Learning Goal: I’m working on a writing discussion question and need an explanation and answer to help me learn.Defining tone by analyzing details.For your initial post, respond to all questions on written text and on visual texts (3 + 3 =6)Read both selections:#1187-424, Piper Kerman,A Man and His Cat, Tim Kreider,A Man and His Cat – The New York TimesFor the Written Text answer the following questions:What is author’s purpose in each piece?Describe the tone of each story. Share a section of each that illustrates the tone and mood.Compare and contrast the two pieces. What elements are similar? What elements are different? Which is more effective in reaching the author’s purpose?Visual Text:Compare and contrast the following portraits. You can identify them as Right, Middle, Center.Describe each one by using sensory details, the tone or mood the portraits present.Imagine one of these men are and write a brief (two sentences) biography.
