In this unit, you have been exploring how authors use informational texts to communicate with audiences. you've also seen how authors communicate their point of view, tone, and purpose in a text.

when a writer composes a text, that writer takes time and thought to shape the text so the elements work in harmony. that is, the point of view, tone, and purpose all contribute to a unified message. but what about more informal writing and conversations? they usually aren’t carefully planned out like an essay. think of some examples of informal writing or a conversation you can recall well. describe how clearly they express a unified point of view, tone, and purpose. compare them to at least one formal informational text. discuss why you think the two modes of communicating are different or the same.

Read this excerpt from "a visit from the goon squad."that’s when he began singing the songs he’d been writing for years underground, songs no one had ever heard, or anything like them—“eyes in my head,” “x’s and o’s,” “who’s watching hardest”—ballads of paranoia and disconnection ripped from the chest of a man you knew just by looking had never had a page or a profile or a handle or a handset, who was part of no one’s data, a guy who had lived in the cracks all these years, forgotten and full of rage, in a way that now registered as pure. untouched. how does the author use satire in this excerpt? the author is criticizing media censorship. the author is criticizing the idea of isolationism. the author is mocking society’s overuse of technology. the author is mocking man’s inability to freely express himself.