Comments by Stephanie Bieniek Most recent public comments by Stephanie Bieniek https://nowcomment.com/users/11486 The shortness of the paragraph emphasizes how brief and and short Susan's mother was with her on her father's death. It indirectly says that Susan lacked emotional nourishment from her mother. https://nowcomment.com/documents/25280?scroll_to=290517 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25280?scroll_to=290517 Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:46:06 -0500 The first paragraph gives you a feel of Susan's personality. It prepares the reader for related events that would further illustrate her "high-strung" personality. https://nowcomment.com/documents/25280?scroll_to=290516 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25280?scroll_to=290516 Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:46:05 -0500 Grabbing attention https://nowcomment.com/documents/25276?scroll_to=275856 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25276?scroll_to=275856 In order to entice the reader, there must be an exciting lede to draw them in. The first three paragraphs discuss the more exciting and "juicy" information to capture and keep the reader's attention, and as the article goes on, it reaches more undesirable details. Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:45:52 -0500 A boilerplate is a style of writing that can be reused constantly without any sort of change. The phrase comes from steel manufacturing where a boilerplate is used as a template to steel roll mass amounts of large plates for use in steam boilers. https://nowcomment.com/documents/25199?scroll_to=275792 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25199?scroll_to=275792 Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:45:52 -0500 This paragraph provides the reader with information on how Rollyson wrote this biography. It informs the reader of the conflicts that arose after Plath's death, and the controversy and blurred lines about her life. https://nowcomment.com/documents/25199?scroll_to=275789 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25199?scroll_to=275789 Rollyson supplies a straight forward, objective, unadulterated biography, free of opinion or bias, about her life and how she lived it. Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:45:52 -0500 The point the reviewer is making is that Sylvia was such an influential and powerful writer that she became very popular because of it. https://nowcomment.com/documents/25199?scroll_to=275788 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25199?scroll_to=275788 Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:45:52 -0500 The first paragraph establishes the importance of Norman Mailer. It discusses the work he accomplished in his lifetime and the time, date, place, and cause of his death. Another beginning could be starting off what caused him to become a writer. https://nowcomment.com/documents/25275?scroll_to=271580 https://nowcomment.com/documents/25275?scroll_to=271580 Sat, 20 Feb 2016 08:45:48 -0500