Part 4: Writing to Evaluate Mortimer's Style Answers

At what point should a writer introduce evidence in a paragraph?

Read the beginning of the literary analysis paragraph.The writer has a very accomplished style. His descriptions make the facts more dramatic for the reader.

The purpose of adding relevant evidence to a paragraph is to

Read the passage from The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England.Perhaps the most difficult thing to come to terms with is the scale of death. Influenza, for example, is an affliction which you no doubt have come across. However, you have never encountered anything like Elizabethan flu. It arrives in December 1557 and lasts for eighteen months. In the ten-month period August 1558 to May 1559 the annual death rate almost trebles to 7.2 percent (normally it is 2.5 percent). More than 150,000 people die from it—5 percent of the population. This is proportionally much worse than the great influenza pandemic of 1918–19 (0.53 percent mortality).

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Read the literary analysis paragraph.In Parasite, author Mira Grant’s writing style helps readers examine the dangers of medical technology. Grant uses precise wording to help readers grasp advanced medical concepts. Her clear style allows readers to explore a world that might otherwise be beyond them.

Read the passage from The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England.1.) It is easy to write the line "people starve to death"; it is much harder to deal with the harsh reality. 2.) But you need to understand this point, if only to see how little choice you might have in what you eat. 3.) The itinerant poor might literally die in the street.

Read the literary analysis of The Time Traveler's Guide to Elizabethan England.In The Time Traveler’s Guide to Elizabethan England, Mortimer helps readers relate to how deadly the plague was. He uses specific, clear examples to make his points, such as in the following example.

When a reader evaluates an author’s style, the reader