They offer surprising information and observations
When the author first started the video with surprising information and observations. First starting the video you thinking he will just start talking about kindness but he instead begins with a story of a girl who got bullied. "In the seventh grade a new kid joined our class." (Saunders, 0:09) he then continues to describe this girl in precise detail. "She had a habitat of taking a strain of hair and chewing on it" (Saunders, 0:25) He also describes her as shy and she wore grandma glasses. This real makes you imagine the girl in your head and you actually know her. He really keeps you captured in the story by giving you detail after detail until he just suddenly ended it, similar to how the girl suddenly moved away.
They deliver interesting information
The author's voice is really powerful when he delivers the information. He first off starts with a story that hooks you right away, but what is even more impressive is when he hooks you at the end of the story. "End of story. Now why that? Why after 42 years am I still thinking about that?" (Saunders, 1:05) He ends the story rather quickly and you are still wondering what happened to the girl? Saunders is then asking himself why after all these years does he remember this little story. That hooks the audience because if he remembers this story with precise accuracy after 42 years, there must be a big idea that people want to find out.
They exhibit perceptivity
The author offers movement through the video by first presents us a story. He goes through story about when the girl arrived and when she left. He transitioned from the story to beef of the subject. He uses the story to move into the Importance of kindness. The author was very straight forward with the transition by saying "Then she left, end of story" (Saunders 1:01) He started to talk about kindness and was straight forward and the audience could see the separation between the story and the beef.
I had the same video as well I strongly agree with what you said on how he keeps you captured in the story until the end she just moves away. Why do you think he ended the story like that?
ReplyDeleteI like your comment on the delivery of the information, the abrupt stop in the middle of the video, "End of story"(Saunders), added emphasis to the information given after that. What do you think about that delivery?
ReplyDeleteThank you for writing. I appreciated that your blog seemed to discuss the pace and structure of the writing. I agree that the audience seems to immediately know the character that begins the story. This engaging opening then allows for the story to be revealed, in that she moved away. By the end, Saunders is able to offer his insight on the importance of kindness. In the other vignettes, are you also finding a purposeful structure that allows for a movement in the writing that happens quickly, in approximately 500-800 words?
ReplyDeleteI like how you said that it "starts off with a story that hooks you right away." I do feel like Saunders catches your eye because he starts talking about something that you had no idea he was going to talk about. What did you think he was going to present in the video with the title being "The Importance of Kindness?"
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