1. Paragraphs 7 and 8 describe a causal chain. Diagram this causal chain. What other causal chains can you identify?
4. Throughout the essay, Weisman piles up series and catalogs of details. Point to a few places he does this. What is the effect of such lists of details? Are they absolutely necessary, or could the essay make its point without them?
5. What do the visuals contribute to this essay? How would the essay be different without the? If you were choosing alternative (or additional) visuals for this essay, what kind would your choose, and where would your place them?
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1. Paragraphs 7/8 discuss about how a sequence of events will lead up to a final effect, about how nature will undo the structure of New York City. Cement will split within 10 years, water will seep in, the water will freeze, cracks will widen, weeds will grow. Another causal chain that is present in the story is in paragraphs 10/11: Leaf litter will scatter and overflow gutters in Brooklyn, a dry lightning will strike, and grass will go up in flames. Lightning rods will rust away, roof fires will burn down houses. Ivy and lichens will thrive in such conditions.
ReplyDelete4. In his essay, Weisman points out places like New York City, Korea, and the former Rocky Mountain Arsenal. I think that the details and descriptions he gives us are necessary for his essay because without the details, the essay is blank. It gives the reader no picture, no idea, and does not support the author’s point of the essay, to give us a picture of what the Earth will look like without humans.
5. The visuals that the author points out are very detailed helps contribute to the essay by giving us a picture of the places that he mentions in his essay. When he lists the details of these places, he helps the reader picture the scenes that are going through his mind as he is writing this essay, giving the reader an idea of the world years from now. I honestly do not think I would know a better way/visual for the essay because Weisman did a pretty good job of depicting the locations.
1. Paragraphs 7 and 8 talk about the sequence of events that will lead up to the final effect, that nature will eventually destroy the structure of New York City. Cement would split in a decade, they would widen and weeds will invade the city. In paragraph 15, another casual chain is present. Glaciers will come into New York again and scrap New York clean. After the glaciers receded, plumbing will remain under layers.
ReplyDelete4. Throughout the essay, Weisman points out New York, Korea and the former Rocky Mountain Arsenal in Colorado. For me, the details are necessary. The reader would not be able to understand what he's talking about. Actually using the examples as visuals help the reader picture the Earth with no humans. Also, if he didn't include them into his essay it wouldn't support his thesis.
5. The visuals that the author uses are very detailed and helps contribute to the essay and gives us a picture of the places that he describes in his essay. The lists of the places helps the reader picture the scenes that Weisman is depicting. His details truly give the reader a great visual of what the world might look like years from now. The only way he could have made the essay a little bit better was if he used some other popular cities. Overall, he did a great job at presenting his idea of what the Earth might look like after people.
1. In paragraph 8-9 there is a causal chain that describes the buckling of the subways and the creation or recreation of waterways in New York City.
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-Little soil to absorb water and little vegetation to to transpire it.
-No power will stop the pumps form pumping water out of the subways and the subways will flood
-Water will transport soil from under pavements and streets would crater
-Sewers would clog
-Natural water will reappear and new waterways would form
-WIthin twenty years the water-soaked steel columns what support the street would corrode and buckle
-Lexington Avenue would be a river.
Throughout the essay, Weisman is using causal chains. He incorporates them throughout the essay when he is explaining the way nature would take over the urban areas and how animals would soon take over as well.
4. In paragraph 16-18 he has implemented to many unneeded details. The details pile up about Poland, Germany and Russia. He could have proven the point about the bisons being effected by the wall, dividing the herd, in a way that required less background information. The details do, on the other hand, express a sense of importance.
5. Visuals are a main part of this essay. When reading this essay one can get lost in the vivid images that Weisman paints with his words. The way he speaks about nature “taking over” and coming back to life the way it used to be, makes it almost impossible not to imagine the extent to what he is talking about. He uses descriptive words that makes one feel the impact of the concept he is talking about.
1. The causal chain described in Paragraphs 7 and 8 is the Mayan communities altered urban living with fields. It also describes how nature would undo the man-made creations. Repeated freezing and thawing would spilt the cement, then as the cracks froze they would widen. Soon after, weeds, plants and trees would being to grow everywhere.
ReplyDelete4. Throughout the essay, Weisman piles up series and catalogs of details. A few places where he does this is when he talks about specific places. For example when he talks about New York and how it would recover if humans disappeared from Earth. Other places Weisman piles up details is when he talks about Europe and America and how they have been through substantial but what would hapen if humans were erased from the Earth. The effect of these lists is to make you think about how the world has evolved and how it can be altered back. I think that the details are necessary for the essay to make their point because it specifies things for you to imagine.
5. The visuals of this essay make the point the essay is trying to get across stronger. WIthout them, imagining other descriptions in the essay would have been difficult for me. After looking at the image I was able to picture the other descriptions better. If I was choosing the visuals I would at the end put a picture of how the world would become without humans at the end of the essay.
1. In paragraph 7 and 8, the story has information about the Mayan pyramids and just like that if people disappear then cities do as well. Other chains that we see in this essay are repeated in paragraphs 14, 9, 15, and 20.
ReplyDelete4. Few places where the author did have catalogs of details is in paragraph 2 where he gives categories for extinct animals. This list has effects and should be included because it helps the reader get a feeling of extinction. That allows them to compare that to the people being extinct.
5. I believe that visuals help strengthen an essay because it helps the audience understand the concept of the story. For me, visuals are a tool that develops pictures in my head and helps me better understand the story or essay.
1) Paragraphs 7 and 8 talk about the sequence of events about nature and the destruction of New York City. And it describes how cement would split and weeds will grow in the city. And many of the chains are repeated throughout the essay in paragraph 14,15, and 22.
ReplyDelete4) In the essay, Weisman writes about different cities like New York, Korea and Colorado. I think the details are necessary and help the reader understand what he's talking about. And the visuals help the reader picture Earth with no humans and how it would be. If the effects weren't there I think I won't understand how it would look like.
5) The visuals that Weisman uses are detailed and help the essay become more understandable. It gives us a lists the places and the details and helps visualize the cities with no humans. One way he would have made the essay better would be maybe adding some events that would lead if there were no humans for example everything freezing or any scientific effects that would take place.