RACHEL CARSON --Rachel Carson, writer, scientist, and
ecologist, grew up simply in the rural river town of Springdale,
Pennsylvania. --She was hired by the U.S. Bureau of Fisheries to
write radio scripts during the Depression and supplemented her
income writing feature articles on natural history for the
Baltimore Sun. She began a fifteen-year career in the federal
service as a scientist and editor in 1936 and rose to become
Editor-in- Chief of all publications for the U. S. Fish and
Wildlife Service.
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RACHEL CARSON --Disturbed by the use of synthetic chemical
pesticides after World War II, Carson reluctantly changed her focus
in order to warn the public about the long term effects of misusing
pesticides. In Silent Spring (1962) she challenged the practices of
agricultural scientists and the government, and called for a change
in the way humankind viewed the natural world. --Carson was
attacked by the chemical industry and some in government as an
alarmist, but courageously spoke out to remind us that we are a
vulnerable part of the natural world subject to the same damage as
the rest of the ecosystem. Rachel Carson died in 1964 after a long
battle against breast cancer. Her witness for the beauty and
integrity of life continues to inspire new generations to protect
the living world and all its creatures.
THE MARGINAL WORLD 1. In this difficult world of the shore,
life displays its enormous toughness and vitality by occupying
almost every conceivable niche. *What is her purpose for this
statement?
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THE MARGINAL WORLD --to inform, to explain, to persuade She is
attempting to persuade the reader to think about the ocean life and
recognize their toughness, based on the fact that they are able to
not only survive but take up every possible space.
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THE MARGINAL WORLD 2. The shore is an ancient world, for as
long as there has been an earth and sea there has been this place
of the meeting of land and water. *What is her purpose for this
statement?
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THE MARGINAL WORLD --to explain, to persuade She is both
persuading and explaining to the reader the notion that the shore
is an ancient place. This longevity elevates the shore as an almost
spiritual place for Carson.
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EVERYTHING IS AN ARGUMENT! THE GLORY OF A LITERATURE CLASS
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THE MARGINAL WORLD Thesis: I have seen hundreds of ghost crabs
in other settings, but suddenly I was filled with the odd sensation
that for the first time I knew the creature in its own worldthat I
understood, as never before, the essence of being.
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THE MARGINAL WORLD Thesis: I have seen hundreds of ghost crabs
in other settings, but suddenly I was filled with the odd sensation
that for the first time I knew the creature in its own world that I
understood, as never before, the essence of being.
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AVOID THEM AT ALL COSTS! AMBIGUOUS PRONOUNS
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AMBIGUITY OR AMBIGUOUS ambiguity (noun) uncertainty or
inexactness of meaning in language. ***synonyms: vagueness,
obscurity, abstruseness, doubtfulness, uncertainty
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AMBIGUOUS PRONOUNS
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TEST REVIEW Thursday Occupation Conductorette Marian Anderson
Nonfiction narrative or Creative nonfiction Foreshadowing, irony
Ambiguous pronouns Friday Tepeyac Comparing literary styles
(Tepeyac & Marian Anderson) The Marginal World Vocabulary #3
Ambiguous pronouns