing for indifferent audience. There are descriptions about the show and the time back to Victorian period. If this paper was for people who already agree with her, the audiences will know what she talking about. Thus the explanation won't be necessary. On the other hand, the paper is not strong enough to convince people who were disagree with her.


3.Cohen quote from the well known novelist Jane Austen ans Edith Warton in Victorian and Edwardian period..  She choose to quote instead of summarize because it shows the similarity and difference directly. In addition, most people already know the background in the book since they are really famous. The author don't necessary need to review it for the audience.

Chapter 13

Lutz p.292

#2: 

    The four questions, according to Lutz, that help people spot the doublespeak are: "Who is saying to whom, with what condition and circumstance, with what intent, ans with what result?" Asking those question would help us under what the author was really trying to said. Whether the speaker was try to hide some information or use irony.

#3:

    The term that Lutz use to describe the forth kinds of double speak is "inflated language".  Example: Chrysler "initiates a career alternative enhancement program"  which mean laying off workers.

First kind of double speak is "euphemism" which use positive word to avoid harsh reality.

Ex: "passed away" instead of dead.

Second kind of double speak is "jargon."  Professional language which make simple seems complex. Ex: "organoleptic analysis" for smelling

Third kind of double speak is "gobbledygook" or "bureaucratese" which overwhelming the audience with words

Ex: " It is a tricky problem to find the particular calibration in timing that would be appropriate to stem the acceleration in risk premiums creating be falling income without  prematurely aborting the decline in the inflation-generated risk premium."