The Ninemile Wolves

Look at the transitions between paragraphs or between sections.How does he or she make these transitions? What effect do they have on the forward momentum of the piece?

The transitions in this essay are easy to follow and every transition connects to the line of thought presented in the preceding paragraphs. Such transitions gives a rhythmic flow to it where every dot is connected in a series. Such transitions eggs the reader to read further. Rick Bass uses different kinds of transitions. Sometimes he starts a paragraph with a transitional statement like "It took a lot of money to kill every last wolf out of the West" (Bass, 762), while at other times he uses a transitional statement to end the paragraph like "Our culture has replaced buffalo with cattle, and wolves kill and eat cows, sometimes." This use of mixture of transitional statements gives the flow to the essay that it has. The transitional statements do not seem to be conclusion of a paragraph but help understand a series of thoughts in one essay.

Outline

Introduction
Name of the author, article's title, author's purpose, audience, thesis statement, mention 2-3 strategies that one would analyze

Body
Analyze the strategy through usage of ethos/logos/pathos.
Use facts, quotations, evidence for the strategies for the essay.
Organization of essay with transition and summarizing statement for each paragraph.
Refer using MLA statement.

Conclusion
Summarize the essay and state how it supports the overall thesis.
Ending comments


Group

Victor
Zitao
Yuanzhen
Nidhi

McCandless/Thoreau

Differences

Thoreau built his own house in the wild to live but interacted with the society every now and then to get essential things to live while McCandless completely detached himself from the society.

Similarities

Both are looking for the truth of life and want to experience life themselves.

Snapshots

Snapshot # 1

Where?

A dead bonfire
Rising smoke,
Empty cans of beer
Silence broke
Where are all the people
who were here
Just a night before!!!

Snapshot # 2

Early morning park walks is one of the most pleasant experiences. The fresh, cool breeze; scent of wet wood and walking barefoot on dewy grass calms one mind and heart to experience heaven on earth. But today, do we have a moment to think beyond reducing our waist size?

Snapshot # 3

Lights, camera, action

The Summer Day

Find specific examples of abstract and concrete language. What are the effects?


The questions in the poem like 'Who made the world?' and 'what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?' are some abstract ideas that the author cannot answer nor can anyone else as a matter of fact. Some of the concrete ideas is the description of the grasshopper in the poem and the description of the ritual of praying. The details of the description make the poem more impactive because she segments a simple thing into a vivid visual image. Also, the use of such descriptions builds to a greater abstract idea of what one should do with their life.

Refuge: An unnatural history of family and place

The author initiates writing this essay with a detailed description of the Great Salt Lake and how its water level has changed over time. The change in the water level of the lake has affected several animals leading to extinction of some of them! The author addresses this c0ncern by telling stories about her and her family's life living near the Bear River Migratory Refuge. Hence, the main theme of the essay is addressing the issue of extinction of birds from the wetlands of Great Salt Lake.

The author is one with the environment and feels exploited when she sees that the land is depleted by men. Hence, one of the minor themes could be exploitation of women by men. The author is giving a sneak peek into her life indicating her sense of identity through her family and the refuge. Hence, another minor theme could be that author is writing a memoir of her childhood days and remembering those nostalgic moments.