blog 19

EXAMPLE--The trading floor of the New York Stock Exchange just after the crash of 1929. On Black Tuesday, October twenty-ninth, the market collapsed. In a single day, sixteen million shares were traded--a record--and thirty billion dollars vanished into thin air. Westinghouse lost two thirds of its September value. DuPont dropped seventy points. The "Era of Get Rich Quick" was over. Jack Dempsey, America's first millionaire athlete, lost $3 million. Cynical New York hotel clerks asked incoming guests, "You want a room for sleeping or jumping?"

1. What is the most successful element of this work sample? Why do you believe this?

-its gets straight to the point and shows the effects of this event that occurred during this time.

2. What is the message of the work? How do you know?

-money wasn't flowing in like it used to no one was able to get rich quickly anymore, i know this because it says the time of people getting rich quickly was over

3. Who or what is the intended audience for this work? How do you know?

- to anyone who views it ts just trying to show how intense the depression was back then asking if they wanted a room to sleep in or jump from

4. How do specific elements of the work sample come together to deliver the message?

- it has all powerful facts that make you imagine time were really bad then

5. Describe one technique the creator of this work used. Why do you think this technique was used for this specific piece of work?

- Hard facts to get the readers attention

6. Why did you choose this work sample?

- I chose this example because becuase it explainedd its topic very well