30 Matching Annotations
  1. Nov 2024
    1. As a mother,

      Use of real parent experiences to appeal to the intended audience (parents and childcare workers) without having to use a perspective that directly points to them. This also supports their purpose, creating a concrete base from other's experiences as well as facts taken from other resources.

    2. Lawmakers in both parties say they want to do something about the country’s child-care crisis. But if they’re serious, they’ll need to do what’s hardest on the Hill right now: come up with a lot of money.

      Similar to Dr. King's letter, Rosenberg gives the purpose for their writing in the beginning paragraph. The first paragraphs also seem to be much shorter than most of the thicker paragraphs of the bodies of these two different writing styles.

  2. Oct 2024
    1. Now my fragmentation will be obvious for everyone to see, for you to see…

      Another way she creates a comparison between her physical and emotional pain

    2. I am not afraid of pain and you know it.

      It's interesting how Frida relates her physical pain to a more psychological pain caused by her and Diego's rocky relationship

    3. Good bye from somebody who is crazy and vehemently in love with you,

      This ending of a letter has been a lot more personal than any other letter I have read in our examples--> maybe I could incorporate something similar in my letter

    4. I was already a maimed woman when I lost you,

      Communicating how hurt she was by their relationship, but shows just how much it has affected her by relating it to being maimed

    1. The good and the bad.We have given each otherAll that we have.

      This reminds me of anytime I hear someone describe something they have interest in. For instance, my mom really enjoys gardening but there are also times where she doesn't like to do it. That doesn't necessarily take away any of her love for that hobby. I think this helps the average person realize that Kobe isn't just a celebrity player but also a person that shares the same complex emotions as regular people.

    2. I played through the sweat and hurtNot because challenge called meBut because YOU called me.

      Shows his dedication to play basketball because of his love for it

    3. Deeply

      Uses lots of descriptive words and stories related to an emotion "Deeply in love with you" "A love so deep I gave you my all" "I gave you my heart" "When someone makes you feel as alive as you've made me feel" "But I can't love you obsessively for much longer."

    4. But I can’t love you obsessively for much longer.

      Creates a timeline in his writing where he goes from being a young kid->an adult growing older->reminiscing about being that young kid again as he's unable to keep up which lots of people, especially older adults can understand