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Process Analysis

"The Joy of Reading and Writing: Superman and Me"

  • Chronological chain of events that describe how something is done, how something happens, or how to reader can do something.
  • Informational Process Analysis is intended to help the reader understand the necessary steps and to send a message
  • Directional Process Analysis is intended for the reader to duplicate the steps
  • Common organizational form of writing

"..picking up my father's books before I could read"

Showing the desire to read

Pathos: "We lived on a combination of irregular paychecks, hope, fear, and government surplus food"

- sympathize with his financial situation

"I learned to read with a superman comic book"

Logos: "My father who is one of the few Indians who went to Catholic school on purpose, was an avid reader of westerns"

Explains why the reader got interested in reading books, because of his educated family.

"My father loved books...I decided to love books as well"

Father's influence on him encouraged him to read.

Ethos: "A smart Indian is a dangerous person.."

Displays his understanding of his own Native American culture

Thought Provoking Question

Rhetoric Devices Used

Narrative style

What is the significance of the title "Superman and Me"?

  • Anaphora- 3rd page, last paragraph (cont. on last page), " I read...I read...I read..."

  • Metaphor- door- (3rd page, top) "Superman is breaking down the door...I am breaking down the door.", (last few lines) "I throw my weight against their locked doors. The door holds."

  • Theme- hopelessness of Native Americans and their life on the reservations

  • Mood- somber, helpless

Instead of a boring "how-to" guide, he explained how he became literate in the form of a story.

Uses pathos and makes the reader sympathize with his hardships as he struggles to learn on a reservation.

Hooks the reader and makes them interested in his story of becoming literate.

Provides a different perspective- from a Native American Reservation- inspiring

Tips for Using Process Analysis

  • Choose a subject that is able to be given directions about
  • Clearly state your purpose
  • Organize your steps in the way that makes the most sense
  • Use concrete details and instructions

What is Process Analysis?

Sherman Alexie

Ethos, Pathos, Logos, literary devices

Process Analysis

Works Cited

Use of Ethos/Pathos/Logos

http://www.tcc.edu/students/resources/writcent/handouts/writing/process.htm

Reader

Becoming Literate

Ethos, Pathos, Logos, literary devices

Use of Process Analysis

Process Analysis: Explanation of how he learned to read and become literate as a Native American growing up on a reservation as opposed to a typical white person's education.

"My father loved books.. I decided to love books as well"

Father's influence encouraged him to take an interest in books

"..a paragraph was a fence that held words"

Starting to understand literature

"I am breaking down the door..In this way, I learned to read"

Enunciated what he read and applied heroes to his society.

"I read books at recess, then during lunch.."

Repetition of reading helped solidify and enforce his understanding of literature

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