Describe the text of the introduction to great astronomers in terms of word choice, tone, sentence structure, and the writer’s apparent attitude toward the subject. also describe how the writing reflects the writer's time period, and how it might come across to a current reader. type your observations in the table.

word choice -uses unfamiliar words such as husbandman instead farmer

tone - has the tone of a biography and is more of a narrative than an informational text

sentence structure - long sentences with multiple ideas that reflect the fashion of speaking in Victorian England

writer’s attitude toward the subject - writer shows great knowledge about the development of astronomy and great admiration for the astronomers mentioned in the work

how the writing reflects the writer's period versus how it might come across to modern readers -

use of formal language reflecting the more formal customs of the time; words such as protracted, illumined, verisimilitude, sagacity not likely to be used in a modern equivalent like Carl Sagan’s Cosmos

text difficult to read for many modern readers because of long-winded sentences and unfamiliar words

98 points!

assignment

analyzing characters

respond to the following questions in one paragraph for each. use specific examples from the text to support your responses.

1. there is a set of twins on the island named sam and eric. however, when describing them, golding regularly refers to them as samneric. how does this way of describing the twins relate to their behavior and the way that readers understand their characters? what examples of their behavior readers see that samneric is really the appropriate way to refer to them?

2. as the boys set out to search for the beast, ralph allows jack to lead the way, and he sinks to the back of the pack, " to have escaped responsibility for a time." what does this moment lead you to infer about ralph and about his feelings about being the group’s leader? what does this moment foreshadow?

3. while part of the party searching for the beast, simon realizes that the notion of the beast that the other boys have does not make sense. a beast sitting atop a mountain with claws, a beast who did not leave tracks, could have easily caught the twins. simon has a different picture of the beast: "there rose before his inward sight the picture of a human at once heroic and sick." how does this picture relate to the beast that samneric saw? how does it relate to what simon said earlier about the beast being "only us"?

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