Beatles Reunite (CE4)

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The central idea of the passage is about Paul McCartney and Richard Starkey reuniting for the Grammys. It’s developed throughout the passage with history of the band, starting with the spark of the British Invasion. The British Invasion was a big part of rock and roll that changed music forever. It started with incredible bands, like The Beatles and The Rolling Stones.

The author supports his claim by telling history of the band, including the members that have died and past concerts where they both recently performed together. For example, they both played a concert to celebrate Richard’s 70th birthday in 2010 and played at the Grammys for the 50th anniversary of The Beatles.

The structure of this article supports the author’s claim by putting the article in cause and effect. For example, The British Invasion caused the The Beatles, that caused the Anniversary, and so on.

The author’s point of view is all about the detail, but also getting straight to the point. It impacts it by giving a galore of information in only roughly, half a page. It also gives the neat fact that Ringo was honored the Lifetime of Peace and Love Award by the Lynch Foundation.

The author used statistics or a large amount of factual data to show how The Beatles have changed the way people look at rock and roll. They were one of the first ever rock and roll bands, and statistics show that they are the greatest rock and roll band in history.

The author uses a very informative but nondescript way of writing in this article. He states only facts, such as “If McCartney and Starr do perform together, it will be the first time the two have played together since a 2010 concert to celebrate Starr's 70th birthday in July 2010.”

The main element of the story is facts. Facts are used, in this article, to show how awesome The Beatles were and still are. The author uses the fact of their #1 hit “I Want to Hold Your Hand”, which I think is an amazing song.

Todd Leopold.N.p.Web.24 Feb 2014.<http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/22/showbiz/music/paul-mccartney-ringo-starr-grammys-reuniting/index.html>.

Eternal Albums (CE 3)

"A Jewel from the Prince “Purple Rain” Bonus DVD."PRINTMATICNET. N.p., n.d. Web. 12 Feb.2014.

This passage is about twenty albums that are still around to this day. Most of these you'll know, however, I know all of them because classic stuff is my thing. Some artists became famous for these albums and are known for them to this day.

The text supports the author by stating information from actual references from the albums. For example, “ 20 Grammy winning albums”, there is evidence that proves that’s true. The author uses facts about each album, the date when released, and date the Grammy was given to prove that these albums are no joke.

The point of view from my perspective is that the artists that create these masterpieces are true geniuses. Michael Jackson's "Thriller", Prince's "Purple Rain", and even Stevie Wonder's "Songs in the Key of Life" are all fantastic pieces of work. I don't know how they do it, but they  all deserved the Grammy given and probably should get another one.

The whole point of this article is to inform people about the albums shown. For example, the artist who won the Grammy for that and what each artist was awarded for. Stevie Wonder was awarded for "best pop vocal, performance, and album of the year". Out of all of the albums given I would have chose Micheal Jackson's "Thriller", however, Prince was in there. So he wins by default.

Staff, CNN. "20 Grammy Winning Albums We Still Love." CNN. Cable News Network, 24 Jan. 2014. Web. 12 Feb. 2014.