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1、TextAnalysisTheauthorofthistexttriestomakeandargueforherpointeffectivelybyemployingseveralwritingtechniques.Thepronoun“him”appearsunexpectedlyinthebeginningsentence.Itcanstrikethereaderasemotionallychargedandsuspenseful:Whodoesthewriterreferto?Whywouldthewriterfeelthatway?Whatwas

2、itthatarousedtheseemotionsinher?Immediatelyafter,thereisastrongthesisstatementconcerningwhatwasgoingthroughthewriter’smindandhowshefeltatthemomentaboutwhatshesaw.Thisthesisispresentedupfrontinaclearandforcefulmanner:Itispatheticanddisgracefulthatagrown-upcollegestudentisstillover

3、lydependentontheirparents.Next,thesecondparagraphfollowstohelpthereaderquicklyidentify“him”withagroupandevenagenerationofyoungpeople.Italsorevealswhatthewriterintendstodointhisessay,thatis,tocontrasttwogenerationsintermsofparent-childrelationships.Withsuchanintroduction,thecontex

4、tfortherestofthetextiswellsetuptoallowthewritertoproceedsmoothlywithacontrastbetweenparentsoftoday’scollegestudentsandthewriter’sparents.Shechoosestheblock-by-blockmethodfororganizingthetext,firstpresentsanddiscussesparentsoftoday’scollegestudents,andthenmovesontodiscussherparent

5、s.Tohelpthereaderkeeptrackofthecontrast,sheswitchesfromoneblocktotheotherusingexpressionsoftime(e.g.twentyyearsago,whenItellmymotherthat…).Finally,anoteofcaution.Itcanbearguedthatthewriterprovidesaninterestingperspectiveoncross-generationaldifferencesandoffersgoodadvice.However,t

6、hereadermayneedtobewaryoftheriskinvolvedinbasingaconclusiononpersonalexperiencestomakeablanketstatementaboutgenerations.