https://padlet.com/shawanathompson1/9et65dvm1s7yjrfk Compare word choice and author point of view for each memoir. en-us 2022-03-22 12:07:15 UTC 2022-03-22 14:30:04 UTC hello@padlet.com crispinimasa1 https://padlet.com/shawanathompson1/9et65dvm1s7yjrfk/wish/2107629781 It helped readers imagine it better and see the situation play out in their head]]> 2022-03-22 14:18:23 UTC https://padlet.com/shawanathompson1/9et65dvm1s7yjrfk/wish/2107629781 ithamarnoguerasgarci1 https://padlet.com/shawanathompson1/9et65dvm1s7yjrfk/wish/2107631717 It's supposed to make the reader feel a certain way after imagining this event for the author and conveys certain emotions in certain scenarios, much like the ones in the memoirs we've read.]]> 2022-03-22 14:19:12 UTC https://padlet.com/shawanathompson1/9et65dvm1s7yjrfk/wish/2107631717 matthewrobinson16 https://padlet.com/shawanathompson1/9et65dvm1s7yjrfk/wish/2107631950 The authors word choice helped me basically envision what was going on at the time of the event. ]]> 2022-03-22 14:19:17 UTC https://padlet.com/shawanathompson1/9et65dvm1s7yjrfk/wish/2107631950 aidengraham4 https://padlet.com/shawanathompson1/9et65dvm1s7yjrfk/wish/2107631998 The word choice gives realism to the image of what is happening in the story, allowing the reader to have more understanding of what is happening.]]> 2022-03-22 14:19:18 UTC https://padlet.com/shawanathompson1/9et65dvm1s7yjrfk/wish/2107631998 frankomacuriromero1 https://padlet.com/shawanathompson1/9et65dvm1s7yjrfk/wish/2107632054 The word choice was impacting how you viewed it and makes you have an image or try to see this story through your own eyes.]]> 2022-03-22 14:19:19 UTC https://padlet.com/shawanathompson1/9et65dvm1s7yjrfk/wish/2107632054 devajshah1 https://padlet.com/shawanathompson1/9et65dvm1s7yjrfk/wish/2107632283 The author used imagery to show understanding and detail]]> 2022-03-22 14:19:25 UTC https://padlet.com/shawanathompson1/9et65dvm1s7yjrfk/wish/2107632283 landenfrye1 https://padlet.com/shawanathompson1/9et65dvm1s7yjrfk/wish/2107632969
It helped the reader describe in there head what the writer was trying to make you picture]]> 2022-03-22 14:19:42 UTC https://padlet.com/shawanathompson1/9et65dvm1s7yjrfk/wish/2107632969 jhazmynmercado1 https://padlet.com/shawanathompson1/9et65dvm1s7yjrfk/wish/2107633767 The author word choice impacted the message by getting the read a better understanding on what they where trying to say. And it could make the reader feel something.]]> 2022-03-22 14:20:00 UTC https://padlet.com/shawanathompson1/9et65dvm1s7yjrfk/wish/2107633767 teannagomes1 https://padlet.com/shawanathompson1/9et65dvm1s7yjrfk/wish/2107634078 In both of texts the authors used imagery allowing us to imagine the scenery and the story better. The reader can also put themselves in the writers shoes as well. ]]> 2022-03-22 14:20:07 UTC https://padlet.com/shawanathompson1/9et65dvm1s7yjrfk/wish/2107634078 karicewilliams1 https://padlet.com/shawanathompson1/9et65dvm1s7yjrfk/wish/2107634210 The word choice both authors use gives a specific feeling to readers. It gives you a better sense of what they were feeling and helps you see it from their perspective. The wording is a guide for you to play the scenario out in your head.]]> 2022-03-22 14:20:10 UTC https://padlet.com/shawanathompson1/9et65dvm1s7yjrfk/wish/2107634210 matthewrobinson16 https://padlet.com/shawanathompson1/9et65dvm1s7yjrfk/wish/2107634727 The authors point of view helped me feel like I was in there shoes during the story.]]> 2022-03-22 14:20:23 UTC https://padlet.com/shawanathompson1/9et65dvm1s7yjrfk/wish/2107634727 benjaminonwukwe1 https://padlet.com/shawanathompson1/9et65dvm1s7yjrfk/wish/2107634867 The Author in Mississippi solo had expressed a lot of the story through the personification they used. The Author in Polar dreams used repeating phrases to really implant in your mind that this was important.]]> 2022-03-22 14:20:26 UTC https://padlet.com/shawanathompson1/9et65dvm1s7yjrfk/wish/2107634867 melodyturner3 https://padlet.com/shawanathompson1/9et65dvm1s7yjrfk/wish/2107635335 The word choice was to explain how the author felt in that moment and so the reader can imagine it in their head.]]> 2022-03-22 14:20:36 UTC https://padlet.com/shawanathompson1/9et65dvm1s7yjrfk/wish/2107635335 jesselane2 https://padlet.com/shawanathompson1/9et65dvm1s7yjrfk/wish/2107635357 The authors word choice helped me feel what it was like in the moment and envision it making it feel like I was there there.]]> 2022-03-22 14:20:37 UTC https://padlet.com/shawanathompson1/9et65dvm1s7yjrfk/wish/2107635357 seanelam1 https://padlet.com/shawanathompson1/9et65dvm1s7yjrfk/wish/2107635928 In Mississippi Solo, the authors Point of view was that they were in a canoe on the Mississippi river when a storm struck. He shared his point of view with us, He was calm and said "the river picked up the front of my boat and turned it to the right" or something.]]> 2022-03-22 14:20:43 UTC https://padlet.com/shawanathompson1/9et65dvm1s7yjrfk/wish/2107635928 sydneyray2 https://padlet.com/shawanathompson1/9et65dvm1s7yjrfk/wish/2107636135 In the Polar Dream the author makes it seem like a very dangerous situations that she didn't want to be in at all. She also used words to convey how nervouse she was despite knowing how to handle the situations.
 Opposite to that the author of Mississippi Solo made it seem as though the situation was calm and peaceful and they weren't worried at all, if anything they wanted to be there.]]> 2022-03-22 14:20:48 UTC https://padlet.com/shawanathompson1/9et65dvm1s7yjrfk/wish/2107636135 ithamarnoguerasgarci1 https://padlet.com/shawanathompson1/9et65dvm1s7yjrfk/wish/2107636439 They remembered the times they wrote about like it was yesterday, that's how much the event impacted them to do great things later on.]]> 2022-03-22 14:20:56 UTC https://padlet.com/shawanathompson1/9et65dvm1s7yjrfk/wish/2107636439 ashleywalter6 https://padlet.com/shawanathompson1/9et65dvm1s7yjrfk/wish/2107636463 The word choice helped me and probably other people to imagine it better so you can have an understanding and picture what's really happening]]> 2022-03-22 14:20:56 UTC https://padlet.com/shawanathompson1/9et65dvm1s7yjrfk/wish/2107636463 frankomacuriromero1 https://padlet.com/shawanathompson1/9et65dvm1s7yjrfk/wish/2107636792 The Point of View was showing what may have been going through the author's mind at the time of the scenario. It explains their thoughts and shows the story through a certain lense.]]> 2022-03-22 14:21:05 UTC https://padlet.com/shawanathompson1/9et65dvm1s7yjrfk/wish/2107636792 jeremiahgugliuzza1 https://padlet.com/shawanathompson1/9et65dvm1s7yjrfk/wish/2107637277 the word choice impacted by making it easy for people to imagine what was happening ]]> 2022-03-22 14:21:16 UTC https://padlet.com/shawanathompson1/9et65dvm1s7yjrfk/wish/2107637277 allysongardner1 https://padlet.com/shawanathompson1/9et65dvm1s7yjrfk/wish/2107637382 The authors word choice impacted the writing because helps create imagery for the reader. ]]> 2022-03-22 14:21:18 UTC https://padlet.com/shawanathompson1/9et65dvm1s7yjrfk/wish/2107637382 landenfrye1 https://padlet.com/shawanathompson1/9et65dvm1s7yjrfk/wish/2107638576 It made it more realistic in my head when i was picturing there point of view that they wrote]]> 2022-03-22 14:21:47 UTC https://padlet.com/shawanathompson1/9et65dvm1s7yjrfk/wish/2107638576 crispinimasa1 https://padlet.com/shawanathompson1/9et65dvm1s7yjrfk/wish/2107639040 The pov allows us to think and imagine like they did in that sitiuation.]]> 2022-03-22 14:21:58 UTC https://padlet.com/shawanathompson1/9et65dvm1s7yjrfk/wish/2107639040 aidengraham4 https://padlet.com/shawanathompson1/9et65dvm1s7yjrfk/wish/2107639474 In polar dream the author makes it seem as i am there because of there point of view, for example how dangerous it was for her to be that close to the bear.]]> 2022-03-22 14:22:08 UTC https://padlet.com/shawanathompson1/9et65dvm1s7yjrfk/wish/2107639474 zoltanpollock1 https://padlet.com/shawanathompson1/9et65dvm1s7yjrfk/wish/2107639568 The authors word choice impacted the memoir by using descriptive language that would really immerse the reader and make them feel like there a part of the story.]]> 2022-03-22 14:22:11 UTC https://padlet.com/shawanathompson1/9et65dvm1s7yjrfk/wish/2107639568 loraeaston1 https://padlet.com/shawanathompson1/9et65dvm1s7yjrfk/wish/2107640348 In Mississippi Solo there is a lot of personification and that helps give detail to the memoir. In Polar Dream there was more descriptive langue which helped the reader to have a better understanding of what is happening. ]]> 2022-03-22 14:22:27 UTC https://padlet.com/shawanathompson1/9et65dvm1s7yjrfk/wish/2107640348 benjaminonwukwe1 https://padlet.com/shawanathompson1/9et65dvm1s7yjrfk/wish/2107640766 The point of view changed how the story was told and added a lot more character. If it were me or someone else the story would have been told way differently and i probably would've been scared out of my life in both situations.]]> 2022-03-22 14:22:35 UTC https://padlet.com/shawanathompson1/9et65dvm1s7yjrfk/wish/2107640766 jhazmynmercado1 https://padlet.com/shawanathompson1/9et65dvm1s7yjrfk/wish/2107640975 The author's point of view can be different then what we can think. Like in Polar Dream she gave us her point of view and it was different as if we where to tell it. And it tells you about what they did.]]> 2022-03-22 14:22:40 UTC https://padlet.com/shawanathompson1/9et65dvm1s7yjrfk/wish/2107640975 teannagomes1 https://padlet.com/shawanathompson1/9et65dvm1s7yjrfk/wish/2107641005 Both of the authors experinced dangerous situations but both of them saw the good in the experience and learnt and/or took something out of it. ]]> 2022-03-22 14:22:40 UTC https://padlet.com/shawanathompson1/9et65dvm1s7yjrfk/wish/2107641005 seanelam1 https://padlet.com/shawanathompson1/9et65dvm1s7yjrfk/wish/2107641528 The words the author uses gives depth and imagery to the story they are telling, for example, in Polar dream, She uses words like "My hands were clinging onto my rifle" to show she was scared and frightened by the polar bear.]]> 2022-03-22 14:22:51 UTC https://padlet.com/shawanathompson1/9et65dvm1s7yjrfk/wish/2107641528 sydneyray2 https://padlet.com/shawanathompson1/9et65dvm1s7yjrfk/wish/2107642417 The authors word choice is what allows the reader to imagine how they felt in their respective situations. The Polar Dream author used words and metaphors to show how anxious they were while the author of the Mississippi Solo used words, metaphors, ect. to show that he wasn't afraid but rather calm and collected.]]> 2022-03-22 14:23:11 UTC https://padlet.com/shawanathompson1/9et65dvm1s7yjrfk/wish/2107642417 kidisttesfaye1 https://padlet.com/shawanathompson1/9et65dvm1s7yjrfk/wish/2107643676 The authors word choice helped me see and imagine the story in my head better. And it made me feel like I was there]]> 2022-03-22 14:23:41 UTC https://padlet.com/shawanathompson1/9et65dvm1s7yjrfk/wish/2107643676 allysongardner1 https://padlet.com/shawanathompson1/9et65dvm1s7yjrfk/wish/2107644153 The author wrote about their experiences in such detail that I felt like I was them. So the point of view are the authors in these story's. ]]> 2022-03-22 14:23:53 UTC https://padlet.com/shawanathompson1/9et65dvm1s7yjrfk/wish/2107644153 melodyturner3 https://padlet.com/shawanathompson1/9et65dvm1s7yjrfk/wish/2107644262 In the Mississippi solo the author was in the river calm and chill and he could've died but didn't.
In the polar memoir she was in the arctic and a bear tried to attack her but she had tools and a dog to save her.]]> 2022-03-22 14:23:56 UTC https://padlet.com/shawanathompson1/9et65dvm1s7yjrfk/wish/2107644262 ashleywalter6 https://padlet.com/shawanathompson1/9et65dvm1s7yjrfk/wish/2107646960 The authors point of view, The girl was showing that she was scared but also trying to be prepared in the Polar dream.]]> 2022-03-22 14:24:53 UTC https://padlet.com/shawanathompson1/9et65dvm1s7yjrfk/wish/2107646960 jesselane2 https://padlet.com/shawanathompson1/9et65dvm1s7yjrfk/wish/2107647007 In polar dream, the authors point of view was that they were in a cold place and he made it feel as if I were there with all of the details and he made it seem so real when the bear came along.]]> 2022-03-22 14:24:55 UTC https://padlet.com/shawanathompson1/9et65dvm1s7yjrfk/wish/2107647007 karicewilliams1 https://padlet.com/shawanathompson1/9et65dvm1s7yjrfk/wish/2107647581 The authors perspective changes the view of the story by a ton. Hearing it from a first hand account changes the emotion and overall message. You can feel the tension in the stories because you can put yourself in that same position.]]> 2022-03-22 14:25:08 UTC https://padlet.com/shawanathompson1/9et65dvm1s7yjrfk/wish/2107647581 loraeaston1 https://padlet.com/shawanathompson1/9et65dvm1s7yjrfk/wish/2107648401 In Mississippi Solo the point of view is the author explaining what is happening around him and how he remained calm during it. In Polar Dream it explains how the author was shocked to see he bear and the author talked about how they felt and over came the shock and fear. ]]> 2022-03-22 14:25:27 UTC https://padlet.com/shawanathompson1/9et65dvm1s7yjrfk/wish/2107648401 emilyvance1 https://padlet.com/shawanathompson1/9et65dvm1s7yjrfk/wish/2107650546 It helped readers imagine it better and make the reader feel a certain way/ emotion.]]> 2022-03-22 14:26:17 UTC https://padlet.com/shawanathompson1/9et65dvm1s7yjrfk/wish/2107650546 devajshah1 https://padlet.com/shawanathompson1/9et65dvm1s7yjrfk/wish/2107653984 them saying that this is fun to read and make it a imagery to have some more adventure]]> 2022-03-22 14:27:38 UTC https://padlet.com/shawanathompson1/9et65dvm1s7yjrfk/wish/2107653984 emilyvance1 https://padlet.com/shawanathompson1/9et65dvm1s7yjrfk/wish/2107654738 The girl was in a cold place and showed fear with the polar bear]]> 2022-03-22 14:27:57 UTC https://padlet.com/shawanathompson1/9et65dvm1s7yjrfk/wish/2107654738 zoltanpollock1 https://padlet.com/shawanathompson1/9et65dvm1s7yjrfk/wish/2107656461 The authors position in "The Mississippi Solo" the authors position is that hes in the river and a storm hit that could've killed him but he kept calm. In the polar bear memoir and the author had a positive experience but it gave her more anxiety and it scared her. ]]> 2022-03-22 14:28:40 UTC https://padlet.com/shawanathompson1/9et65dvm1s7yjrfk/wish/2107656461 kidisttesfaye1 https://padlet.com/shawanathompson1/9et65dvm1s7yjrfk/wish/2107659668 The authors point of view helped me see how the author was feeling in her mind and made it more realistic]]> 2022-03-22 14:30:04 UTC https://padlet.com/shawanathompson1/9et65dvm1s7yjrfk/wish/2107659668