Wednesday

Slant

Slant: The perspective in which subject is approached. There are 8 main types and they are as follows- Adrenaline (fear, anger, excitement), Amazement (unusual), Brand New (innovation, cutting edge), Detailed (well canvased), Funny (altered by addition of humor), Newsy (academic/technical), Promise (the reader has a need and the author has a solution), Unexpected (unusual viewpoint).

Sensualiterature by Brian Doyle
"One of the things that we do not talk about when we talk about writing is the sound and scent and sensuality of it, the scratching and hammering and tapping, the pitter of pencils and the scribble and scrawl of pens, the quiet mumble of the electric typewriter like an old pharmacist humming, the infinitesimal skitter of forefingers on keyboards; and the curl and furl of paper, the worn and friendly feeling of pocket-notebooks, the shards and scraps on which we have started essays and stories and poems..." 

Source: https://www.creativenonfiction.org/online-reading/sensualiterature

Orchestra Seeks Young Passionate Prodigy Musicians by Aralia Giron
...CYMO is a Los Angeles Philharmonic premier youth orchestra dedicated to preserving symphonic music for future generations through its young musicians. Therefore, it offers annual events for orchestra members such as public performances at Disneyland and Bridges Hall of Music at Pomona College.
Since its founding in 1989, CYMO has made some groundbreaking accomplishments, including the organization’s 2002 participation in a prestigious National Youth Orchestra Festival in Sarasota, Florida. Along with presenting major symphonic works, CYMO has also collaborated with respected performers from orchestras such as the Los Angeles Philharmonic Orchestra, The Juilliard School and Pacific Symphony. For more information, visit cymo.org or email rjscymo@aol.com."
(Note: This is an excerpt from the claremont courier article that I wrote a while back.)

Why This is a Great Example of Slant:
Brian Doyle
-Sensualiterature is definitely a well canvased piece of prose, the way the author approaches his subject (aspects of writing) in a detailed way, allows the experience he is describing (utilizing the tools of creation)  to resonate with the reader in a vivid, profound manner. 

Aralia Giron
-My submission stands along the lines of the newsy form of slant. Although it is not exactly academic or technical, it an online publication that embodies the immediate media qualifications.

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