STRATEGIES USED BY WRITERS TO COMMUNICATE TO AUDIENCE

After reading three different pieces of writing, these are the strategies which I identified that were used by the writers to communicate with their audience:

1.
 Argument- The Faceless Teacher
http://www.roanestate.edu/owl/Faceless.html
( A copy of the piece can be found at the above site)

The following strategies were identified in " The Faceless Teacher"

In an effort to present the argument on the rapid rate of which technology is sipping through the doorways of the classroom, the writer employs the use of figurative language to present his ideas more vividly. For example, he makes use of personification and similes such as "websites can shift and vanish like ghosts." Thus, this comparison highlights the speed aat which the technological advances are constantly changing.

Throughout the piece, the writer uses formal language and appeals to the audience's logic to communicate to his audience. The writer compares the advancements of the computer to the industrialised changes of man from susbsistent farmers to the dependence on machinery. The students being the hunters and the computers the machines. Further comparisons were made in support of the writers view that human teachers were more suitable and efficient in the classroom. The writer emohasized that the human teacher possessed the ability to teach, devise and make calculations while the faceless teacher cannot teach but can only calculate and display. These comparisons help to strength the arguments of the writer while presenting both sides of the argument.





2. Descriptive- Lous place
http://www.roanestate.edu/owl/LousPlace.htm
( Here is a copy of the descriptive piece)


In this descriptive piece, the readers are greeted with a memory of the writer. The memory travels back to the first time the narrator ever stumbled upon Lou's place. Readers are served with an in depth description of the restaurant' s features from its tables, chairs, floor,to the aromas. Readers are then introduced to Lou and immediately we are exposed to some of her values. She values cleanliness as is evident in her words that no matter how poor a man is he can be clean. The writer also uses Lou's speech to sublty provide readers with an insight into Lou's educational background. After a detailed description of the place, the writer exposes readers to the customs of the people, from drinking to gossiping. The use of the flashback technique also highlights that although persons have travelled in and out of the town, the customs of the people have remained the same. The audience feels a sense of belonging while reading this piece since the writer is so intimate with the descriptions which he provides.




3.  Narrative- Alina


In this narrative, readers are presented with a visual picture of the main character with the use of adjectives. The story is presented via a first person narrator with the use of figurative language such as simile and personification "sun is struggling". The writer uses artistic language and sensory images to achieve his purpose which is to tell readers what has happened. The use of the proverbs and slang "transports" readers into the event which is occurring and creates a sense of intimacy between the reader and the narrator. Readers experience only what the narrator exposes them to and are "forced" to accept what the narrator presents.