Tuesday, November 5, 2013

7 TIMES (Expos)

1. tone? The tone in Erica's essay is one of disbelieve and personal while Javier's tone was neutral.
2. facts? Even though both of them said the same thing, I feel that Erica's facts were affected by her personal feelings and that might have a stronger impact on the audience. (Pathos)
3. conclusions? Erica comes to the conclusion that shooting a teenager 7 times is 7 times too many while Javier sees a way to justify the police's actions.
4. writing techniques (figurative language, punctuation/capitalization, etc.)? Erica uses the word "I" throughout the essay while Javier keeps a distance. This shows the use of syntax(?)  and punctuation. (?)
"bullet 1. and he was probably down or even dead
bullet 2. definitely dead
bullet 3. still dead
bullet 4. still dead
bullet 5. still dead
bullet 6. still dead
bullet 7. still dead

WHY 7?"

Personally, I can see why the police did what they did. If you take a minute to put yourself on their shoes, what else could they do?  They saw someone that had an appearance to be a gangster with a toy gun looked like a real one. However, I am not saying that the 14-year-old should of died.