Introduction
Provide an opening sentence about the text. (include the text type and source)
Text 1 is a Cagle online blog post adapted from “Daryl Cagles’s The Cagle Post: Cartoons and Commentary, www.cagle.com, August 21 2012”.
Describe the text in one word.
Multimodal/Editorial
What tone does the doctor use to convince the couple to genetically engineer their baby?
Appealing/Whimsical/Satirical
Provide a quote and a stylistic device: that starts with the letter A
Allusion - "Winston Churchill” “Helen Keller”
Comment on the issue?
What is the purpose of the text, and who are the targeted audience?
Purpose: Criticize and entertain. (accept educate)
How did the author write this text? (Back and forth talking). How does the narration of the text help the reader?
- Dialog between the doctor and the couple.
- First person (narrator’s perspective, observation and feelings)
What is the fathers tone? (Hint: Remember the purpose)
Critical Tone
Provide a quote and a stylistic device: that starts with the letter A
Anaphora - “wont beauty lose some of it meaning” “Won't life itself lose some of its meaning”.
What does this situation remind you of?
A salesman trying to promote a product
Mystery Question (Pick after answering Stylistics)
Relate the stylistics to the guiding question
Describe the structure of the text.
- subscribe to the daily newspaper
- hourly update of the latest cartoons
- Author’s blog
- Share, like and go back to the home page
What another tone the father uses?
Provide a quote and a stylistic device: that starts with the letter S
Simplification - “Most parents want intelligent children who are as attractive as a supermodel”.
What do you think of the author's way of discussing this topic?
What does the text discuss?
- The visit of expecting parents
- Doctor's insistence on going ahead with genetically engineering the baby
- Describing the process of engineering the kid (Mother's blood sample and father's saliva)
Describe and interpret the image of the baby.
- Baby has a strong hand
- Umbilical cord connected to the phone (denotes that that baby is not natural (Artificial - man made)
- Baby's eyes are closed
Mystery Question
Relate the tone to the guiding question
Provide a quote and a stylistic device: that starts with the letter S&M
Simile - “skinny as a rail”
Metaphor - “big honkers”
How does the doctor's point of view differs from the couples point of view?
Doctor - Very commercial
Couple - Very moral/ethical
Mystery Question
Comment and interpret the title of the text.
- Big Font - grab the readers attention
- Provides an insight - relate to engineers
Comment on an element that falls under this category but is not considered a tone.
Jargon - medical jargon "biotechnology" "Blueprint" "Fetus"
Comment on an element that falls under this category but is not considered a stylistic device.
Constant use of “Were simply”
- Make the process sound normal
Come up with a 3-5 sentence conclusion for the text.