Write an that explains how Ray Bradbury uses literary devices to express his point of
vies of how technology harms society and use evidence from one of the TEDialks to analyze his point of view in
comparison today
Introduction:
Background information – summary of book
Transition sentences
Overall Bradbury ‘s purpose in writing book related to prompt (may overlap with background information)
Introduces the idea of how he does it (uses literary devices)
Claim – one sentence that identifies Bradbury’s tone towards technology, states one of Bradbury’ points of
view of how technology harms society, states if his point of view is relevant / irrelevant in today’s world
Body # 1 – Analysis of tone (I quotation) – use your tone / diction paragraph and make corrections to it if needed
Topic Sentence: Transition / Sub-point
2.
What tone does Bradbury have towards technology in his novel, Fahrenheit 45 1?
Transition sentences / Attributive tag:
Elaborates on topic – (connotation of diction to create tone)
Provides background information on plot
– characters / situation / technology
Introduces plot at time of evidence / imbeds attributive tag in last sentence before quote
3.
Textual Evidence – Quote from F4S/ that illustrates Bradbury’s point
Commentary •
Start with a transition that refers back to the quote and immediately start analyzing the tone right away
Analyze the figurative lang, and explain how diction creates tone by analyzing connotations of words
Body #2 – Analysis of Satire (2 Quotations)
Topic Sentence: Transition / Sub-point
a.
How does Bradbury use satire to express his point of view of how the technology harms society?
2. Transition sentences / Altributive tag: This information should overlap.
a. Elaborates on topic – (introduces satirical technique: incongruity / exaggeration)
b.
Provides background information on 1950s problem Bradbury highlights
Provides background information on plot – characters / situation / technology
d
Introduces plot at tine of evidence / imbeds attributive tag in last sentence before quote
Textual Evidence – Quote from F451 that illustrates Bradbury’s point choose from Satire #1 / #2
a.
You can’t use the voting on appearance example
4
Commentary
a
Start with a transition that refers back to the quote
b. Analyze how Bradbury uses satire to express his point of how technology harms sociely
5. Transitions into second piece of evidence and goes through #s 2-4 again for it.
Body #3 – Connection to today / Through analysis of TEDtalk – Sherry Turkle or Cynthia Brazeal
Topic Sentence – Transition / Sub-point-
a. How is Bradbury’s point of view seen in comparison to today (relevant/irrelevant)?
2.
Transition sentences / Attributive tag:
Elaborates on topic – Establish if Bradbury’s point of view is relevant or irrelevant
b.
Background on TED speaker / talk
C.
Introduces how the central focus of the TEDtalk relates to Bradbury’s point
d. Introduce situation in talk at time of textual evidence with attributive tag
3.
Textual Evidence – Quote from TEDtalk that illustrates speaker’s view
1
Commentary
a.
Start with a transition that refers back to the quote
b
Analyze how the TEDtalk speaker’s point shows how Bradbury’s point is relevant or irrelevant to today
Conclusion Paragraph
