A Pleasant Omnivore Chapter 3 Summary

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Class: * Here is a sample paper for the week 2 assignment. I have graded it using track changes, as I did last week, and my teacher insertions and comments are in red and yellow. The rubric and grade are at the bottom. The paper is a bit too long—it’s supposed to be 1-2 pages. But it’s not that much over so I don’t mind. * * * The Omnivore’s Dilemma—A Pleasant (?) Surprise I wondered why you put the question mark until I read the last paragraph—nice touch James Student DeVry University The Omnivore’s Dilemma—A Pleasant (?)Surprise I read a lot, both fiction and nonfiction. When I read fiction, I want to be taken to another place, to suspend my own life for a while and become immersed in some other. Sometimes the further removed it is from my own, the better. That’s why I gravitate (immersed, gravitate—these are nice words. Good job) toward science fiction.…show more content…
Pollan is a refreshingly creative writer with effective, fresh diction and a sense of humor. I enjoy his somewhat irreverent tone. Take the first sentence of chapter two: “To take the wheel of a clattering 1975 International Harvester tractor, pulling a spidery, eight-row planter through an Iowa cornfield during the first week of May, is like trying to steer a boat through a softly rolling sea of dark chocolate.” The diction is spot-on—“clattering,” “spidery,” “softly rolling”(commas and periods always go inside quotation marks)—these are words that were given a second thought, words that were searched for in the author’s mind. The imagery is vivid and specific—boats sway much as this tractor must, and the “sea of dark chocolate” is an effective metaphor for the rich brown soil of Iowa which he had alluded to earlier. There is a simile, a metaphor, colorful language, everything I need to keep me reading and entertained. And this is typical of Pollan, not just something that occurs
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