Activity 34

Passage 1
This passage told a personal story about the author when she was nine years old. The information came from a past experience in the writer's childhood. The whole story is kind of an opinion since it is a personal story. The information was just based off the writer's memory and experience.

Passage 2
In this passage, there is nothing mentioned about the author. The writing presents very "subject-specific vocabulary" and is impersonal. (p. 134) The information is cited as being from Gonzalez de la Rocha 1994: 211. My guess is that someone used research articles to put together this writing. There was no use of 'I' within the passage, so I did not see any opinions given from the writer.

Passage 3
Passage 3 is one person(the writer) telling a story about another person (Elizabeth Barrett). This story does not really reveal anything about the author, just the person the story is about. The information came from the diary that belongs to Elizabeth Barrett. There are direct quotes, from the diary, given within the passage. The last paragraph is still telling the story, but it seems like the author was putting their voice into the passage. By using the word, "figuratively" it made me think of the writer expressing their view on the passage.