It is a presentation on critical analysis of an article/story

1. TWO WAYS OF SEEING A
RIVER

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 INTRODUCTION
 SUMMARY
 INTERPRETATIO
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 EFFECTIVENES
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 CONCLUSION

3. INTRODUCTION
 TITLE:
TWO WAYS OF SEEING A RIVER
AUTHOR:
Samuel Langhorne Clemens known by Mark Twain
A writer, entrepreneur, publisher, and lecturer
PUBLICATION :
Mississippi in 1883

4. SUMMARY OF THE ESSAY
MAIN IDEA:
The interpretation of the same memory changes as we age and gain
experience.
POINTS:
 DELVING INTO THE CHANGINGS IN ATTITUDE
 FIRSTLY , THE BEAUTY OF RIVER IS ADMIRED
 IN THE MID, RED HUE BRIGHTENED INTO GOLD
 FINALLY, HE GETS USED TO IT.

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TONE
STYLE
PURPOSE
INTERPRETATION

6. TONE
MAJOR TONE OF ESSAY:
The major tone is sad as:
“ KILLS, BOILS, DANGEROUSLY, BLIND” paragraph 2
These words suggest the major tone as sad.
MINOR TONE OF ESSAY:
The minor tones are positive and nostalgic as :
“ Majestic, Marvels and brightened “
paragraph 1

7. STYLE OF ESSAY:
The style of essay is narrative as:
Method of time sequence is used
 Discussion of writer’s feelings in time sequence
 Beginning of essay from past advent
 Ending at the present trifling feature
 EXAMPLE:
I had lost something which could never be restored to me
while I lived.

8. PURPOSE OF ESSAY
The purpose of essay is to entertain as:
 The story of writer is discussed.
 Use of poetic style to explain thoughts
“ But I had lost something, too”
“ A day came when I began to cease”
“ I stood like one bewitched. I drank it in , in a speechless
rapture.”

9. EFFECTIVENESS/
INTERPRETATIO
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POSITIVE AND
NEGATIVE POINTS
 AUTHOR’S USE OF
PATTERN
 DISCUSSION OF
TOPIC RELEVANCE
DISCUSSION OF
APPEAL