Reading a piece by Amy Tan about life in a Chinese village that is caught up in the turmoil of change moving toward an industrialized society restored my confidence in print media.
[Amy Tan takes the reader to a Chinese village. The people are struggling with adjustment to industrial society. Turmoil is displayed in the writing.]
The May edition of National Geographic magazine arrived yesterday. The combination of text, pictures, and statistical diagrams gives an overview of 2008 China that lingers far after the reading is completed.
[Yesterday the National Geographic magazine arrived. Words, pictures, and diagrams caught my attention. China of 2008 is displayed. Tan writes one article.]
I admire Tan's use of short sentences, vivid words, people vignettes, and a story line that is focused and understandable. My writing uses sentences that are too long. I will now go back and try to improve - see [ surrounding the revision].
[Tan uses short sentences and vivid words. Real people appear. The story line speaks clearly.]
End of first lesson.
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- Delton Krueger
- Being in my upper 80s means that I have more experience than energy. This is simply my experience.
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People should read this.
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