1.
What
modes does your text make use
of?
1) Video, Dialogue, music, angle of camera, text,
and, special effects
2) The audience is for young people
who use smartphone. The author uses “We” a lot to emphasize that he is also a
part of this community showing that he is not the perfect example of it. Using
“We” and giving real world examples showing daily life there is a connection
with the audience. Showing what he have experiences may have happened to you
too. The phrase “looking in their eyes or the name on the screen” showed my
that the audience must use technology.
2.
Authorial Identity:
A) The
author uses examples of his life to assemble with the reader showing that he
knows what it is going on to convince the reader that he has a point saying
“Look up”.
B) He does
not use I nor me, but he uses my. I think that he is showing his point of view.
3.
Purpose:
A) The
author want to the world about the social issue given the modern technology, He
wants us to think more carefully our behavior of over using it.
B) “I have
420 friends, yet I am lonely.” It is the first sentence of the video or text
C) “Look up for your phone, shut down the
display. Stop watching this video, live the life in the real way.” In the last sentence
where he gives a summary of what is the video talking about.
4.
Does
the author make use of outside
research or secondary sources? If so, how and where?
No
5.
Organization:
A) First,
the author shows his situation in front of the problem. Showing his struggling
about the meaning of social and how the technology is affecting him. Then, in
the video shows example of what are we losing by using the technology. In
addition, he keeps talking about the problem and make the reader reflect about
the problem.
B) He does
not use exactly words to connect his idea. It is more a story telling, and
using some of rhymes between the phrase to make the connection.
6.
Genre:
A) To
persuade, convince people
B) Phone, computer,
people talking, bus station with people, and social networking.
7.
Music and Sound:
A) It is a
repeated music, with three simple tones. It give a impression of repeating over
and over the problem.
B) Help you
to pay attention on what he is talking and to catch the reader’s attention.
8.
Video:
A) It goes
from the author talking to example of real life and back to the author. It is
like the author bringing the problem and showing with the next video.
B) He uses a
front angle and dark light when he is speaking. To show how lonely he is and he
is surround by darkness.
C) He uses
many disappear effects showing people that uses cellphone or any kind of
technology are losing people or friends.
D) The
effects show how impressive is the real world and what could be happening to
us.
Instructions for the article for college
students
- Ingredients
Title
Heading
Date
Image
Outside sources
Steps
- Decide which type of article I will be
writing
- Know the audience for the text
- Find outside sources proving your
statements
- Find images that are related to the
topic to reinforce the idea
- Decided where to publish the article (how
to attract your audience)
- Organize the text the design
