Readers immediately know who or what effective pronouns refer to. Here is an analysis of the pronouns in my QRG.
Schu. "Superhero Grammar" 3/19/8 via flickr. Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic.
1. Based on your analysis, how effective is your pronoun usage in Project 1? What does actively examining your pronoun usage tell you about your writing syle?
Overall, there were not as many pronouns as I was expecting. Most of the pronouns referred to you (the reader). However, there were some pronouns that didn't refer to a person but an action. I found that the pronouns that referred to an action instead of a specific person/group of people was harder to identify the subject of. So, this tells me that actions should be chosen as the subject instead of a pronoun to replace the action.
2. How effective are the moments when you speak directly to the audience at creating a connection between audience and author?
The moments when I speak directly to the audience are during descriptions involving a lot of imagery ("You understand", "Imagine"...). I feel that talking directly to the audience in these instances does help establish a connection where the audience can "see" exactly what you are trying to describe in vivid terms.
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