Analyzing Michie With Queen From Alice's Adventures In Wonderland

The primary audience is main stakeholders in education – government officials, teachers, parents, and students. As the author mentions that “…effective reforms strategies must take into account what students have to say about their education”, the government as the main reform-maker may find this essay useful. For teachers and parents this review might be of particular importance as it presents some solutions from Michie’s book. For example, mentorship can help teachers establish good rapport with students, “a friendship” as Michie states. Besides these stakeholders, as this is a review to a book, the essay can appeal to a broader audience who might be interested in Michie’s book or education generally.

2. The purpose of this essay-review

This introduction, in my view, is striking example of how introduction should look like. The very first sentence can prove it. The author immediately piques the reader’s attention comparing Michie with Queen from Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. It is less likely to be ‘fresh’ introduction if the author starts from introducing educational terms or presenting broad picture of education. Second point, which I would like to underscore, is clear focus which is seen through two presented impossible things – students’ successes and teachers’ perseverance. The reviewer also provides a road map, outlining such points as the importance of listening to students, factors that influence students’ lives, impact of caring teachers to help the audience easily follow the essay. By and large, the introductory paragraph is coherent and

The first stylistic device one can encounter is simile, comparison of Michie with the Queen which I also mentioned above. As I can judge, the author uses this device as a hook to draw readers’ attention. Second time simile is seen in Tavares’s (one student from Michie ‘s book) example of control over his learning. Again, drawing parallel between learning process control and driving a car, the author makes the process of reading more captivating. Moreover, I would like to pay attention to sentence structure, which also enriches the whole essay. Most of the sentences are elaborated and present complex structure using dash and colon. On the contrary, sentences that consist of only one word, as “A friendship.”, can carry particular message.

5. Every paragraph carries a particular message. The introduction, as I mentioned in question 3, is a guide to the essay, which, first and foremost, grasps readers’ curiosity, and also acquaints them with main ideas. Three factors or impossible things, which the author put in the road map, s/he elaborated in three subsequent paragraphs. Another good strategy, which one can find within every paragraph (except introduction), is that the author corroborated his/her statements using quotations from the book.

Introduction (1 paragraph) – What is the focus of Michie’s book?

2 paragraph – What should educational reforms strategies as well as teachers take into account first and foremost?

3 paragraph – What makes students’ lives complex?

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