Before the Revolutionary War Paul Revere made his famous journey to Lexington and Concordto warn the colonists that the British were coming.Two documents that are about his famous journey are Paul Revere’s Ride: His own story and Paul Revere’s Ride by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. Paul revere’s Ride: His own story tells us about Revere’s ride and the struggles he faced in it exclusively though his point of view. Longfellow’s writing also tells us about Revere’s ride but this time through a poem. Though these two pieces of writing are both about Revere’s famous ride, they vary when it comes to their purpose and general audience, their actual content and information, and their language, tone, and style.
The purpose and audience of both of these texts are very
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Paul Revere’s own story is told solely through his point of view and tells us the purpose of his journey, what he did during his journey, and the struggles he faced during his journey. Longfellow’s poem also tells us about Revere’s journey but mainly focuses on the setting. These two documents are also geared towards different audiences and have different purposes. Revere’s own story is exclusively to inform anybody. While Longfellow’s poem is directed towards inspiring the Union to join the civil war. Lastly, these two documents use a different type of language, tone, and style. Paul revere’s own story has a polite language, a formal tone, and a straight to the point style whereas Longfellow’s poem has very descriptive language, a rhyming tone, and a style that plays on words. These things make a difference in the way that the documents present information. Paul Revere’s ride is a sentential moment in America’s history that will always be